Joint Accounts
One account, two holders, shared sign-in credentials and a shared transaction PIN. Built for households and partners who bank as one.
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Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Banking by the light of the North
For 52 years Aurora Trust Bank has held the savings, payrolls and ambitions of the territories. The same institution and the same principles, now with the tools to bank from anywhere the road or the sky will take you.
Since 1974Chartered in Yellowknife
ATBKCA2YSWIFT / BIC
24/7Toll-free support
What we do
Banking shaped by where we live
Every product here was built for a place with long winters, seasonal work and communities that depend on one another.
Everyday Banking
Chequing and savings with no monthly minimum, unlimited transactions and interest on every dollar.
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Operating accounts, payroll and seasonal credit shaped around the northern working year.
Learn moreWealth & Investing
Managed portfolios and self-directed investing, with advisors who answer the phone.
Learn moreInternational
Cross-border payments and correspondent banking under SWIFT ATBKCA2Y.
Learn moreProtected Deposits
Deposits are insured by the CDIC within published limits, and monitored around the clock.
Learn more52Years serving the North
48,000+Households and businesses
21Communities served
C$3.4BDeposits under stewardship
Our heritage
Fifty years, one horizon
Aurora Trust Bank was founded on a simple idea: money earned in the North should work for the North. Scroll the track or use the arrows to follow the story.
1974
Chartered in Yellowknife
Founded by seven local families and two mining cooperatives to keep northern deposits in northern hands.
1981
First branch above the circle
Opened at Inuvik, extending everyday banking to communities the national banks would not serve.
1994
The winter road ledger
Introduced seasonal credit built around the ice-road economy, still one of our most-used commercial products.
2003
Correspondent banking
Joined the international settlement network under SWIFT code ATBKCA2Y, opening cross-border trade to territorial businesses.
2011
Online and everywhere
Launched full digital banking so a fly-in community has the same access as a downtown branch.
2019
Aurora Trust Tower
Consolidated operations into purpose-built headquarters on 52nd Avenue, designed for a fifty-below winter.
2026
Serving the North still
More than 48,000 households and enterprises across the territories and western provinces.
Aurora Trust Tower
Built for a fifty-below winter
Our headquarters at 4920 52nd Avenue, Suite 400 houses everything from the branch counter to the settlement desk. It was designed so the lights stay on and the systems stay up through whatever the season brings.
Visit us at Aurora Trust Tower, Yellowknife, NT X1A 3T1, or reach the team on +1 (867) 555-0194.
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Your account is a few minutes away
Open a personal, joint or business account online. If you would rather talk it through, our team in Yellowknife is on the phone seven days a week.