Bank Of Nova Scotia BNS Institutional Ownership

NYSE BNS

$92.87 -0.54 (-0.58%)

At close: Oct 23, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Institutions by Trading Activity

534 Institutions

Increased 272 50.9%

Unchanged 108 20.2%

Reduced 154 28.8%

Ownership Statistics

13F · as of 30 Jun, 2026

Institutional Ownership

43.73%

▲+0.51 pp QoQ

Shares Held by Institutions

544.01Mn

of 1.24Bn outstanding

▲+1.17% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

1.24Bn

699.99Mn held outside 13F filers

Institutional Investors

534

filed 13F for Jun 2026

▲+28 vs prior quarter

Net Shares Added (QoQ)

+6.30Mn

accumulated since last quarter

Value of Holdings

$50.52Bn

reported market value

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Ownership Summary

Updated Oct 16, 2026

Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS) was reported as a holding by 534 institutional investors in 13F filings for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

These investors held 43.73% of Bank of Nova Scotia's outstanding shares at the end of Q2 2026, up from 43.22% in Q1 2026.
Total shares held in Bank of Nova Scotia rose 1.17% from Q1 2026, while the number of holders rose 23.33% from Q2 2025.
Of the 534 holders, 272 added to their positions, 154 reduced their stakes and 108 left their positions unchanged in Q2 2026.
In total, institutional investors held 544.01Mn shares of Bank of Nova Scotia at the end of Q2 2026, up 6.3Mn from the prior quarter and down 56.88Mn from a year earlier.
As of June 30, 2026, the biggest holder of Bank of Nova Scotia was Royal Bank of Canada with 65.85Mn shares, or 5.29% of shares outstanding.
The biggest increases in BNS positions during Q2 2026 came from Acadian Asset Management LLC (+3.36Mn shares), FIL Ltd (+3.21Mn shares), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (+2.6Mn shares), Morgan Stanley (+2.6Mn shares) and Barclays PLC (+2.04Mn shares).
On the other side, among holders that kept a position in Bank of Nova Scotia, the largest reductions in Q2 2026 came from Royal Bank of Canada (-6Mn shares), TD Asset Management Inc (-5.09Mn shares), Toronto Dominion Bank (-5.08Mn shares), Bank of Montreal (-4.15Mn shares) and Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (-2.79Mn shares).
According to Business Quant data, the leading holders of BNS for Q2 2026 were Royal Bank of Canada (65.85Mn shares), Bank of Montreal (51.92Mn shares), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (35.71Mn shares), CIBC World Market Inc. (25.21Mn shares), Norges Bank (18.39Mn shares), Acadian Asset Management LLC (18.38Mn shares), 1832 Asset Management L.P. (16.25Mn shares), National Bank of Canada (15.69Mn shares), Geode Capital Management, LLC (14.31Mn shares) and TD Asset Management Inc (14.09Mn shares).

Form 13F Holdings

535 Institutional Holders

Report period 30 Jun, 2026

Total shares held 544.01Mn

Of outstanding 43.73%

#	Institution	CIK	Shares Held	% of Outstanding	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
1	Royal Bank Of Canada	0001000275	65,848,379	5.29%	▼5,999,289	-8.35%	$5.72Bn
2	Bank Of Montreal /Can/	0000927971	51,924,070	4.17%	▼4,145,336	-7.39%	$4.51Bn
3	VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	0002100119	35,706,610	2.87%	▲23,327	+0.07%	$3.10Bn
4	CIBC WORLD MARKET INC.	0001421224	25,213,679	2.03%	▼764,102	-2.94%	$2.19Bn
5	NORGES BANK	0001374170	18,387,259	1.48%	▲18,387,259	0.00%	$1.60Bn
6	ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	0000916542	18,382,643	1.48%	▲3,362,613	+22.39%	$1.60Mn
7	1832 Asset Management L.P.	0000944388	16,250,132	1.31%	▼2,004,144	-10.98%	$1.41Bn
8	NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/	0000926171	15,686,925	1.26%	▼723,071	-4.41%	$1.36Bn
9	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	0001214717	14,311,695	1.15%	▲1,471,882	+11.46%	$1.28Bn
10	TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC	0001056053	14,090,469	1.13%	▼5,091,494	-26.54%	$1.22Bn
11	SCOTIA CAPITAL INC.	0001335644	12,935,957	1.04%	▼486,792	-3.63%	$1.12Bn
12	Toronto Dominion Bank	0000947263	12,501,179	1.00%	▼5,080,205	-28.90%	$1.09Bn
13	FIL Ltd	0000318989	12,248,949	0.98%	▲3,206,782	+35.46%	$1.06Bn
14	CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD	0001283718	11,709,540	0.94%	▲2,595,898	+28.48%	$1.02Bn
15	VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO	0000933478	10,923,749	0.88%	▼46,189	-0.42%	$949.46Mn
16	CIBC Asset Management Inc	0001021926	10,757,318	0.86%	▲1,963,443	+22.33%	$938.05Mn
17	Jpmorgan Chase & Co	0000019617	10,732,917	0.86%	▼108,498	-1.00%	$929.47Mn
18	Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC	0001811242	9,462,637	0.76%	▲685,801	+7.81%	$822.46Mn
19	TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.	0001999606	9,044,903	0.73%	▼629,165	-6.50%	$791.30Mn
20	MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP	0000919859	8,653,592	0.70%	▲8,238	+0.10%	$1.07Bn

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