Canadian investors face a narrower field than Americans: many top US brokers simply don't serve Canada, and those that do vary widely on currency conversion costs and registered account support. Every broker below accepts Canadian residents and is covered by CIRO regulation with CIPF protection.
These picks are filtered from our full Stock Brokers rankings using the criteria in this page's title, then ordered by the attribute that matters most for this use case. Scores come from our standard methodology: Fees & pricing (30%), safety & regulation (30%), platform & tools (25%), service & funding (15%). Affiliate partnerships never change a position.