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General statement of chartered banks, by average returns, 1868 to 1916

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General statement of chartered banks, by average returns, 1868 to 1916
	$
	Capital paid up	Notes in circulation	Total on deposit¹	Discounts to the people	Liabilities²	Assets
1868	30,507,447	9,350,646	33,653,594	52,299,050	45,144,854	79,860,976
1869	30,790,137	9,539,511	40,028,090	56,433,953	50,940,226	86,283,693
1870	33,031,249	15,149,031	48,763,205	66,276,961	65,685,870	103,197,103
1871	37,095,340	20,914,637	56,287,391	84,799,841	80,250,974	125,273,631
1872	45,190,085	25,296,454	61,481,452	106,744,665	90,864,688	148,862,445
1873	54,690,561	27,165,878	65,426,042	119,274,317	98,982,668	166,056,595
1874	60,388,340	27,904,963	77,113,754	131,680,111	116,412,392	187,921,031
1875	64,619,513	23,035,639	74,642,446	136,029,307	104,609,356	186,255,330
1876	66,804,398	21,245,935	72,852,686	127,621,577	99,614,014	183,499,801
1877	65,206,009	20,704,338	74,166,287	125,681,658	99,810,731	181,019,194
1878	63,682,863	20,475,586	70,856,253	119,682,659	95,538,831	175,450,274
1879	62,737,276	19,486,103	73,151,425	113,485,108	96,760,113	173,548,490
1880	60,052,117	22,529,623	85,303,814	102,166,115	111,838,941	184,276,190
1881	59,534,977	28,516,692	94,346,481	116,953,497	127,176,249	200,613,879
1882	59,799,644	33,582,080	110,133,124	140,077,194	149,777,214	227,426,835
1883	61,390,118	33,283,302	107,648,383	143,944,957	145,938,095	228,084,650
1884	61,597,021	30,449,410	102,398,228	130,490,053	137,493,917	219,998,642
1885	61,711,566	30,720,762	104,014,660	126,827,792	138,762,695	219,147,080
1886	61,662,093	31,030,499	111,449,365	132,833,313	146,954,260	228,061,872
1887	60,860,561	32,478,118	112,656,985	139,753,755	149,704,402	230,393,072
1888	60,345,035	32,205,259	125,136,473	141,002,373	163,990,797	243,504,164
1889	60,229,752	32,207,144	134,650,732	149,958,980	173,029,602	253,789,803
1890	59,974,902	32,834,511	135,548,704	153,301,335	173,207,587	254,546,329
1891	60,700,697	33,061,042	148,396,968	171,082,677	187,332,325	269,307,032
1892	61,626,311	33,788,679	166,668,471	193,455,883	208,062,169	291,635,251
1893	62,009,346	33,811,925	174,776,722	206,623,042	217,195,975	302,696,715
1894	62,063,371	31,166,003	181,743,890	204,124,939	221,006,724	307,520,020
1895	61,800,700	30,807,041	190,916,939	203,730,800	229,794,322	316,536,527
1896	62,043,173	31,456,297	193,616,049	213,211,996	232,338,086	320,937,643
1897	62,027,703	34,350,118	211,788,096	212,014,635	252,660,708	341,163,505
1898	62,571,920	37,873,934	236,161,062	223,806,320	281,076,656	370,583,991
1899	63,726,399	41,513,139	266,504,528	251,467,076	318,624,033	412,504,768
1900	65,154,594	46,574,780	305,140,242	279,279,761	356,394,095	459,715,065
1901	67,035,615	50,601,205	349,573,327³	388,299,888	420,003,743	531,829,324
1902	69,869,670	55,412,598	390,370,493³	430,662,670	466,963,829	585,761,109
1903	76,453,125	60,244,072	424,167,140³	472,019,689	507,527,550	641,543,226
1904	79,234,191	61,769,888	470,265,744³	509,011,993	554,014,076	695,417,756
1905	82,655,828	64,025,643	531,243,476³	559,814,918	618,678,633	767,490,183
1906	91,035,604	70,638,870	605,968,513³	655,869,879	713,790,553	878,512,076
1907	95,953,732	75,784,482	654,839,711³	709,975,274	769,026,924	945,685,708
1908	96,147,526	71,401,697	658,367,015³	670,170,833	762,077,184	941,290,619
1909	97,329,333	73,943,119	783,298,880³	762,195,546	882,598,547	1,067,007,534
1910	98,787,929	82,120,303	909,964,839³	870,100,890	1,019,177,601	1,211,452,351
1911	103,009,256	89,982,223	980,433,788³	926,909,616	1,097,661,393	1,303,131,206
1912	112,720,943	100,146,541	1,102,910,383³	1,061,843,991	1,240,124,354	1,470,065,478
1913	116,297,729	105,265,336	1,126,871,523³	1,111,993,263	1,287,372,534	1,530,093,671
1914	114,759,807	104,600,185	1,144,210,363³	1,101,880,924	1,309,944,006	1,555,676,395
1915	113,982,741	105,137,092	1,198,340,315³	1,066,252,854	1,353,629,123	1,596,424,643
1916	113,175,353	126,691,913	1,418,035,429³	1,135,866,531	1,596,905,337	1,839,286,709
Note: The statistics in this table are averages computed from the monthly returns in each year.
1. Including deposits of federal and provincial governments.
2. Excluding capital and rest or reserve fund.
3. Including amounts deposited elsewhere than in Canada, not previously included in deposits.
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17.