The Scotiabank Group is one of North America's premier financial institutions and Canada's most international bank. We serve millions of households, businesses, corporations and governments through a global network of branches and offices that span the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Since welcoming our first customers in 1832 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Scotiabank has enjoyed continued success by building on our traditional core strengths. These include:

• risk management;
• cost control;
• diversification;
• customer satisfaction; and,
• our team of satisfied employees.

Today, we are an organization of more than 48,000 employees, working in some 50 countries, in three core businesses, plus our key support areas.

The World is Yours

Choose from five regions and some 50 countries to discover how Scotiabank began and has succeeded in these locations, as well as information about the products and services we offer .

• North America
• Europe & the Middle East
• Caribbean
• Asia / Pacific
• Central & South America

For more information about Scotiabank's business lines and their capabilities, as well as Scotiabank Group's international presence, feel free to look at our International section.