Special offers and programs
Special offers and exclusive programs to save you money.
Put more of your investing dollars to work.
Invest with Scotia iTRADE®
Get up to $3,500 cash and $4.99 stock and ETF commission pricing by opening and funding a new account or funding an existing account*.
Everyday banking made easier
Get up to 20 free stock and ETF trades* by opening a Scotia iTRADE and a select Scotiabank account.
*Conditions apply.
Commission-free ETFs
Balance your portfolio by diversifying. Get $0 commission on an extensive selection of ETFs*.
*Conditions apply.
Scotia iTRADE iClub
With three levels of membership, our most highly engaged investors enjoy an array of complimentary benefits, valuable services and exclusive privileges.
Scotiabank StartRight program
New to Canada? New Scotiabank StartRight® customers get 10 free trades when they invest a minimum of $1,000 in a new Scotia iTRADE account5.
Refer a friend
Refer a friend or family member who is not already a Scotia iTRADE client and you’ll both receive a choice of up to 50 FREE trades or up to $100 cash6.
Buck a bond
Invest in fixed income and diversify your portfolio!3 Choose from Canadian and U.S. bonds, corporate bonds, strip bonds, T-Bills, high-yield bonds and more with commission-style pricing at $1 a Bond4.
Young investors offer
Save up to $200 annually! Benefit from the removal of the low activity account administration fee1 and the RSP account administration fee2 from your account(s) up to and including the year you turn 26 years old.
Conditions apply. Offer valid for new and existing Scotia iTRADE® clients and applies to new or existing accounts.
If you
(i) open and enroll in this offer with one or more new Scotia iTRADE account(s) (each, a “New Account”) by August 30, 2024 and fund the New Account(s) by September 30, 2024 with at least the equivalent of CAD $1,000/$5,000/$25,000/$50,000/$250,000/$500,000/$1,000,000/$2,000,000 with net new value in cash or/and assets (cheque deposit, electronic funds transfer or transfer of assets) (“Qualifying Amount”) from an account that is not held at Scotia iTRADE
OR
enroll your existing account(s) in this offer by August 30, 2024 and transfer cash or/and assets (cheque deposit, electronic funds transfer or transfer of assets) with net new value equal to the Qualifying Amount into your existing Scotia iTRADE account(s) from an account that is not held at Scotia iTRADE by September 30, 2024 and
(ii) then maintain the Qualifying Amount in assets/cash that you deposited in your New or Existing Account(s) (subject to the Qualifying Amount calculation condition) during the entire period between September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2024
then
CAD $50/$75/$100/$150/$400/$800/$1,500/$3,500 (respectively, based on the Qualifying Amount funded, subject to the Qualifying Amount calculation condition) will be deposited directly into your applicable account by January 31, 2025. The rebate will be deposited into your non-registered account, and if you don’t have non-registered accounts then into your registered account.
If you fund your New or Existing Account with the equivalent of CAD $5,000 or more by September 30, 2024 and maintain the Qualifying Amount in assets that you deposited in your New or Existing Account(s) (subject to the Qualifying Amount calculation condition) during the entire period between September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2024 then in addition to the cash reward you will also receive commission pricing of $4.99 flat per Canadian or U.S. equities/ ETF trade and $4.99 + $1.25/contract for each options trade in your New or Existing Account(s) until December 31, 2024.
New qualification status will be effective weekly on the earlier of every Monday starting on June 10, 2024 to September 2, 2024 after you satisfy all the eligibility requirements for this offer. If you already qualify for the commission of $4.99 per trade, your entitlement will not be affected by this offer.
Qualifying Amount calculation condition: Qualification will be based on combined net new assets in all eligible accounts held by a client. If you withdraw or transfer out assets from any of your Scotia iTRADE accounts at any time during the period between June 3, 2024 and December 31, 2024, the amounts of such assets will be subtracted from the value of your Qualifying Assets for the purposes of determining your entitlement for the specific tier of cash reward and for the $4.99 commission pricing on stock and ETF trades.
New or existing clients opening a new account must enter the promotional code SUMMERTRADE for the cash and $4.99 stock and ETF commission pricing offer (if applicable) when submitting the New Account application to enroll by August 30, 2024.
Existing clients who fund an existing account must complete the online form at www.scotiabank.com/summer24 by August 30, 2024 to enroll and fund their account by September 30, 2024.
Non-personal accounts have to be enrolled separately from personal accounts.
Once you enroll one or more existing/new personal account(s) all your Scotia iTRADE personal accounts will be considered to be enrolled for the purpose of the Qualifying Amount calculation condition.
Once you enroll one or more existing/new non-personal account(s) all your Scotia iTRADE non-personal accounts will be considered to be enrolled for the purpose of the Qualifying Amount calculation condition.
Any request to enroll received after August 30, 2024 will not qualify for this promotion. To qualify for this offer, you must maintain all of your accounts at Scotia iTRADE in good standing, not be in a disallowed debit position and not have any outstanding margin calls due. This offer has no cash redemption value. This offer cannot be transferred or combined with StartRight and Affinity offers.
Limited to one offer per client for all such client’s personal accounts and one offer per client for all such client’s non-personal accounts. In case of joint account(s) only the primary account holder will be entitled to receive cash back and $4.99 commission pricing, as applicable.
Scotia iTRADE reserves the right to charge you all or part of the reduction in the rate of commission per trade, if the conditions of the offer, including but not limited to, the requirement to maintain the appropriate Qualifying Amount in your New or existing Account(s) during the Qualifying Period, are not complied with. Scotia iTRADE reserves the right to modify and/or cancel this offer at any time without notice in its sole discretion.
All bonds are subject to risk, including interest rate risk, credit risk and inflation risk. Investors are responsible for their own investment decisions and should carefully evaluate the risks associated with fixed income investments prior to investing.
$1 per $1,000 Face Value ($24.99 minimum, $250 maximum). Pricing applies to secondary market trades conducted online through Scotia iTRADE only. Minimum commission of $24.99 applies to each trade. Add $65.00 for telephone representative – assisted trades. Foreign exchange fees will be applied to trades involving securities that are denominated in a currency other than the currency of the account in which the trade is placed. Please see Section 1.7 (“Currency Conversion”) in Scotia iTRADE Relationship Disclosure Document and Terms and Conditions.
Conditions apply. Offer valid for new Scotia iTRADE® accounts, excluding Cash Optimizer Investment accounts, opened by new Scotia iTRADE clients who do not already have an existing account with Scotia iTRADE. If you open one or more NEW Scotia iTRADE account(s) (each, a "New Account") and fund the New Account(s) within 60 days of opening the New Account(s) with at least CAD $1,000 in cash or in Net Equity (cheque deposit, electronic funds transfer or transfer of assets) ("Minimum Amount"), from an account that is not held at Scotia iTRADE, (1) the commissions associated with the first 10 online commissionable trades of Equities, Options and ETFs placed within 365 days of the date when you funded your New Account(s) with the Minimum Amount will be credited back to the corresponding New Account within 30 days of each order fill, to a maximum amount of $9.99 per trade in the currency of the account (maximum total commission rebate of $99.90), (2) the amount of the transfer-in fee charged by another Canadian broker will be credited to your New Account (up to $150 per client) subject to Scotia iTRADE's receipt of the documentation evidencing such transfer-in fee. Scotia iTRADE reserves the right to charge you all or part of the commissions associated with the first 10 online trades completed within 365 days of funding your New Account(s) (when such commissions were previously credited back to your New Account(s)) if the conditions of the offer are not complied with. Scotia iTRADE reserves the right to modify and/or cancel this offer at any time without notice in its sole discretion. Clients must enter the promotional code SRPE15 (English) or SRPF15 (French) when submitting the New Account application to qualify. To qualify for this offer, you must satisfy Scotia iTRADE's Canadian residency requirements, have a valid Social Insurance Number, be eligible to open a Scotia iTRADE account, maintain all of your accounts at Scotia iTRADE in good standing, not be in a disallowed debit position and not have any outstanding margin calls due. This offer has no cash redemption value. This offer cannot be transferred or combined with any other promotional offer (excluding Refer-a-Friend). Limited to one offer per client. In case of joint account only one account holder will be entitled to receive free trades.