TORONTO, ON - March 28, 2014 /CNW/ - Scotiabank's 182nd Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort & Conference Centre, 1310 Water Street, Kelowna, British Columbia, beginning at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time).

Shareholders and the public are invited to listen in or watch the meeting online by following the links on the Annual Meeting section of the Scotiabank website, www.scotiabank.com/annualmeeting.

About Scotiabank
Scotiabank is a leading financial services provider in over 55 countries and Canada's most international bank. Through our team of more than 83,000 employees, Scotiabank and its affiliates offer a broad range of products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management, corporate and investment banking to over 21 million customers. With assets of $783 billion (as at January 31, 2014), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto (TSX: BNS) and New York Exchanges (NYSE: BNS). Scotiabank distributes the Bank's media releases using CNW. For more information please visit www.scotiabank.com.

Note for assignment desks: Cameras will be given access to the room from 9:50-10:00 a.m. for set up shots, after which we close the meeting to cameras. Reporters will be permitted to sit in on the meeting and there will be a media availability immediately following the completion of the meeting.

Media Contact: 
Sheena Findlay
Scotiabank Media Communications 
sheena.findlay@scotiabank.com 
(647) 628-3501