Our Dime - TD Easy Trade Investment Platform Audit

TD Easy Trade

Parent company: Toronto-Dominion Bank

Investment Platform

Category: Simplified trading

td.com

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True North

70%

Capital: Mixed

Capital: Mixed (profits)

Control: Canada

Control: Canada (decisions)

TD Easy Trade is a Canadian-controlled platform operated by one of the country's largest financial institutions. Its True North score is supported by strong domestic operational and strategic footprints, though capital retention is diluted by its parent's status as a publicly traded global entity. Infrastructure and custody arrangements likely involve a blend of domestic and international providers.

Vector Breakdown

Inputs

low

10 /20

The platform utilizes a mix of Canadian and global market infrastructure for custody and trade execution.

Capital

Capital (profits)

high

20 /40

The platform is owned by a Canadian-domiciled public bank with a global shareholder base.

Control

Control (decisions)

high

20 /20

Strategic and executive decisions are made at the corporate headquarters located in Canada.

Operations

high

20 /20

The entity maintains significant operational and support functions within Canada to serve its domestic client base.

Forensic Summary

Research Snapshot

Checked: 2026-01-22

Platform name (payload): TD Easy Trade
Official domain: td.com
Canonical Canada URL: https://www.td.com/sitemap-main-en-us.xml

Corporate Footprint

Parent company: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Headquarters location: Toronto, ON

Sources

Parent company

"TD Easy Trade is a service of TD Direct Investing... a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank."
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Headquarters

"mail TD CASL Office, Toronto Dominion Centre, PO Box 1, Toronto ON, M5K 1A2"
Source

Canada Availability

Available

Confidence: high

Provinces: National

Available to residents across all Canadian provinces and territories.

Source

"TD Easy Trade is a service of TD Direct Investing, Canada's largest self-directed online brokerage"

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Pricing & Fees

Stock/ETF commission: $0
Options contract fee: Unknown
FX conversion fee: Unknown
Account minimum: $0
Management fee: Unknown
Monthly fee: $0

Includes 50 free stock trades per year, then $9.99/trade. TD ETFs are unlimited commission-free. Options and non-TD ETFs are not supported.

Source

"TD Easy Trade offers no minimum balance or monthly fees and a pricing structure of 50 commission-free stock trades per year."

Source

Account Types & Access

Account types

Self-directed: Yes

Managed/robo: No

Crypto trading: No

Registered accounts

TFSA

RRSP

FHSA

Non-registered

Platform access

Mobile app: Yes

Web platform: No

Supports Cash (Non-registered), TFSA, RRSP, and FHSA. Does not support RESP, RDSP, or RRIF.

Mobile-only platform; no web-based trading interface available for Easy Trade accounts.

Sources

Account types

"The basics are here – cash, TFSA, RRSP, and FHSA accounts can be opened. But others, like RESP, LIRA, or margin accounts cannot."

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Platform access

"TD Easy Trade is a mobile-only trading platform... users are unable to place trades or manage their account on a desktop computer"

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Investor Protection

CIPF member: Yes

Regulator: CIRO

Regulated via TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.

Source

"TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. - Member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund."

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