Gee, I just meet people in the parks, trails, clubs, etc. I guess they don't count. I just avoid the business district. Parking downtown is too expensive anyway. And gossip at Starbucks or Second Cup in the district malls and Safeway stores where I get food and drugs.

You forgot the biggest bank operating in Canada- HSBC. Branches here in Calgary and I assume all cities.
We don't have the local banks that they have in the States so there are far fewer, but there are plenty.

Canadian banks can deal in foreign currencies, so I can get US dollars and Sterling at my branch, and have no problem paying in Euros, etc. to foreign banks. And through my branch I can deal with Barclays, etc.
Other banks operating in Calgary-
Alberta Treasury Branches
Laurentian Bank
First Bank of Calgary
Canadian Western Bank
Citizens Bank
Pacific and Western
Several catering mainly to businesses, both Canadian and some foreign like Manulife, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Korean, etc.