Bank of Nova ScotiaBNS
13F holders, Q1 2026 (March 31)508holders +24
54new positions
37sold out
8famous investors
$69.45avg. 13F price*
At the end of Q1 2026, 508 institutions reported holding Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) in their 13F filings, up 24 from Q4 2025. 54 opened new positions and 37 sold out. The largest holders were Royal Bank of Canada ($5.0B), Bank of Montreal ($3.9B) and Vanguard Capital Management LLC ($2.5B). 8 famous investors held it, including Prem Watsa (1.3% of Fairfax Financial Holdings's portfolio), Jeremy Grantham (0.2% of GMO's portfolio) and Cliff Asness (0.1% of AQR Capital Management's portfolio).
- Company
- Bank of Nova Scotia
- Filed as
- BANK NOVA SCOTIA B C (Q1 2026)
- CUSIP
- 064149107
- Latest filing quarter
- Q2 2026
History
Number of 13F holders
Total Exit/New Position Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 54 | $193.9M |
| Exits | 37 | $255.3M |
All 13F filers, Q4 2025 → Q1 2026: 33,193,998 shares bought and 48,430,636 shares sold, net −15,236,638 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 508 holders
| Royal Bank of Canada | 0.94% | Reduce -12.2% | 71,847,668 | $5.0B |
| Bank of Montreal | 1.61% | Reduce -3.2% | 56,069,406 | $3.9B |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 0.06% | — | 35,683,283 | $2.5B |
| Cibc World Market Inc. | 3.16% | Reduce -9.1% | 25,977,781 | $1.8B |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 1.08% | Add +2.7% | 19,181,963 | $1.3B |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 1.68% | Reduce -2.7% | 18,254,276 | $1.3B |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 2.37% | Reduce -20.7% | 17,581,384 | $1.2B |
| National Bank of Canada | 1.16% | Reduce -7.9% | 16,409,996 | $1.1B |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 1.47% | Add +16.7% | 15,020,030 | $1.0B |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 3.82% | Reduce -2.9% | 13,422,749 | $929.0M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.06% | Add +4.7% | 12,839,813 | $916.9M |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co. | 0.19% | — | 10,969,938 | $760.7M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.05% | Add +81.2% | 10,841,415 | $730.6M |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 2.00% | Add +107.6% | 9,674,068 | $675.7M |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 1.49% | Reduce -8.4% | 9,331,541 | $647.2M |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 0.41% | Reduce -15.4% | 9,113,642 | $632.1M |
| FIL Ltd | 0.49% | Reduce -45.2% | 9,042,167 | $627.1M |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 1.49% | Reduce -10.8% | 8,793,875 | $611.5M |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 0.33% | — | 8,776,836 | $608.7M |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp. | 0.72% | Reduce -10.6% | 8,645,354 | $599.5M |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.13% | Reduce -1.0% | 8,395,184 | $580.3M |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 1.92% | Reduce -3.9% | 7,727,358 | $533.4M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.09% | Add +2.6% | 6,008,689 | $416.4M |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 0.64% | Reduce -41.4% | 5,539,629 | $384.0M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.05% | Add +23.4% | 5,468,906 | $379.0M |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 0.32% | Reduce -23.4% | 5,336,643 | $369.7M |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.03% | Add +8.7% | 5,024,708 | $348.3M |
| Barclays PLC | 0.12% | Add +406.3% | 5,004,525 | $346.9M |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 2.17% | Add +178.0% | 4,561,621 | $316.4M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.02% | Reduce -19.2% | 4,128,216 | $286.1M |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 0.05% | Add +29.9% | 4,106,717 | $284.0M |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. | 0.04% | Reduce -4.0% | 3,967,422 | $274.3M |
| Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc. | 3.91% | Reduce -5.8% | 3,510,666 | $242.7M |
| Amundi | 0.06% | Add +11.6% | 3,303,103 | $233.0M |
| Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC | 0.73% | Reduce -3.2% | 3,219,293 | $223.1M |
| AQR Capital Management | 0.09% | Reduce -16.6% | 2,967,564 | $203.3M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.02% | Add +19.1% | 2,680,488 | $185.8M |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd | 0.15% | — | 2,495,771 | $173.1M |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.06% | Reduce -7.1% | 2,448,857 | $169.7M |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 0.44% | Add +212.4% | 2,025,894 | $140.5M |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. | 3.77% | Add +1.3% | 2,022,859 | $139.8M |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 0.12% | Reduce -3.3% | 1,977,993 | $137.1M |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp | 0.84% | Reduce -17.6% | 1,897,415 | $131.2M |
| Franklin Resources Inc. | 0.03% | Add +12.3% | 1,884,493 | $130.7M |
| Mufg Securities (canada), LTD. | 3.64% | Reduce -2.9% | 1,828,607 | $126.6M |
| Van Eck Associates Corp. | 0.09% | Add +37.1% | 1,640,548 | $113.8M |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +16.6% | 1,503,049 | $104.2M |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 2.92% | Add +0.3% | 1,073,598 | $103.6M |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 2.44% | Add +12.1% | 1,293,232 | $89.7M |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 1.01% | New | 1,231,200 | $85.1M |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP | 0.90% | Add +120.3% | 1,226,186 | $85.0M |
| UBS Group AG | 0.02% | Add +31.9% | 1,224,044 | $84.8M |
| Citigroup Inc. | 0.05% | Reduce -14.7% | 1,215,446 | $84.0M |
| GMO | 0.21% | Add +47.1% | 1,213,514 | $84.0M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.02% | Add +0.4% | 1,210,163 | $83.9M |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp | 0.49% | Add +82.8% | 1,184,182 | $82.1M |
| Aviva PLC | 0.13% | Add +2.9% | 1,154,868 | $79.8M |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 0.11% | Add +309.9% | 1,135,632 | $78.7M |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 0.08% | Add +11.4% | 1,114,403 | $75.9M |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd | 2.89% | Reduce -0.4% | 1,089,394 | $75.3M |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | 13.41% | Add +26.0% | 964,746 | $66.9M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.01% | Add +0.2% | 896,091 | $62.1M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.02% | No change | 867,929 | $60.0M |
| Korea Investment CORP | 0.12% | Add +1.9% | 855,883 | $59.2M |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 0.56% | Add +1.0% | 830,164 | $57.4M |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. | 4.28% | Reduce -17.4% | 811,628 | $56.2M |
| Purpose Unlimited Inc. | 2.26% | Add +10.3% | 780,376 | $54.1M |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 0.06% | Reduce -2.9% | 763,160 | $52.7M |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co | 0.09% | Reduce -0.6% | 703,459 | $48.8M |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury | 0.16% | Reduce -0.0% | 694,701 | $48.0M |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0.03% | Add +4.8% | 692,738 | $48.0M |
| BCV Asset Management Inc. | 1.64% | Reduce -28.5% | 690,268 | $47.7M |
| Guardian Partners Inc. | 3.66% | Reduce -0.9% | 632,459 | $43.9M |
| American Century Companies Inc. | 0.02% | Add +20.4% | 621,748 | $43.1M |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 0.09% | Add +3.2% | 622,902 | $43.1M |
| Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd. | 0.12% | — | 616,522 | $42.8M |
| MORGUARD LINCLUDEN GLOBAL INVESTMENTS Ltd | 4.33% | Reduce -14.0% | 577,451 | $40.7M |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 0.12% | Reduce -0.6% | 635,995 | $38.2M |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 0.04% | Add +58.3% | 530,226 | $36.8M |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 2.76% | Reduce -4.8% | 526,323 | $36.4M |
| Guardian Capital LP | 0.90% | Reduce -0.7% | 493,081 | $34.1M |
| Agf Management Ltd. | 0.15% | Reduce -6.5% | 352,107 | $34.0M |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 0.03% | Reduce -2.0% | 496,524 | $33.8M |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. | 0.17% | Reduce -48.0% | 468,719 | $32.4M |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | 0.05% | Reduce -13.5% | 459,656 | $31.8M |
| Millennium Management | 0.02% | Reduce -42.0% | 445,489 | $30.9M |
| SEB Asset Management AB | 0.13% | — | 436,060 | $30.1M |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 0.07% | Reduce -9.6% | 432,072 | $29.9M |
| Delaney Capital Management Ltd. | 4.75% | Add +1.5% | 427,609 | $29.6M |
| Canerector Inc. | 13.71% | No change | 300,000 | $28.9M |
| Intact Investment Management Inc. | 0.77% | Reduce -9.6% | 392,073 | $27.2M |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings | 1.28% | No change | 359,100 | $24.8M |
| Kepler Cheuvreux (Suisse) SA | 1.58% | No change | 246,523 | $23.8M |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 0.07% | Add +21.2% | 311,846 | $21.6M |
| Citadel Advisors | 0.02% | Add +92.2% | 310,363 | $21.5M |
| Aviso Financial Inc. | 0.76% | Add +3.7% | 308,341 | $21.4M |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 0.27% | Add +1.8% | 305,603 | $21.2M |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Add +5.9% | 290,379 | $21.1M |
| Andra AP-fonden | 0.25% | New | 214,560 | $20.7M |
| Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. | 0.13% | Reduce -0.8% | 283,643 | $19.6M |
"% of holder's portfolio" is BNS's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Bank of Nova Scotia the manager owns.