It interesting that yahoo is describing Royal Bank as Canada's monarch.

I would be interested to know when and where they were established.
Royal Bank of Canada - Yahoo

Royal Bank of Canada sits enthroned as Canada's banking monarch. Also known as RBC Financial Group -- and Canada's largest financial institution -- the bank operates in three segments: a Canadian consumer unit, which includes banking, investments, and insurance; an international consumer unit (banking and investments in the US and abroad); and a global wholesale unit (capital markets and corporate and commercial banking). In addition to more than 1,300 domestic locations, the bank has about 40 offices in the Caribbean and more in some 30 countries. Its US operations include RBC Centura Banks, which operates in the Southeast, and brokerage firm RBC Dain Rauscher.