| 0.07% |
| 4 | CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. | 25.2M | $2.19B | -7.6% | 2.056% | 3.51% |
| 5 | NORGES BANK | 18.4M | $1.60B | — | 1.500% | 0.16% |
| 6 | 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 16.3M | $1.41B | -11.0% | 1.325% | 0.71% |
| 7 | NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | 15.7M | $1.36B | -4.4% | 1.279% | 0.97% |
| 8 | TORONTO DOMINION BANK | 15.3M | $1.33B | -23.9% | 1.245% | 1.53% |
| 9 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 14.3M | $1.28B | +11.5% | 1.167% | 0.07% |
| 10 | TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | 14.1M | $1.22B | -26.5% | 1.149% | 1.06% |
| 11 | SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. | 12.9M | $1.12B | -3.6% | 1.055% | 4.20% |
| 12 | MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP | 8.7M | $1.07B | +0.1% | 0.706% | 1.07% |
| 13 | FIL Ltd | 12.2M | $1.06B | +35.5% | 0.999% | 0.76% |
| 14 | CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD | 11.7M | $1.02B | +28.5% | 0.955% | 0.56% |
| 15 | VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO | 10.9M | $949.5M | -0.4% | 0.891% | 0.21% |
| 16 | CIBC Asset Management Inc | 10.8M | $938.0M | +22.3% | 0.877% | 2.06% |
| 17 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 10.7M | $929.5M | -1.0% | 0.875% | 0.05% |
| 18 | Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 9.5M | $822.5M | +7.8% | 0.772% | 0.38% |
| 19 | TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 9.0M | $791.3M | -6.5% | 0.738% | 2.08% |
| 20 | Legal & General Group Plc | 8.2M | $709.8M | -2.7% | 0.666% | 0.15% |
| 21 | Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 7.6M | $657.1M | -1.8% | 0.619% | 2.01% |
| 22 | BARCLAYS PLC | 7.0M | $611.9M | +40.8% | 0.575% | 0.12% |
| 23 | MORGAN STANLEY | 6.7M | $583.9M | +62.9% | 0.548% | 0.03% |
| 24 | HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND | 6.6M | $575.3M | +19.6% | 0.540% | 0.81% |
| 25 | Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 6.5M | $567.3M | -29.9% | 0.534% | 1.07% |
denotes a marquee investor (Buffett, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost and other widely-followed managers). “% of Fund” shows how much of that investor’s total 13F portfolio is invested in BNS — a direct measure of their conviction.
Institutions that fully closed their BNS position in Q2 2026
| 47.90% |
| +1.56 pp |
| $27.77B |
| 1.9% |
| Q4 2024 | 422 | +5.8% | 46.34% | 1.28 pp | $28.30B | 3.9% |
| Q3 2024 | 399 | — | 47.62% | — | $29.46B | — |
Source: SEC 13F institutional filings. Ownership % requires market cap data and will show once linked. Δ columns compare to the immediately prior filed quarter.
69 institutions opened new positions in BNS during Q2 2026, while 43 fully exited. 416 added to existing positions and 37 trimmed.
BNS institutional ownership rose by 0.63 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, with a net change of +30 holders.
The top 10 institutions account for 52.0% of all reported 13F value in BNS, and the top 25 account for 77.5%.
All data is sourced from SEC Form 13F filings, which institutional investment managers with at least $100M in assets are required to file each quarter. We process every 13F filing from EDGAR and recompute the aggregates after each cycle. Insider transactions are sourced from Form 4 filings.
The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Institutional Ownership