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The Bank is one of the world’s leading financial institutions and was the
second largest Canadian chartered bank in terms of assets and market
capitalization as at October 31, 2003. The Bank is a full-service financial
institution, active in both domestic and international markets. In Canada the
Bank provides a full range of retail, commercial, corporate, investment and
wholesale banking services through its extensive network of branches and offices
in all 10 provinces and two territories. The Bank has branches and offices in 50
countries which
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provide a wide range of banking and financial services, either directly or
through subsidiary and associated banks, trust companies and other financial
institutions.