"Part of the short-term aberration you're seeing here is low interest rates, lots of liquidity, but not enough supply," Dodig said in an interview late on Wednesday.
Canada's financial regulator said it will relaunch on Thursday a consultation on the minimum qualifying rate for borrowers of uninsured mortgages. It had suspended the consultation, originally announced in February 2020, less than a month later.
Canadian banks have largely avoided an increase in soured loans as several government assistance measures, expected to end this summer, helped profits surpass pre-pandemic levels.
TD reported a 14% rise in net income at its Canadian retail banking arm to C$2.04 billion ($1.63 billion), while its US retail business recorded a drop of 13%.
The loonie was trading 0.3% higher at 1.2699 to the greenback, or 78.75 US cents. The currency touched its strongest intraday level since Jan. 27 at 1.2694.