Filing Deadlines, Canada, Filing Requirements

Complying with Canada’s Modern Slavery Reporting Requirements

Cozen O'Connor on 5/27/2025

If you do business in Canada, you may need to file annual reports about your efforts to prevent and reduce the risk that forced or child labour is used at any step of the production of goods that you sell. The deadline to...more

EDGAR Next is Live - What Canadian Issuers Need to Know

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/1/2025

The SEC has updated the EDGAR system’s login, password, and access protocols which will affect Canadian SEC reporting companies and other individuals and entities with EDGAR filing codes, including non-reporting companies...more

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Patent Offices and Federal Courts – April 2 UPDATE

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 4/3/2020

On March 11, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom declared that the COVID-19 outbreak "can be characterized as a pandemic," cautioning that the WHO has "rung the alarm bell loud and clear." At the time...more

Review Debt Covenants Before Relying on Proposed CSA COVID-19 Financial Reporting Relief

Bennett Jones LLP on 3/23/2020

On March 18, 2020, the Canadian securities administrators (CSA) indicated that they will be providing blanket relief granting a 45-day extension for periodic filings normally required to be made on or before June 1, 2020, by...more

Detailed overview of deadlines and requirements under the new Canadian Patent Rules coming into force on October 30, 2019

Smart & Biggar on 7/15/2019

Recently, the government of Canada published the final version of the new Patent Rules (SOR/2019-251) in Canada Gazette, Part II on July 10, 2019. The new Rules and associated amendments to the Patent Act will come into force...more

What if You Miss the Deadline to File a Form D?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 8/14/2018

As a continuation of our August 9 post regarding the deadline for Canadian companies to file a Form D for a private placement in the United States, we now address the questions, “What if our company missed the deadline to...more