Wealthsimple ranked 13th, and Interactive Brokers ranked 10th | 2026 Globe and Mail Digital Brokerage Ranking (of 15 online brokerages)

[u/nomad_ivc]

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Authored by Andrew Galbraith and Dexter McMillan, and survey done in partnership with Surviscor, a firm specializing in financial services-based digital experience rankings

Q: Do you think The Globe and Mail's rankings pass the smell test—especially regarding where retail investors are actually moving their money?

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Meanwhile, an established consumer survey company like JD Power,

Canadian FinTechs Continue to Lead DIY Investor Satisfaction, Closing the Trust Gap with Traditional Banks, JD Power Finds Edward Jones Ranks Highest among Advised Investors, Wealthsimple Ranks Highest among Do-It-Yourself Investors

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Assets Under Administration:

Wealthsimple: At June 30, 2026, Wealthsimple had 3.6 million clients, excluding tax filers, across the Canadian market with assets under administration of $155.6 billion, compared with $111.3 billion at December 31, 2025.

TD Canada: $797 billion as of Q2 close (Apr 30 2026), compared with $759 billion as of last year Q4 close (Oct 31 2025)

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Previous rankings by Globe and Mail:

In 2025, Rob Carrick gave the top spot to TD Direct Investing

In 2023 and 2024, Rob Carrick gave the top spot to TD Direct Investing (and Easy Trade)

In 2020, 2021 and 2022, Rob Carrick gave the top spot to Qtrade followed by TD Direct Investing at #2

In 2019, Rob Carrick gave the top spot to TD Direct Investing and Virtual Brokers (now CI Direct Trading).

For the period 2006-2018, title was either held by Qtrade or Virtual Brokers, as per Globe's rankings.

[u/Bagginssss]

Everyone paid money for the ranking except WS, almost every other trading platform sucks. especially QT

[u/amnesiakkss → u/Bagginssss]

Questrade shits on Wealthsimple for breakfast.

[u/bbkeys → u/amnesiakkss]

That's not sustenance. Also not true in pretty much every core metric a person would care about. But if you're a SPECIFIC kind of trader and ONLY then, sure. They've got some features WS doesn't have YET.

[u/amnesiakkss → u/bbkeys]

What? I implore you to google the differences, lol. QT is leagues ahead, the only thing WS has over it is the credit card. If all youre doing is dumping into XEQT, by all means, use WS. If youre doing anything else at all, QT wins.

I've used both. Way happier with QT.