Former NZ international Bruce joins Scotland
The 34-year-old with an Edinburgh-born father played 17 Twenty20 internationals for his native New Zealand between 2017-20.
Somerset bowler Josh Davey, 35, returns, having last featured at the 2022 T20 World Cup.
The squad announcement for the four-match visit to King City near Toronto (29 August - 6 September) explains that "several players were unavailable due to work, personal circumstances or county commitments."
Michael Jones, Brad Wheal, Scott Currie and Michael English are among those not included.
Bruce, who has had spells with Sussex and Lancashire, featured for the Scotland development team in 2016 before breaking through with New Zealand.
"He has had a very successful career in New Zealand cricket, but he is proud of his Scottish heritage and we've been in conversations with him for some time about committing to playing for Scotland," said Cricket Scotland head of performance Steve Snell.
"He's excited to get involved and sees a huge level of opportunity for both him and the team moving forward.
"It's excellent to have Josh Davey back, as he's been unavailable to us for some time due to his county commitments. We've remained in constant dialogue with Josh during that time and he's always expressed his desire to continue to play for Scotland."
Defending champions Scotland sit third in the eight-team table, with 11 wins and seven defeats from their 20 matches.
Canada and Namibia and fifth and sixth respectively, although the former are just four points behind the Scots.
It will be Scotland's first outing since failing to progress at the European T20 World Cup qualifier.
Scotland squad
Richie Berrington (captain), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Brad Currie, Josh Davey, Jasper Davidson, Chris Greaves, Jack Jarvis, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Charlie Tear, Mark Watt.
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