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  UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
  Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
OMB Number:   3235-0006
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FORM 13F COVER PAGE


Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:
09-30-2017
 
Check here if Amendment:      Amendment Number:
 
This Amendment (Check only one.):      is a restatement.
       adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name: BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 
Address: 44 KING STREET WEST 
  SCOTIA PLAZA 8TH FL. 
  TORONTO  A6  M5H 1H1 

Form 13F File Number:   028-11475 


The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name: Roula Kataras 
Title: Vice President, Financial Accounting and Reporting 
Phone: 416 933-4103 

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/s/ Roula Kataras  Toronto,  CANADA (FEDERAL LEVEL) 11-14-2017 
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]

Do you wish to provide information pursuant to Special Instruction 5?          Yes      X  No

Report Type (Check only one.):

      13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)

      13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

X  13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)


List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]

Form 13F File Number Name
028-13705  1832 Asset Management L.P. 
028-11459  BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST CO 
028-11461  SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 

Form 13F Summary Page

Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers:
Form 13F Information table Entry Total: 1614 
Form 13F Information table Value Total: 17,156,822 
  (thousands)

List of Other Included Managers:

Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F number(s) of all institutional investement managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.

   No. Form 13F File Number Name CIK
028-11472  BNS INVESTMENTS INC.  0001336244 
028-16142  Scotiabanc Inc.  0001606470 
028-16218  Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co (Bahamas) Ltd  0001614992 
028-16219  Tangerine Investment Management Inc.  0001614991 
028-16220  Profuturo AFP S.A.  0001614987 
028-17829  SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC  0001697694 
028-18067  Scotia Fondos, S.A. de C.V., Sociedad Operadora de Fondos de Inversion, Grupo Financiero Scotiabank Inverlat  0001698322 
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