BNS The Bank of Nova Scotia — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
The Bank of Nova Scotia provides various banking products and services in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, the Caribbean and Central America, and internationally. It operates through Canadian Banking, International Banking, Global Wealth Management, and Global Banking and Markets segments. The company offers financial advice and solutions, and banking products, including debit and credit cards, chequing and saving accounts, investments, mortgages, loans, and insurance to individuals; and retail automotive financing solutions. It also provides business banking solutions comprising lending, deposit, cash management, and trade finance solutions to small, medium, and large businesses. In addition, it provides wealth management advice and solutions, including online brokerage, mobile investment, full-service brokerage, trust, private banking, and private investment counsel services; and retail mutual funds, exchange traded funds, liquid alternatives, and institutional funds. The company was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Dividend Snapshot
Key Metrics
Current Yield
3.53%
At the Sep 14, 2026 price
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Dividend
$3.2955
The most recent payment scaled to a full year by how often it's paid. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00.Frequency
Q Quarterly
How often the dividend is paid: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.Rank Score
64.2
As of Sep 14, 2026
Our 0-100 house score blending yield quality, payout sustainability (the trailing-twelve-month payout ratio), profitability (TTM return on equity), valuation (TTM price-to-book) and payment reliability, recomputed daily. Higher means a stronger profile on those factors in our model — a research score, not advice or a recommendation to buy.RSI (14)
58
As of Sep 14, 2026
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$63.31 – $94.92
Closes through Sep 11, 2026
The lowest and highest price over the past year — shows where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio (TTM)
59.61%
12 months to Jul 31, 2026 (Q3 FY2026)
The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.Years Paying
24
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.Price / Book (TTM)
1.78
Price as of Sep 14, 2026; latest reported book value
Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)
BNS's dividend yield fell from 3.70% to 3.53% over the past ~90 days (-0.17 pp). Of that move, +0.14 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and -0.31 pp from the share price ($85.54 on Jun 16, 2026 → $93.45 on Sep 14, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 301 daily observations over the past 16 months (through Sep 11, 2026), BNS's current yield is higher than approximately 5% of them. Our stored price history for BNS covers the past 16 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.
Adjusted Price History
Dividend History
Dividend Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.8239 Q | Regular upcoming, declared | Aug 25, 2026 | Oct 06, 2026 | Oct 06, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 |
| $0.8030 Q | Regular | Dec 02, 2025 | Jul 07, 2026 | Jul 07, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 |
| $0.7910 Q | Regular | Dec 02, 2025 | Apr 07, 2026 | Apr 07, 2026 | Apr 28, 2026 |
| $0.7979 Q | Regular | Dec 02, 2025 | Jan 06, 2026 | Jan 06, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 |
| $0.7885 Q | Regular | Dec 03, 2024 | Oct 07, 2025 | Oct 07, 2025 | Oct 29, 2025 |
| $0.8075 Q | Regular | Dec 03, 2024 | Jul 02, 2025 | Jul 02, 2025 | Jul 29, 2025 |
| $0.7404 I | Regular | Dec 03, 2024 | Apr 01, 2025 | Apr 01, 2025 | Apr 28, 2025 |
| $0.7389 Q | Regular | Dec 03, 2024 | Jan 07, 2025 | Jan 07, 2025 | Jan 29, 2025 |
| $0.7860 Q | Regular | Aug 27, 2024 | Oct 02, 2024 | Oct 02, 2024 | Oct 29, 2024 |
| $0.7750 Q | Regular | May 28, 2024 | Jul 03, 2024 | Jul 03, 2024 | Jul 29, 2024 |
| $0.7830 Q | Regular | Feb 27, 2024 | Apr 01, 2024 | Apr 02, 2024 | Apr 26, 2024 |
| $0.7955 Q | Regular | Nov 29, 2023 | Jan 02, 2024 | Jan 03, 2024 | Jan 29, 2024 |
| $0.7756 I | Regular | Nov 29, 2022 | Oct 02, 2023 | Oct 03, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| $0.7860 Q | Regular | Nov 29, 2022 | Sep 29, 2023 | Oct 03, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| $0.8003 Q | Regular | Nov 29, 2022 | Jul 03, 2023 | Jul 05, 2023 | Jul 27, 2023 |
| $0.7620 Q | Regular | Feb 28, 2023 | Apr 03, 2023 | Apr 04, 2023 | Apr 26, 2023 |
| $0.7560 Q | Regular | Nov 29, 2022 | Jan 03, 2023 | Jan 04, 2023 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| $0.7450 Q | Regular | Aug 23, 2022 | Oct 03, 2022 | Oct 04, 2022 | Oct 27, 2022 |
| $0.8000 Q | Regular | May 25, 2022 | Jul 04, 2022 | Jul 05, 2022 | Jul 27, 2022 |
| $0.8000 Q | Regular | Mar 01, 2022 | Apr 04, 2022 | Apr 05, 2022 | Apr 27, 2022 |
| $0.7910 Q | Regular | Dec 01, 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | Jan 04, 2022 | Jan 27, 2022 |
| $0.7080 Q | Regular | Aug 24, 2021 | Oct 04, 2021 | Oct 05, 2021 | Oct 27, 2021 |
| $0.7300 Q | Regular | Jun 01, 2021 | Jul 05, 2021 | Jul 06, 2021 | Jul 28, 2021 |
| $0.7160 Q | Regular | Feb 24, 2021 | Apr 05, 2021 | Apr 06, 2021 | Apr 28, 2021 |
| $0.7070 Q | Regular | Dec 01, 2020 | Jan 04, 2021 | Jan 05, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 |
| $0.6760 Q | Regular | Nov 26, 2019 | Oct 05, 2020 | Oct 06, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 |
| $0.6640 Q | Regular | Nov 26, 2019 | Jul 06, 2020 | Jul 07, 2020 | Jul 29, 2020 |
| $0.6340 Q | Regular | Nov 26, 2019 | Apr 06, 2020 | Apr 07, 2020 | Apr 28, 2020 |
| $0.6920 Q | Regular | Nov 26, 2019 | Jan 06, 2020 | Jan 07, 2020 | Jan 29, 2020 |
| $0.6790 Q | Regular | Aug 27, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Oct 01, 2019 | Oct 29, 2019 |
| $0.6640 Q | Regular | May 28, 2019 | Jun 28, 2019 | Jul 02, 2019 | Jul 29, 2019 |
| $0.6520 Q | Regular | Feb 26, 2019 | Apr 01, 2019 | Apr 02, 2019 | Apr 26, 2019 |
| $0.6230 Q | Regular | Nov 27, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Jan 02, 2019 | Jan 29, 2019 |
| $0.6590 Q | Regular | Aug 28, 2018 | Oct 01, 2018 | Oct 02, 2018 | Oct 29, 2018 |
| $0.6190 Q | Regular | Nov 28, 2017 | Jun 29, 2018 | Jul 03, 2018 | Jul 27, 2018 |
| $0.6360 Q | Regular | Nov 28, 2017 | Apr 02, 2018 | Apr 03, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| $0.6280 Q | Regular | Nov 28, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 | Jan 02, 2018 | Jan 29, 2018 |
| $0.7900 Q | Regular | Aug 29, 2017 | Oct 02, 2017 | Oct 03, 2017 | Oct 27, 2017 |
| $0.5830 Q | Regular | May 30, 2017 | Jun 29, 2017 | Jul 04, 2017 | Jul 27, 2017 |
| $0.5699 Q | Regular | Feb 28, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | Apr 04, 2017 | Apr 26, 2017 |
| $0.5460 Q | Regular | Nov 29, 2016 | Dec 29, 2016 | Jan 03, 2017 | Jan 27, 2017 |
| $0.5630 Q | Regular | Aug 30, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | Oct 04, 2016 | Oct 27, 2016 |
| $0.5570 Q | Regular | May 31, 2016 | Jun 30, 2016 | Jul 05, 2016 | Jul 27, 2016 |
| $0.5540 Q | Regular | Mar 01, 2016 | Apr 01, 2016 | Apr 05, 2016 | Apr 27, 2016 |
| $0.5039 I | Regular | Dec 01, 2015 | Dec 31, 2015 | Jan 05, 2016 | Jan 27, 2016 |
| $0.5280 Q | Regular | Aug 28, 2015 | Oct 02, 2015 | Oct 06, 2015 | Oct 28, 2015 |
| $0.5850 Q | Regular | Jun 01, 2015 | Jul 02, 2015 | Jul 07, 2015 | Jul 29, 2015 |
| $0.5390 Q | Regular | Mar 03, 2015 | Apr 02, 2015 | Apr 07, 2015 | Apr 28, 2015 |
| $0.6600 Q | Regular | Dec 05, 2014 | Jan 02, 2015 | Jan 06, 2015 | Jan 28, 2015 |
| $0.6600 Q | Regular | Aug 26, 2014 | Oct 03, 2014 | Oct 07, 2014 | Oct 29, 2014 |
| $0.6400 Q | Regular | May 28, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | Jul 02, 2014 | Jul 29, 2014 |
| $0.6400 Q | Regular | Mar 04, 2014 | Mar 28, 2014 | Apr 01, 2014 | Apr 28, 2014 |
| $0.6200 Q | Regular | Dec 06, 2013 | Jan 03, 2014 | Jan 07, 2014 | Jan 29, 2014 |
| $0.6200 Q | Regular | Aug 27, 2013 | Sep 27, 2013 | Oct 01, 2013 | Oct 29, 2013 |
| $0.5707 I | Regular | May 28, 2013 | Jun 28, 2013 | Jul 02, 2013 | Jul 29, 2013 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Mar 05, 2013 | Mar 28, 2013 | Apr 02, 2013 | Apr 26, 2013 |
| $0.5700 Q | Regular | Dec 07, 2012 | Dec 28, 2012 | Jan 02, 2013 | Jan 29, 2013 |
| $0.5700 Q | Regular | Aug 28, 2012 | Sep 28, 2012 | Oct 02, 2012 | Oct 29, 2012 |
| $0.5397 I | Regular | - | Jun 29, 2012 | Jul 03, 2012 | Jul 27, 2012 |
| $0.5500 Q | Regular | Mar 07, 2012 | Mar 30, 2012 | Apr 03, 2012 | Apr 26, 2012 |
| $0.5200 Q | Regular | Dec 02, 2011 | Dec 29, 2011 | Jan 03, 2012 | Jan 27, 2012 |
| $0.5200 Q | Regular | Aug 30, 2011 | Sep 30, 2011 | Oct 04, 2011 | Oct 27, 2011 |
| $0.5200 Q | Regular | May 31, 2011 | Jun 30, 2011 | Jul 05, 2011 | Jul 27, 2011 |
| $0.5370 Q | Regular | Mar 08, 2011 | Apr 01, 2011 | - | Apr 27, 2011 |
| $0.4930 I | Regular | Dec 03, 2010 | Dec 31, 2010 | Jan 04, 2011 | Jan 27, 2011 |
| $0.4750 Q | Regular | Aug 31, 2010 | Oct 01, 2010 | - | Oct 27, 2010 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Jun 01, 2010 | Jul 01, 2010 | Jul 06, 2010 | Jul 28, 2010 |
| $0.4820 Q | Regular | Mar 09, 2010 | Apr 01, 2010 | - | Apr 28, 2010 |
| $0.4652 I | Regular | Dec 08, 2009 | Dec 31, 2009 | Jan 05, 2010 | Jan 27, 2010 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Aug 28, 2009 | Oct 02, 2009 | Oct 06, 2009 | Oct 28, 2009 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | May 28, 2009 | Jul 02, 2009 | Jul 07, 2009 | Jul 29, 2009 |
| $0.3910 Q | Regular | Mar 03, 2009 | Apr 03, 2009 | Apr 07, 2009 | Apr 28, 2009 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Dec 02, 2008 | Jan 02, 2009 | Jan 06, 2009 | Jan 28, 2009 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Aug 26, 2008 | Oct 03, 2008 | Oct 07, 2008 | Oct 29, 2008 |
| $0.4870 I | Regular | - | Jun 30, 2008 | - | - |
| $0.4700 Q | Regular | Mar 04, 2008 | Mar 28, 2008 | Apr 01, 2008 | Apr 28, 2008 |
| $0.4700 Q | Regular | Dec 06, 2007 | Dec 28, 2007 | Jan 02, 2008 | Jan 29, 2008 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Aug 28, 2007 | Sep 28, 2007 | Oct 02, 2007 | Oct 29, 2007 |
| $0.4210 I | Regular | - | Jun 29, 2007 | - | - |
| $0.4200 Q | Regular | Mar 06, 2007 | Mar 30, 2007 | Apr 03, 2007 | Apr 26, 2007 |
| $0.4200 Q | Regular | Dec 08, 2006 | Dec 28, 2006 | Jan 02, 2007 | Jan 29, 2007 |
| $0.3900 Q | Regular | Aug 29, 2006 | Sep 29, 2006 | Oct 03, 2006 | Oct 27, 2006 |
| $0.3900 Q | Regular | May 29, 2006 | Jun 29, 2006 | Jul 04, 2006 | Jul 27, 2006 |
| $0.3600 Q | Regular | Mar 03, 2006 | Mar 31, 2006 | Apr 04, 2006 | Apr 26, 2006 |
| $0.3600 Q | Regular | Nov 29, 2005 | Dec 29, 2005 | Jan 03, 2006 | Jan 27, 2006 |
| $0.3400 Q | Regular | Aug 30, 2005 | Sep 30, 2005 | Oct 04, 2005 | Oct 27, 2005 |
| $0.3400 Q | Regular | May 31, 2005 | Jun 30, 2005 | Jul 05, 2005 | Jul 27, 2005 |
| $0.3200 Q | Regular | Mar 01, 2005 | Apr 01, 2005 | - | - |
| $0.2657 I | Regular | - | Dec 31, 2004 | Jan 04, 2005 | Jan 27, 2005 |
| $0.3000 Q | Regular | Aug 31, 2004 | Oct 01, 2004 | - | - |
| $0.3000 Q | Regular | Jun 01, 2004 | Jul 01, 2004 | Jul 06, 2004 | Jul 28, 2004 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Mar 02, 2004 | Apr 02, 2004 | Apr 06, 2004 | Apr 28, 2004 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Dec 02, 2003 | Jan 02, 2004 | Jan 06, 2004 | Jan 28, 2004 |
| $0.4400 Q | Regular | Aug 26, 2003 | Oct 03, 2003 | Oct 07, 2003 | Oct 29, 2003 |
| $0.4400 Q | Regular | May 28, 2003 | Jun 30, 2003 | Jul 02, 2003 | Jul 29, 2003 |
| $0.2736 I | Regular | Mar 04, 2003 | Mar 28, 2003 | Apr 01, 2003 | Apr 28, 2003 |
| $0.4000 Q | Regular | Dec 02, 2002 | Jan 03, 2003 | Jan 07, 2003 | Jan 29, 2003 |
| $0.3700 Q | Regular | Aug 27, 2002 | Sep 27, 2002 | Oct 01, 2002 | Oct 29, 2002 |
| $0.3700 I | Regular | - | Jun 28, 2002 | - | - |
Peer Comparison
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| Ticker | Name | Yield | 5-Yr Growth | Streak | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USB | U.S. Bancorp | 3.44% | 4.0% | 15 yrs | 75 |
| CICHF | China Construction Bank Corporation | 5.07% | 12.5% | 2 yrs | 74 |
| CICHY | China Construction Bank Corporation | 4.83% | 12.7% | 5 yrs | 72 |
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | 2.22% | 6.9% | 4 yrs | 71 |
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BNS dividend — frequently asked questions
Does The Bank of Nova Scotia pay a dividend?
Yes. The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $3.30 per share, a yield of approximately 3.53%.
What is The Bank of Nova Scotia's dividend yield?
The Bank of Nova Scotia's dividend yield is approximately 3.53%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does The Bank of Nova Scotia pay dividends?
The Bank of Nova Scotia pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.
When is The Bank of Nova Scotia's next ex-dividend date?
The next declared ex-dividend date for The Bank of Nova Scotia is October 6, 2026. The associated payment is $0.8239 per share; you must own the shares before the ex-dividend date to receive it.
How long has The Bank of Nova Scotia paid dividends?
The Bank of Nova Scotia has 24 years of dividend payments on record.
Data updated Sep 14, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.