Big Five Canadian Banks Branch and ATM Locations and Features
"Big Five" Canadian retail banks (BMO, CIBC, RBC, Scotiabank, TD Canada Trust) branch and ATM locations and features data
Applications
- Competitive analysis and benchmarking
- Score trade areas correctly to determine new opportunities
- Optimize branch/ATM network (expansion and contraction)
- Use with consumer demographics and behavioral data to find new prospects
- Integrate data for up-to-date location services mobile apps
DOCUMENTATION
Big Five Canadian Banks Branch and ATM Locations and Features
Overview
This data product provides location and features data for the Canadian Big Five Banks.
Coverage - Canadian Big Five
This data product contains a collection of Big Five Branch and ATM Location Data including the location services and features that are provided in bank locations such as if the location is wheelchair accessible, drive up or Chinese spoken, etc.
A sample location card view shows how the data comes together to provide different attributes about a branch location.
Big Five is the name given to the five largest banks that dominate the banking industry of Canada:
| ALTADATA Code | Bank Name | Country | Ticker | Web-site | World Rank | Total Assets (US$B) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBCXX | Royal Bank of Canada | Canada | TSE: RY | https://www.rbc.com/canada.html | 23 | 1039.24 |
| TD-CA | TD Canada Trust* | Canada | TSE: TD | https://www.td.com/ca/en/personal-banking/ | 26 | 1006.00 |
| SCBNK | Bank of Nova Scotia | Canada | TSE: BNS | https://www.scotiabank.com/ca/ | 40 | 748.44 |
| BMOXX | Bank of Montreal | Canada | TSE: BMO | https://www.bmo.com/ | 50 | 613.56 |
| CIBCX | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Canada | TSE: CM | https://www.cibc.com/ | 59 | 467.55 |
* TD Canada Trust is the commercial banking operation of the Toronto-Dominion Bank in Canada.
According to a ranking produced by S&P Global in 2019, the Big Five are among the world's 100 largest banks.
Branch Spoken Languages
Canada is globally known for being a welcoming and accepting country and it is being recognized as one of the most diverse countries in the world. Canadian Big Five banks' workforce is a great proof that more than 80 languages are spoken to give the best experience to their clients.
This data product provides the spoken languages for each branch locations so you can see the diversity and compare them.
Branch Features in this Data Product
Branch features from different banks have been standardized allowing for easy comparison of the banks' offered features.
Frequently mentioned branch features and services provided are:
| Services & Features | BMO | CIBC | RBC | Scotiabank | TD Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accesible Parking | NM | Yes | NM | NM | NM |
| Drive Up | NM | NM | Yes | NM | NM |
| Electric Vehicle Charge Station | NM | NM | NM | Yes | NM |
| Free Parking | NM | Yes | NM | NM | NM |
| Night Deposit Box | NM | Yes | Yes | Yes | NM |
| Safe Deposit Boxes | Yes | NM | Yes | NM | Yes |
| Wheelchair Access | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
*NM - Not Mentioned: This features or service was not mentioned in the bank source, but may be available.
This data set is updated every week; there may be new branch services or ATM features not listed here.
ATM Features in this Data Product
Frequently mentioned ATM features and services provided are:
| Services & Features | BMO | CIBC | RBC | Scotiabank | TD Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accepts Deposits | NM | Yes | Yes | NM | Yes |
| Chip Capable | NM | NM | Yes | NM | NM |
| Drive Up | NM | Yes | Yes | NM | NM |
| Envelope-Free Deposits | NM | Yes | NM | NM | NM |
| Voice Guidance | NM | Yes | Yes | NM | NM |
| Wheelchair Access | NM | NM | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Withdrawal (USD) | NM | Yes | Yes | Yes | NM |
*NM - Not Mentioned: This features or service was not mentioned in the bank source, but may be available.
This data set is updated every week; there may be new branch services or ATM features not listed here.
Location Work Hours (branch_hours)
This data product provides the working hours of the branches.
- All credit union and bank location products on ALTADATA have the same standardized format for working hours enabling you to merge and analyze locations equally.
- Hours are provided in the same order; the week starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday.
- If the location is not open on a day the value shows "Closed" such as "Sun: Closed"
Example:
Sun: Closed, Mon: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM, Tue: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM, Wed: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM, Thu: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM, Fri: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM, Sat: Closed
Address Components (address)
This data product provides both the original addresses (from the original data sources) and a clean/quality checked version of the addresses and components. You may use the original address to verify the data from the data source weblink (web_link).
Below is an example of two fields that provide the most accurate information about the location addresses:
Original Address (orig_address): 2 Deans Rd Witless Bay NL
Address (address): 2 Deans Rd, Witless Bay, NL A0A 4K0, Canada
ALTADATA location data products like this one has standard address components which are listed below. You may also reach that address components in DATA\Dictionary section by filtering Metric Type = Geo which may give you all address components.
Address Components: Latitude, Longitude, Address Country, State/Province, Region/County, Locality/City, Postal Code, Street Name, Street Number
Methodology and Data Verification
All locations have been collected with our advanced proprietary crawling and scraping techniques from hundreds of links that are provided on the banks' websites. All links and information have been quality checked, unified and enhanced in terms of address components and location attributes.
You will be able to verify all locations by using original addresses and locator web-links we provide in the data set.
Key Features
- Updated Weekly on Sundays
- Covers Big Five Canadian Banks: BMO, CIBC, RBC, Scotiabank, TD
- Covers all branch locations of the Big Five, and the data is updating if a new branch has opened/closed a branch or updated a feature within a week
- Standardized branch service features and hours attributes
- Parsed and standardized branch address information
- Provides latitude and longitude of each locations so it can be used in geo-mapping applications
DATA DICTIONARY
43 Data Columns
Bank (bank)
Short code of the financial institution
Bank Ticker (bank_ticker)
Ticker symbol of the bank that identifies publicly traded shares of the bank's stock on the stock market
Bank Code (bank_code)
Five digit ALTADATA unique product code
Date (date)
Snapshot date of data
Data Country (country)
2 digit country code where the bank is located
Id (id)
Id of the facility
Name (name)
Given name of the facility
Type (type)
Type of the facility (Branch or ATM)
Type Detail (type_detail)
Type detail is the given type of the facility by the bank. If there is no specific type of the location, this value will be branch or ATM.
Web-Link (web_link)
Web-link is one of the verification fields where you can use to verify the location from the source. If there is no specific web link the value gives the bank's locator address and you can use the original address information to verify the location.
Special Note (special_note)
Special notes give additional information collected from the data source and standardized by the data provider. This information may indicate special conditions where it can not be categorized in other data fields (i.e. Closure Alerts, Opening Alerts etc.)
Original Address (orig_address)
Original Address is the physical address given in the data source. This field can be used to verify the location by using web link or bank's web locator.
Latitude (latitude)
Latitude value of the facility location
Longitude (longitude)
Longitude value of the facility location
Address (address)
Address of the facility location
Address Country (addr_country)
Country information of the location's address
State/Province (addr_state)
State or Province of the location address
Region/County (addr_region)
Region or county of the location address
Locality/City (addr_locality)
Locality or city of the location address
Postal Code (addr_postal_code)
Postal code of the location address
Street Name (addr_street_name)
Street name of the location address
Street Number (addr_street_number)
Street number of the location address
Address QCP Score (addr_qcp_score)
Address QCP (Quality Check Points) score is a quality score between 0-100 that is ALTADATA's address verification process where machine learning and statistical techniques are used to clean, organize, and standardized original addresses. If the score is closer to 100 it means that the address provides precise location of the facility.
Address QCP Score Bin (addr_qcp_score_bin)
This score is derived and rounded from Address QCP Score field
Location Tags (location_tags)
Location tags give the list of relevant tags about the location. For example, an ATM is located in a gas station will have the following tags "ATM, Car Wash, Convenience Store, Establishment, Finance, Food, Gas Station, Point of Interest, Store". These tags can be used to identify the location properties and new tags are added by ALTADATA. There are more than 100 tags currently using to identify a place in this data set.
Phone (phone)
Phone number of the facility
Branch Languages (branch_languages)
Languages provided at the branch
Branch Features (branch_features)
Features available at the branch
Branch Services (branch_services)
Services provided at the branch
Branch Hours (branch_hours)
Branch hours are the working hours of the location. All hours are standardized, starts from Sunday ends at Saturday. If the working hours are not provided at the data source or the location is ATM the value may be null.
Branch has ATM (branch_has_atm)
Indicates if an ATM is located at the branch
ATM Features (atm_features)
Features available at the ATM
Open on Saturdays (open_on_saturdays)
If the facility is open on Saturdays. Shown as TRUE/FALSE, whereas it can be NULL, if the Working Hours is not available.
Open on Sundays (open_on_sundays)
If the facility is open on Sundays. Shown as TRUE/FALSE, whereas it can be NULL, if the Working Hours is not available.
Open Early (open_early)
If the facility is operational before 9AM, at least on one day of a week. Shown as TRUE/FALSE, whereas it can be NULL, if the Working Hours is not available.
Close Late on Weekdays (close_late_on_weekdays)
If the facility is operational after 5PM, at least on one of the weekdays. Shown as TRUE/FALSE, whereas it can be NULL, if the Working Hours is not available.
Close Late on Weekends (close_late_on_weekends)
If the facility is operational after 5PM, at least on one day of a weekend. Shown as TRUE/FALSE, whereas it can be NULL, if the Working Hours is not available. (Having any of "is_open_saturday" or "is_open_sunday" as TRUE is a prerequisite.)
Is French Supported (is_french_supported)
Indicates if the branch supports French language
Is Chinese Supported (is_chinese_supported)
Indicates if the branch supports Chinese language
Is Spanish Supported (is_spanish_supported)
Indicates if the branch supports Spanish language
Is Hindi Supported (is_hindi_supported)
Indicates if the branch supports Hindi language
Is Arabic Supported (is_arabic_supported)
Indicates if the branch supports Arabic language
Is Portuguese Supported (is_portuguese_supported)
Indicates if the branch supports Portuguese language
Data Provider
Alta Bering
Alta Bering is a Data Curation and Business Analytics Company with its roots in management consulting and decision science. Alta Bering is based in British Columbia and also offers a visual business analytics platform called EPO to help solve complex business problems by using popular Machine Learning and statistical methods
