Better go to a Scotiabank and talk to a manager, not his wife. I found this.
With over 200 branches throughout the Caribbean, Scotiabank has been the region's leading financial institution for over 100 years, since opening our first branch in Jamaica in 1889.
Scotiabank Caribbean Branches, Subsidiaries and Affiliates:
? Anguilla
? Antigua & Barbuda
? Aruba
? The Bahamas*
? Barbados
? British Virgin Islands
? Cayman Islands ? Dominica
? Dominican Republic
? Grenada
? Haiti
? Jamaica*
? Netherlands Antilles*
? Puerto Rico* ? St. Lucia
? St. Kitts and Nevis
? St. Maarten
? St. Vincent & the Grenadines
? Trinidad & Tobago*
? Turks & Caicos Islands
? U.S. Virgin Islands
* Bahamas: Scotiabank Bahamas Ltd. (100% ownership); Jamaica: The Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited (70% ownership); Netherlands Antilles: Maduro & Curiel's Bank (49% ownership); Puerto Rico: Scotiabank de Puerto Rico (100% ownership); Trinidad & Tobago: Scotiabank Trinidad & Tobago Limited (47% ownership)
Through our extensive branch network in 24 countries you can access a wide range of financial services including business account and cash management services, including: outbound reporting to your home office electronic balance reporting system, online account reporting, electronic payments and receivables services, merchant card services, consolidated cash plan deposit concentration, account positioning and cheque reconciliation services.
<b>So it looks like you can set up an account in the DR and when you arrive in Canada set up an account and make electronic transfers back and forth.
MommC has got it, I find her post after doing the research, she knows because she lives in both places.</b>