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Thursday was just another day in capital markets as Royal Bank of Canada posted results for 2012, causing barely a stir outside the tightly knit community of analysts and fund managers that follow the company.

But here’s the thing: It was the biggest annual profit not only for RBC but also for any Canadian company — ever.

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For the 12 months ended Oct 31, the country’s biggest bank by assets posted income of $7.5-billion, up $1.1-billion, or 17%, from the previous year.

That works out to $220.58 for every man, woman and child in the country.

One reason for the collective yawn is that RBC did exactly what it was expected to do, with the results beating analysts’ consensus estimates for the final quarter only by about a penny.

The Royal Bank “has had an exceptionally strong run since the end of the third quarter and we do not see the fourth-quarter’s earnings garnering it much additional relative outperformance against its Canadian peers,” said John Aiken, an anlayst at Barclays Capital in a note to clients.