Scotiabank Routing Number Canada 2026 | Transit & Institution Number

Scotiabank’s institution number is 002. The Bank of Nova Scotia uses it for every account at every Canadian branch; your own 5-digit transit, which identifies the branch where the account is held, is the part that varies. Written for a Canadian form, a Scotiabank routing number is XXXXX-002.

Scotiabank’s SWIFT/BIC code for Canadian accounts is NOSCCATT. This page covers where Scotiabank shows your transit, the version for a single 9-digit box, and the details a sender abroad needs; the routing number guides cover the other banks.

Scotiabank and Tangerine are different institutions

Tangerine is owned by Scotiabank but has its own institution number (614) and its own transit, so a Scotiabank number on a Tangerine deposit (or the reverse) sends the payment back. Tangerine’s routing number page has its details.

Where Scotiabank displays your transit

Scotia OnLine. After signing in at scotiabank.com, open the account and choose Account Details, or go to the Direct Deposit / Pre-Authorized Payments section. Both show the transit, the institution number and the account number, and let you download a void cheque or direct deposit form.

Scotiabank app. Tap the account, then Account Details or More Info; the app can also generate a direct deposit form to share.

Cheques and branches. The bottom line of a Scotiabank cheque gives the cheque number, then the transit, then 002, then the account number, which at Scotiabank is typically 7 to 11 digits. Reading the numbers on a cheque shows the layout. At a branch, staff can print a void cheque or direct deposit form when you show photo ID.

Scotiabank doesn’t publish branch transits as a list; the reliable copy is the one attached to your own account. How to find your routing number covers the remaining options.

A 9-digit version for US-style forms

Payroll and HR systems built to US standards may ask for one 9-digit routing number. For Scotiabank that is a zero, then 002, then your five-digit transit; the EFT routing number format is explained in full on the institution-number list. If the form has separate transit and institution boxes, those take the two numbers individually.

Receiving a wire from outside Canada

Senders need the SWIFT code NOSCCATT, the account holder’s full legal name, your transit, your account number and a bank address. Scotiabank’s Help Centre guidance for incoming wires says to give your own branch’s address, not the Toronto head office; Scotia OnLine and your cheques show it. Some currencies also need an intermediary bank, which the sender’s bank can confirm.

Scotiabank’s subsidiaries in the Caribbean and Latin America (in Jamaica, Mexico and Peru, for example) have their own SWIFT codes. NOSCCATT is for Canadian Scotiabank accounts only, so a transfer to or from a Scotiabank entity abroad needs that entity’s code.

The bank’s sending caps and fees are on Scotiabank’s wire limits and fees page; the wire transfer guide covers how wires work.

Scotia iTRADE

Scotia iTRADE investment accounts carry their own transit and account numbers. To link one to an outside account, use the details iTRADE displays rather than your banking transit.

Where the numbers go

The transit, 002 and account number are what an employer needs for payroll direct deposit, what the CRA needs to send refunds and benefits by direct deposit, and what a company needs to collect a pre-authorized debit. An Interac e-Transfer doesn’t use them. What a routing number is explains each part.

For Scotiabank’s accounts and fees, see the Scotiabank review.