RBC is good but costly.Habil said:On your day of orientation those are services that you shall be taken through e.g international student accounts,medical services plan etc.
I remember during our orientation we had all that explained to us-We had representatives from various banks.
Well in case you wont have that,i highly recommend R.B.C(Royal bank of canada).Just walk in any branch of RBC wanting to open a student account.
No monthly fees,only savings and allows you to do wire transfer for 13 CAD per transaction.Pretty owesome.I just helped some guy open his on Monday.
Only copy of your study permit
Nova Scotia or TD Trust is cheaper so don't bother with RBC unless you want to pay a premium on every service.
Secondly NS & TD have more ATMs on various college campus as compared to RBC.