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A Range of Accounts to Meet Your Needs

Choose from several non-personal accounts, including:

  • Corporate
  • Sole Proprietor
  • Partnership
  • Limited Partnership
  • Estate
  • Formal Trust
  • Investment Club
  • Non-Profit Organization

Why Choose a Non-Personal Account at RBC Direct Investing?

Hold fixed-income and other liquid assets in both CDN and U.S. dollars in a non-personal account

Conveniently access your personal and non-personal accounts with a single sign-in

Enjoy priority service, savings and more through Royal Circle if investing significant assets

Additional Benefits

Expand your investing knowledge with resources designed to help you take control:

  • Find in-depth guides on topics like stocks, options and more in the Investing Academy
  • Learn the basics you need to build your strategy with the Investor’s Toolkit

Watch educational videos and demos to see how to use our powerful trading platforms

Filter and choose investments using:

  • Powerful screeners, market research and analysis, and more
  • Economic insights on current events that could impact your investments

Receive guest access to our Online Investing platform with a risk-free Practice AccountLegal Disclaimer footnote 4. It’s a great way to practice buying and selling different investments before investing your own money. Free for RBC Online Banking and Direct Investing clients.

Note: Non-personal Practice Accounts are not available. However, you can open a Practice Account as a cash, margin or RRSP account and still experience what it's like to trade online.

Enjoy benefits like real-time streaming quotesLegal Disclaimer footnote 5 and pre-market and after-hours trading at no additional cost:

Investments You Can Hold in a Non-Personal Account

Enjoy total freedom to research and pick the investments that meet your needs.

GICs

Bonds

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Stocks

ETFs

Mutual Funds

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Non-Personal Account FAQs

You can open a non-personal account by downloading and printing the appropriate PDF application forms, or by making an appointment at your closest RBC Royal Bank branch or RBC Direct Investing Investor Centre.

Yes, you can easily authorize other traders—such as a family member, spouse or another person—in a non-personal account. This gives you the flexibility to allow other people to view the holdings in the account, make quick investment decisions (with features such as real-time streaming quotesLegal Disclaimer footnote 5 and pre-market and after-hours trading ) and place trades.