Grow your savings tax-free and start preparing for your medium and long-term projects.
Open a brokerage account
Take advantage of $0 commission on all online stock and ETF transactions
Select your direct brokerage account
- All accounts
- Registered accounts
- Non-registered accounts
- Accounts for legal entities
Registered accounts
Grow your savings tax-free and start preparing for your medium and long-term projects.
Non-registered accounts
Non-registered accounts don't offer tax benefits, but they can provide more flexibility such as no contribution limits. You can choose to open an individual or joint account depending on your financial needs.
Accounts for legal entities
Discover our other accounts. To open one of these accounts, call us at 1-800-363-3511
Registered accounts
Non-registered accounts
Non-registered accounts don't offer tax benefits, but they can provide more flexibility such as no contribution limits. You can choose to open an individual or joint account depending on your financial needs.
Accounts for legal entities
Discover our other accounts. To open one of these accounts, call us at 1-800-363-3511.
Open an online brokerage account in 3 easy steps
Good to know: you can continue to work on the form at any time by entering the application number and the password you created when you first signed in.
Enjoy our digital experience by opening one or more accounts. You’ll need a photo ID and banking details to finalize the secure form.
In the following days, you should receive confirmation via email regarding the opening of your account. Deposit funds or transfer your investments to your NBDB brokerage account.
Become an expert in financial markets, keep track of your investments, and safely view and trade stocks.
Transfer your assets without having to sell them
We'll refund your transfer fees, up to $150 plus taxes1 if you transfer $20,000 or more in an account.
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The little details that matter
For brokerage accounts:
- Your full name (as it appears on official identity documents)
- Your date of birth
- Your full home and mailing address
- Your job title and the full address of your employer
- Telephone numbers where we can reach you
- Your social insurance number (SIN)
- Your bank account information (provide a void cheque). You can also link a bank account held at another financial institution.
For accounts with spousal contributions (RRSP or RRIF):
- The full name of your spouse (as it appears on official identity documents)
- His or her date of birth
- His or her social insurance number (SIN)
For RESP accounts:
- The full name of the beneficiary (as it appears on official identity documents)
- The beneficiary's date of birth
- The beneficiary's home address
- The beneficiary's social insurance number, to apply for federal grants and provincial ones in certain provinces (an RESP cannot be opened without the beneficiary's SIN)
For special accounts:
Consult our forms and call us at 1-800-363-3511.
For your account opening application to be processed, please send us the following within 25 days:
- The appropriate forms for your account type, duly signed.
- A copy of both sides of a recognized identity document: driver's licence, health insurance card (except for residents of Ontario, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island), permanent resident card, Canadian passport or birth certificate (if under 21 years of age).
You can send us the documents in two ways:
- Mail them to:
National Bank Direct Brokerage
800 Saint-Jacques Street, Office 16281
Montreal, QC H3C 1A3
- Bring them to the National Bank branch of your choice. Find a branch.
N.B.: The opening of a brokerage account is subject to certain terms and conditions and must be approved by National Bank Direct Brokerage.
The time it takes to open an account will depend on the type of account you choose.
| For personal and joint accounts | One business day (24 hours), if the information received is in order.
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| For margin accounts and/or accounts with option trading | 3 business days (72 hours) following the receipt of the original, duly completed and signed account opening documents.
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| For Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs) | You will not be able to make your first contribution until we have received all grant application forms. |
N.B.: The opening of a brokerage account is subject to certain conditions and must be approved by National Bank Direct Brokerage.
New client?
Contact one of our Technical Support Specialists at 1-800-363-3511 - option 4 - Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (ET) to get a username and password.
Already a client?