While the pace of growth at Royal Bank of Canada slowed in the latest quarter, the lender reported a record profit of $12.9 billion for fiscal 2019 – the largest amount earned by any Canadian company in a single year to date.  

The bank, the biggest company in Canada by market capitalization, has 17 million customers and employs 85,000 people. It has consistently beat its own earnings record each year since 2011.

While RBC’s overall profit number is astounding, here’s a more detailed look at what the bank earned in 2019, down to the second.   

  • $1.08 billion per month
  • $35 million per day
  • $1.5 million per hour
  • $25,000 a minute
  • $416 a second
  • $758 per customer  
  • $152,000 per RBC employee