Bank of Nova Scotia company profile
- CEO
- Scott Thomson
- Employees
- 81,734
- Headquarters
- 40 Temperance Street, Toronto, ON M5H 0B4, CA
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Diversified
- IPO date
- 7 Jun 2002
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- CA0641491075
Website:scotiabank.com
About the company
The Bank of Nova Scotia provides various banking products and services in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, the Caribbean and Central America, and internationally. It operates through Canadian Banking, International Banking, Global Wealth Management, and Global Banking and Markets segments. The company offers financial advice and solutions, and banking products, including debit and credit cards, chequing and saving accounts, investments, mortgages, loans, and insurance to individuals; and retail automotive financing solutions. It also provides business banking solutions comprising lending, deposit, cash management, and trade finance solutions to small, medium, and large businesses. In addition, it provides wealth management advice and solutions, including online brokerage, mobile investment, full-service brokerage, trust, private banking, and private investment counsel services; and retail mutual funds, exchange traded funds, liquid alternatives, and institutional funds. The company was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Employees
Bank of Nova Scotia had about 0 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 October 2025), by its annual report.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Bank of Nova Scotia
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 62.9% of Bank of Nova Scotia's shares on 30 June 2026, 572 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about Bank of Nova Scotia
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