TORONTO, ON - March 05, 2015 /CNW/ - Scotiabank's Notice of the 183^rd Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders and Management Proxy Circular is now available at scotiabank.com. It can be found under the Annual Reports and Annual Meeting menu in the website's Investor Relations section or at scotiabank.com/ca/en/0,,917,00.html. Copies will be mailed to shareholders today.

Scotiabank's Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders will be held in Ottawa, Ontario, on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. at the Shaw Centre.

Scotiabank is Canada's international bank and a leading financial services provider in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Central America, and parts of Asia. We are dedicated to helping our 21 million customers become better off through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking. With a team of more than 86,000 employees and assets of $852 billion (as at January 31, 2015), 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 scotiabank.com and follow us on Twitter @ScotiabankNews.