TORONTO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Canada's banking regulator will focus more on money laundering issues and will work with the country's financial intelligence agency to tackle such incidents, the regulator's head said on Friday.

"The intensity of money laundering risk is under-appreciated... what you can expect from us is more focus on that issue," Peter Routledge, superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) said at TD Securities annual conference. (Reporting by Nivedita Balu in Toronto)