Following the Presidents visit to Canada today, Canadian banks and the Canadian system continue to get attention.

Canadian banks prove envy of the world | ft.com

“Canada has shown itself to be a pretty good manager of the financial system in ways that we haven’t always been here in the United States,” Mr Obama told a Canadian broadcaster.

The president spent Thursday in Ottawa meeting Stephen Harper, Canada’s prime minister, to discuss the economy, trade and the environment, in addition to any talk surrounding the strength of Canada’s banks.

In large part because of their conservative culture, one that depends heavily on a vast and stable retail branch network, and a clubby working relationship, Canada’s banks have remained the strongest in the G7 and, according to an October report by the World Economic Forum, the soundest in the world.