Bank of Nova Scotia

Who owns it

No filing-sourced ownership yet. That means we haven’t found a filing — not that the company has no owners.

What’s documented

• 2026-06-09environmentalThe Banking on Climate Chaos 2026 report found that Scotiabank dropped its 2030 decarbonization targets and also cancelled its 2050 net-zero target. Scotiabank ranked among the world's top twelve fossil fuel financiers for 2021-2025, providing over $437 billion in combined fossil fuel financing with RBC and TD over that period, as Canadian banks' oil and gas financing rose over 27% in 2025.source →
• 2026-04-29regulatoryAction3889 SEC filings on record (3122 424B2, 610 FWP, 56 424B3, 39 6-K, 19 SCHEDULE 13G/A)source →
• 2026-03-19environmentalScotiabank committed to publishing its energy supply financing ratio by June 1, 2026, following shareholder pressure; Canadian banks overall financed 61 cents in low-carbon projects for every dollar going to fossil fuels in 2024, well below the global average of 89 centssource →
• 2025-10-15otherThe Federal Reserve approved Scotiabank's $2.8B investment in KeyBank (Phase 2: $2B), allowing Scotiabank to nominate two directors to KeyBank's board and expand its US banking presencesource →
• 2024-04-02lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2024).source →
• 2023-09-29regulatoryActionScotiabank and Scotia Capital USA were fined $22.5M ($15M by CFTC, $7.5M by SEC) for widespread failures to maintain and preserve employee communications records, including unauthorized use of WhatsApp and personal devices for businesssource →
• 2023-06-27lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2023); subjects: Financial Institutions.source →
• 2020-08-19regulatoryActionScotiabank paid $127.4M to resolve criminal charges related to a precious metals futures price manipulation scheme, including a $42M CFTC penalty, $17M for making false statements to regulators, and $50M for swap dealer compliance failures over seven yearssource →
• 2019-09-17lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2019); subjects: Taxation and Finance.source →
• 2018-11-28lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2018); subjects: Taxation and Finance.source →
• 2017-11-06lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2017); subjects: Agriculture, Budget, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Economic Development….source →
• 2016-10-24lobbying4 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2016); subjects: Agriculture, Budget, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Economic Development….source →
• 2015-08-02lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2015); subjects: Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Industry, Internal Trade, International Relations….source →
• 2014-09-02lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2014); subjects: Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Industry, Internal Trade, International Relations….source →
• 2013-12-16lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2013); subjects: Taxation and Finance.source →
• 2012-06-02lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2012); subjects: Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Industry, Internal Trade, International Relations….source →
• 2011-12-05lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2011); subjects: Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Industry, Internal Trade, International Relations….source →
• 2010-12-30lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2010); subjects: Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Industry, Internal Trade, International Relations….source →
• 2009-06-22lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2009); subjects: Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Industry, Internal Trade, International Relations….source →
• 2008-08-20lobbying6 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2008); subjects: Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Industry, Internal Trade, International Relations….source →
• 2007-10-17lobbying5 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2007); subjects: Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Industry, Internal Trade, International Relations….source →
• 2006-10-17lobbying5 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2006); subjects: Financial Institutions, Industry, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade….source →
• 2005-08-22lobbying4 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2005); subjects: Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Financial Institutions….source →
• 2004-02-06lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2004); subjects: Consumer Issues, Industry, International Trade, Small Business, Taxation and Finance.source →
• 2003-11-19lobbying4 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2003); subjects: Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Financial Institutions….source →
• 2002-04-26lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2002); subjects: Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Financial Institutions….source →
• 2001-01-25lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2001); subjects: Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Financial Institutions….source →
• 2000-02-14lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2000); subjects: Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Financial Institutions….source →
• 1999-08-27lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (1999); subjects: Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Financial Institutions….source →
• 1998-12-11lobbying4 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (1998); subjects: Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Financial Institutions….source →
• 1997-12-22lobbying4 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (1997); subjects: Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Financial Institutions….source →

What we’ve classified so far

• environmental damage3

30 further documented actions have not been classified yet. These counts show what we have got to, not a total.