Free · Canada
Canadian transit & institution number lookup
Check a Canadian transit number and institution number, see which bank they belong to, and get the 9-digit routing number used for electronic funds transfers.
How Canadian transit number details are built
12345 | Transit number: the branch (5 digits) |
003 | Institution number: the bank (3 digits) |
000312345 | EFT routing number: 0 + institution + transit |
Frequently asked questions
Where do I find these numbers?
On a cheque, between the cheque number and the account number: the 5-digit transit number, then the 3-digit institution number.
What is the 9-digit routing number?
For electronic transfers the numbers are written as 0, then the institution number, then the transit number. The lookup builds it for you.
Check bank details from your own app
The same validation is in the FluxRail API — for every country, in one call — and runs automatically on every payout you send.