Jump to main navigation Jump to main content. Last updated Wednesday, Dec. Qtrade retakes the top spot after a two-year reign by Virtual Brokers, which dropped to the No. TD Direct Investing, a broker heavyweight gone to seed in recent years, is back in shape, and the ambitious independent broker Questrade has climbed still further up the rankings.

The changes at the top were driven by a welcome development in the pricing of stock trades. A broker needs to be good at all things to be No. One last development is the appearance in Canada of robo-advisers, low-cost online advice firms that are a natural alternative to the entirely DIY experience of using an online broker.

A few firms in this ranking have introduced advice options of their own, thereby adding a bit to their scores.

Now in its 16th year, this ranking is designed for mainstream investors requiring access to registered accounts, a wide variety of investments and tools for portfolio planning and researching investments.

Get started by checking out our decision tree. Commissions on bonds and mutual funds are also considered, as are the availability of commission-free exchange-traded funds and maintenance fees for small accounts.

With stock trading costs converging across the industry, more emphasis was placed this year on other fees. Account reporting and maintenance: In this survey, a big emphasis is placed on evaluating the job brokers do in helping clients gauge how their portfolios are performing over time.

Also considered is how well brokers help you manage your account by, for example, asking questions via e-mail and providing a long-term database for your account transactions. Brokers are graded on the availability of registered accounts that can hold U.

Shows which firms are leaders in terms of cutting prices and introducing new services, and which are followers.

Web design also counts here. The good-at-everything broker returns to top spot, despite losing points for adding electronic communications network ECN fees to the cost of some stock trades. VB is still by far the most aggressive brokers in adding new features and keeping costs low.

This year, it added 50 new funds to its list of commission-free ETFs and removed some annoying account admin fees. Efforts are also being made to improve customer service.

To potentially get over the hump, BMO should add commission-free trading of exchange-traded funds. Another year, another move higher in the rankings for this aggressive independent broker. By adding personalized account reporting, Questrade addressed its biggest shortcoming. Now, it needs to add beef up its research offerings and take the kinks out of its website navigation.

ECN fees may be added to commissions for some trades. Overall, RBCDI has been an upper-tier player in this ranking for years now. One glaring deficiency fixed, one to go. Maybe in the second half of While you wait, enjoy a client website that contends for best of breed and a generously stuffed library of stock and ETF research. TD returns to the upper echelon by addressing two flaws that really stood out for a broker of its size and influence.

Excellent account reporting tools are now available, and U. At some point in the last couple of years, NBDB decided to stop going through the motions and get serious.

It now offers a well-rounded service for DIY investors, and an online advice option called InvestCube. You get a portfolio of ETFs and automatic rebalancing for an all-in cost in the area of 1 per cent.

Not cheap, but beats owning a portfolio invested in do-nothing cash. Strong on stock research, though. As part of his annual ranking of online brokers, Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick asks each brokerage firm to fill out a questionnaire covering all aspects of its service for clients.

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This year, Globe Unlimited subscribers are invited to look at the responses that each broker sent back. These are excel files, best viewed on desktop or through your mobile browser.

Globe app users click here and follow the links to the spreadsheets. Incorrect information supplied by the firm appeared in the forex comparison table originally published Nov. Follow Rob Carrick on Twitter: How the brokers responded to this year's Online Broker survey.

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Get started by checking out our decision tree Click to enlarge How the brokers are scored Cost: Covers all the bases, but other firms shine brighter in most areas. Falling further and further behind on costs and features. The underlying scores may differ slightly, but translate to the same letter grade. Hence, RBC is ranked 5th while Scotia iTrade and TD are tied for 6th even though letter grades for all three are B. More Related to this Story online broker comparison tables How the brokers responded to this year's Online Broker survey.

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