UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                    Form 13F

                              Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2013

Check here if Amendment [  ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [  ] is a restatement.
                                  [  ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:    The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company
Address: 40 King Street West
         38th Floor
         Toronto, Ontario,   M5H 1H1

13F File Number:  028-11459

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:      Stephanie Allen
Title:     ST Director
Phone:     416-933-2485

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

 /s/ Stephanie Allen     Toronto, ON, Canada     May 14, 2013

Report Type (Check only one.):

[ X]         13F HOLDINGS REPORT.

[  ]         13F NOTICE.

[  ]         13F COMBINATION REPORT.



                              FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE

Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers:         1

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:    174

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:    $703,966 (thousands)

List of Other Included Managers:

Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional managers with respect to which this report is filed, other
than the manager filing this report.

No.  13F File Number               Name

     028-11475                     The Bank of Nova Scotia



                                    
                                                     FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
                                                             VALUE  SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT  OTHER            VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER                 TITLE OF CLASS   CUSIP     (x$1000)  PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS         SOLE   SHARED     NONE
------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- --------
3M CO                          COM              88579Y101      429     4038 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     4038        0
ABBVIE INC                     COM              00287Y109     1777    43576 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    43576        0
ABBVIE INC                     COM              00287Y109     2115    51867 SH       DEFINED                 51867        0        0
ACCENTURE PLC IRELAND          SHS CLASS A      G1151C101      763    10042 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    10042        0
ACCENTURE PLC IRELAND          SHS CLASS A      G1151C101      886    11660 SH       DEFINED                 11660        0        0
AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD         COM              008474108      351     8560 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     8560        0
AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD         COM              008474108      631    15371 SH       DEFINED                 15371        0        0
AGRIUM INC                     COM              008916108     1345    13794 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    13794        0
AGRIUM INC                     COM              008916108     1760    18048 SH       DEFINED                 18048        0        0
ALAMOS GOLD INC                COM              011527108      212    15473 SH       DEFINED                 15473        0        0
APPLE INC                      COM              037833100      402      909 SH       DEF/OTH                     0      909        0
APPLE INC                      COM              037833100      581     1312 SH       DEFINED                  1312        0        0
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO      COM              039483102      256     7600 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     7600        0
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO      COM              039483102     1193    35380 SH       DEFINED                 35380        0        0
AT&T INC                       COM              00206R102      256     6990 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     6990        0
AT&T INC                       COM              00206R102     1051    28655 SH       DEFINED                 28655        0        0
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING IN   COM              053015103      638     9815 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     9815        0
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING IN   COM              053015103     1776    27320 SH       DEFINED                 27320        0        0
BANK MONTREAL QUE              COM              063671101    16757   266202 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   266202        0
BANK MONTREAL QUE              COM              063671101    14691   233379 SH       DEFINED                233379        0        0
BANK NOVA SCOTIA HALIFAX       COM              064149107    19086   327536 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   327536        0
BANK NOVA SCOTIA HALIFAX       COM              064149107     5065    86923 SH       DEFINED                 86923        0        0
BARRICK GOLD CORP              COM              067901108     2983   101476 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   101476        0
BARRICK GOLD CORP              COM              067901108     4464   151832 SH       DEFINED                151832        0        0
BAYTEX ENERGY CORP             COM              07317Q105      330     7879 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     7879        0
BCE INC                        COM NEW          05534B760    17864   382616 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   382616        0
BCE INC                        COM NEW          05534B760    20825   446024 SH       DEFINED                446024        0        0
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL     CL B NEW         084670702      525     5040 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     5040        0
BROOKFIELD ASSET MGMT INC      CL A LTD VT SH   112585104      864    23675 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    23675        0
BROOKFIELD ASSET MGMT INC      CL A LTD VT SH   112585104     2099    57536 SH       DEFINED                 57536        0        0
BROOKFIELD INFRAST PARTNERS    LP INT UNIT      G16252101     1402    36847 SH       DEFINED                 36847        0        0
BROOKFIELD OFFICE PPTYS INC    COM              112900105      295    17184 SH       DEFINED                 17184        0        0
CAE INC                        COM              124765108      117    12000 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    12000        0
CAMECO CORP                    COM              13321L108     1488    71592 SH       DEFINED                 71592        0        0
CAMECO CORP                    COM              13321L108     1917    92254 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    92254        0
CANADIAN NAT RES LTD           COM              136385101     8197   255108 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   255108        0
CANADIAN NAT RES LTD           COM              136385101     9401   292582 SH       DEFINED                292582        0        0
CANADIAN NATL RY CO            COM              136375102    17090   170393 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   170393        0
CANADIAN NATL RY CO            COM              136375102    19696   196375 SH       DEFINED                196375        0        0
CANADIAN PAC RY LTD            COM              13645T100     1528    11708 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    11708        0
CANADIAN PAC RY LTD            COM              13645T100     4754    36435 SH       DEFINED                 36435        0        0
CATERPILLAR INC DEL            COM              149123101      261     3000 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     3000        0
CDN IMPERIAL BK OF COMMERCE    COM              136069101     8621   109921 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   109921        0
CDN IMPERIAL BK OF COMMERCE    COM              136069101    11173   142467 SH       DEFINED                142467        0        0
CENOVUS ENERGY INC             COM              15135U109     7970   257166 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   257166        0
CENOVUS ENERGY INC             COM              15135U109     8019   258758 SH       DEFINED                258758        0        0
CHEVRON CORP NEW               COM              166764100     1313    11050 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    11050        0
CHEVRON CORP NEW               COM              166764100     1674    14090 SH       DEFINED                 14090        0        0
CHUBB CORP                     COM              171232101      780     8910 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     8910        0
CHUBB CORP                     COM              171232101     1427    16300 SH       DEFINED                 16300        0        0
CISCO SYS INC                  COM              17275R102      356    17033 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    17033        0
CISCO SYS INC                  COM              17275R102      338    16156 SH       DEFINED                 16156        0        0
CITIGROUP INC                  COM NEW          172967424     1061    23993 SH       DEFINED                 23993        0        0
CITIGROUP INC                  COM NEW          172967424      203     4580 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     4580        0
COCA COLA CO                   COM              191216100      677    16745 SH       DEFINED                 16745        0        0
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO           COM              194162103      947     8025 SH       DEFINED                  8025        0        0
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO           COM              194162103     1939    16430 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    16430        0
COMCAST CORP NEW               CL A             20030N101     1310    31200 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    31200        0
COMCAST CORP NEW               CL A             20030N101     1161    27660 SH       DEFINED                 27660        0        0
CONOCOPHILLIPS                 COM              20825C104      349     5810 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     5810        0
CONOCOPHILLIPS                 COM              20825C104      883    14700 SH       DEFINED                 14700        0        0
CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION       COM              126650100     2572    46776 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    46776        0
CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION       COM              126650100      848    15417 SH       DEFINED                 15417        0        0
DELL INC                       COM              24702R101      143    10000 SH       DEFINED                 10000        0        0
DIAGEO P L C                   SPON ADR NEW     25243Q205      522     4147 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     4147        0
DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO    COM              263534109     1382    28111 SH       DEFINED                 28111        0        0
DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO    COM              263534109      337     6850 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     6850        0
DUKE ENERGY CORP NEW           COM NEW          26441C204      211     2900 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     2900        0
ENBRIDGE INC                   COM              29250N105    25327   544199 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   544199        0
ENBRIDGE INC                   COM              29250N105    26036   559424 SH       DEFINED                559424        0        0
ENCANA CORP                    COM              292505104     5189   266645 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   266645        0
ENCANA CORP                    COM              292505104     6007   308662 SH       DEFINED                308662        0        0
ENTERPRISE PRODS PARTNERS L    COM              293792107      271     4500 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     4500        0
EXXON MOBIL CORP               COM              30231G102     1682    18669 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    18669        0
EXXON MOBIL CORP               COM              30231G102     2758    30612 SH       DEFINED                 30612        0        0
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO            COM              369604103     4093   177032 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   177032        0
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO            COM              369604103     4504   194800 SH       DEFINED                194800        0        0
GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC          COM              375916103      225     5645 SH       DEFINED                  5645        0        0
GOLDCORP INC NEW               COM              380956409     1901    56515 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    56515        0
GOLDCORP INC NEW               COM              380956409     2234    66442 SH       DEFINED                 66442        0        0
GOOGLE INC                     CL A             38259P508      216      272 SH       DEF/OTH                     0      272        0
GROUPE CGI INC                 CL A SUB VTG     39945C109      216     7955 SH       DEFINED                  7955        0        0
HONEYWELL INTL INC             COM              438516106     1344    17841 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    17841        0
HONEYWELL INTL INC             COM              438516106      960    12735 SH       DEFINED                 12735        0        0
ILLINOIS TOOL WKS INC          COM              452308109      376     6173 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     6173        0
IMPERIAL OIL LTD               COM NEW          453038408     2083    50990 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    50990        0
IMPERIAL OIL LTD               COM NEW          453038408     1350    33036 SH       DEFINED                 33036        0        0
INTEL CORP                     COM              458140100      418    19155 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    19155        0
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS   COM              459200101     1857     8708 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     8708        0
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS   COM              459200101     1693     7935 SH       DEFINED                  7935        0        0
ISHARES TR                     MSCI EMERG MKT   464287234      466    10895 SH       DEFINED                 10895        0        0
ISHARES TR                     MSCI EAFE INDEX  464287465      387     6558 SH       DEFINED                  6558        0        0
ISHARES TR                     MSCI VAL IDX     464288877      212     4270 SH       DEFINED                  4270        0        0
ISHARES TR                     MSCI GRW IDX     464288885      293     4625 SH       DEFINED                  4625        0        0
JOHNSON & JOHNSON              COM              478160104     4865    59670 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    59670        0
JOHNSON & JOHNSON              COM              478160104     5824    71435 SH       DEFINED                 71435        0        0
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO            COM              46625H100      624    13152 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    13152        0
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO            COM              46625H100      471     9915 SH       DEFINED                  9915        0        0
MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM PRTNRS LP   COM UNIT RP LP   559080106      235     4400 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     4400        0
MAGNA INTL INC                 COM              559222401     3018    51411 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    51411        0
MAGNA INTL INC                 COM              559222401     6511   110921 SH       DEFINED                110921        0        0
MANULIFE FINL CORP             COM              56501R106     3608   245117 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   245117        0
MANULIFE FINL CORP             COM              56501R106     3811   258891 SH       DEFINED                258891        0        0
MCDONALDS CORP                 COM              580135101     2962    29712 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    29712        0
MCDONALDS CORP                 COM              580135101     4351    43643 SH       DEFINED                 43643        0        0
MERCK & CO INC NEW             COM              58933Y105      561    12700 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    12700        0
MICROSOFT CORP                 COM              594918104     3347   117003 SH       DEFINED                117003        0        0
MICROSOFT CORP                 COM              594918104     2918   101999 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   101999        0
ONEOK PARTNERS LP              UNIT LTD PARTN   68268N103      230     4000 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     4000        0
ORACLE CORP                    COM              68389X105      266     8224 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     8224        0
PAYCHEX INC                    COM              704326107      341     9717 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     9717        0
PAYCHEX INC                    COM              704326107      453    12908 SH       DEFINED                 12908        0        0
PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP          COM              706327103      233     7370 SH       DEFINED                  7370        0        0
PENN WEST PETE LTD NEW         COM              707887105      120    11125 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    11125        0
PEPSICO INC                    COM              713448108     3211    40588 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    40588        0
PEPSICO INC                    COM              713448108     2720    34379 SH       DEFINED                 34379        0        0
PFIZER INC                     COM              717081103     3441   119220 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   119220        0
PFIZER INC                     COM              717081103     4791   165995 SH       DEFINED                165995        0        0
PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC         COM              718172109      588     6343 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     6343        0
PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC         COM              718172109     1779    19188 SH       DEFINED                 19188        0        0
POTASH CORP SASK INC           COM              73755L107     3724    94882 SH       DEFINED                 94882        0        0
POTASH CORP SASK INC           COM              73755L107     2276    57978 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    57978        0
PPG INDS INC                   COM              693506107      780     5820 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     5820        0
PPG INDS INC                   COM              693506107      583     4350 SH       DEFINED                  4350        0        0
PRAXAIR INC                    COM              74005P104     2341    20985 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    20985        0
PRAXAIR INC                    COM              74005P104     1503    13475 SH       DEFINED                 13475        0        0
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO            COM              742718109     5837    75740 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    75740        0
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO            COM              742718109     5484    71163 SH       DEFINED                 71163        0        0
PROGRESSIVE WASTE SOLUTIONS    COM              74339G101      221    10440 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    10440        0
ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC      CL B             775109200    10260   200944 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   200944        0
ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC      CL B             775109200    12336   241591 SH       DEFINED                241591        0        0
ROYAL BK CDA MONTREAL QUE      COM              780087102    33179   550229 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   550229        0
ROYAL BK CDA MONTREAL QUE      COM              780087102    33301   552252 SH       DEFINED                552252        0        0
SHAW COMMUNICATIONS INC        CL B CONV        82028K200     2033    82258 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    82258        0
SHAW COMMUNICATIONS INC        CL B CONV        82028K200     3136   126875 SH       DEFINED                126875        0        0
SILVER WHEATON CORP            COM              828336107      215     6870 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     6870        0
SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR            TR UNIT          78462F103      331     2110 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     2110        0
SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR            TR UNIT          78462F103      474     3025 SH       DEFINED                  3025        0        0
STUDENT TRANSN INC             COM              86388A108       72    11325 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    11325        0
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINL GROUP I   SPONSORED ADR    86562M209      157    19245 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    19245        0
SUN LIFE FINL INC              COM              866796105     3673   134576 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   134576        0
SUN LIFE FINL INC              COM              866796105     3549   130063 SH       DEFINED                130063        0        0
SUNCOR ENERGY INC NEW          COM              867224107    11064   368665 SH       DEFINED                368665        0        0
SUNCOR ENERGY INC NEW          COM              867224107    10040   334560 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   334560        0
TALISMAN ENERGY INC            COM              87425E103      959    78248 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    78248        0
TALISMAN ENERGY INC            COM              87425E103      409    33407 SH       DEFINED                 33407        0        0
TARGET CORP                    COM              87612E106      930    13589 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    13589        0
TARGET CORP                    COM              87612E106     1346    19671 SH       DEFINED                 19671        0        0
TECK RESOURCES LTD             CL B             878742204     4357   154731 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   154731        0
TECK RESOURCES LTD             CL B             878742204     6599   234348 SH       DEFINED                234348        0        0
TELUS CORP                     COM              87971M103     3366    48706 SH       DEFINED                 48706        0        0
TELUS CORP                     COM              87971M103     2519    36443 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    36443        0
THOMSON REUTERS CORP           COM              884903105     7893   242998 SH       DEFINED                242998        0        0
THOMSON REUTERS CORP           COM              884903105     7529   231797 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   231797        0
TIM HORTONS INC                COM              88706M103     1076    19803 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    19803        0
TIM HORTONS INC                COM              88706M103      995    18325 SH       DEFINED                 18325        0        0
TORONTO DOMINION BK ONT        COM NEW          891160509    29846   358421 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   358421        0
TORONTO DOMINION BK ONT        COM NEW          891160509    32754   393355 SH       DEFINED                393355        0        0
TRANSALTA CORP                 COM              89346D107      341    23440 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    23440        0
TRANSALTA CORP                 COM              89346D107      204    14000 SH       DEFINED                 14000        0        0
TRANSCANADA CORP               COM              89353D107    19795   413347 SH       DEF/OTH                     0   413347        0
TRANSCANADA CORP               COM              89353D107    24808   518017 SH       DEFINED                518017        0        0
V F CORP                       COM              918204108     1052     6270 SH       DEFINED                  6270        0        0
VANGUARD INTL EQUITY INDEX F   FTSE EMR MKT ETF 922042858     1215    28330 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    28330        0
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC     COM              92343V104     2783    56625 SH       DEFINED                 56625        0        0
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC     COM              92343V104      581    11816 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    11816        0
VERMILION ENERGY INC           COM              923725105     1217    23476 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    23476        0
VERMILION ENERGY INC           COM              923725105      437     8430 SH       DEFINED                  8430        0        0
VODAFONE GROUP PLC NEW         SPONS ADR NEW    92857W209      246     8647 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     8647        0
WALGREEN CO                    COM              931422109      366     7676 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     7676        0
WAL-MART STORES INC            COM              931142103      208     2781 SH       DEF/OTH                     0     2781        0
WELLS FARGO & CO NEW           COM              949746101     2542    68731 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    68731        0
WELLS FARGO & CO NEW           COM              949746101     3142    84955 SH       DEFINED                 84955        0        0
YAMANA GOLD INC                COM              98462Y100      168    10960 SH       DEF/OTH                     0    10960        0