Deposits stay north
Money entrusted to us is lent back into the communities it came from, not exported to a distant balance sheet.
A northern bank, on purpose
Chartered in Yellowknife in 1974, and headquartered here ever since.
Who we are
Founded because no one else would
In 1974, seven families and two mining cooperatives in Yellowknife could not get an operating line from a southern bank. The distances were too great, the seasons too irregular, the market too small to bother with. So they chartered their own institution.
52 years later, Aurora Trust Bank holds deposits for more than 48,000 households and enterprises across the territories and the western provinces. We have grown, but the reason we exist has not changed: capital raised in the North should be available to the North.
We remain headquartered at Aurora Trust Tower in Yellowknife, and we intend to stay.
What we hold to
Four commitments, unchanged since 1974
Nobody is too remote
A fly-in community gets the same products, the same rates and the same service as our head office counter.
Plain terms
Our agreements are written to be read. If a fee exists, it is on the page before you sign.
Always reachable
A 24/7 toll-free line and a fraud desk that answers at three in the morning, because that is when it matters.
52Years in operation
48,000+Customers
21Communities served
C$3.4BDeposits under stewardship
Standing and membership
Who we answer to
Aurora Trust Bank is federally regulated and participates in national and international settlement.
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
Member institution, deposits insured within published limits
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Federally regulated and supervised
SWIFT ATBKCA2Y
International settlement and correspondent banking
Payments Canada
Direct participant in national clearing and settlement
Bank with an institution that stayed
Open an account online, or come and see us on 52nd Avenue.