LLOYDS BANK CANADA 1ST QTR PROFIT RISES SHARPLY Lloyds Bank Canada, a unit of <Lloyds Bank International PLC>, said net profit soared to 3,053,000 dlrs for the first quarter ended January 31 from 9,000 dlrs a year earlier. Loan loss provisions, a mandatory five-year averaging of actual loan losses, also rose in the first quarter to 6,375,000 dlrs from year-ago 113,000 dlrs, the bank said. Lloyds Bank Canada became Canada's largest foreign bank last autumn with its 200 mln Canadian dlr acquisition of Continental Bank of Canada.