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May 18, 2019
Canada’s Excise Tax Act treats qualifying virtual payment instruments as financial instruments for GST/HST and sets rules for...
Canada Crypto Regulation
Explore Canada’s crypto laws, including exchange registration, securities rules, taxes, AML compliance, and digital asset regulation.
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Jul 5, 2000
Canada’s federal AML/CFT statute establishes FINTRAC and imposes registration, reporting, identity-verification, recordkeeping, and risk-based compliance duties. It expressly...
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Sep 8, 2025
Canada’s SOR/2023-229 implements the RPAA through payment-service-provider registration, operational-risk and incident controls, end-user fund safeguarding, reporting, recordkeeping and...
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Feb 3, 2026
CIRO’s 2026 guidance sets custody expectations for Canadian CTP Dealer Members, including approved custodians, tiered custody limits, internal...
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Mar 29, 2021
Canada’s CSA regime applies securities-law registration and PRU expectations to crypto asset trading platforms, including custody, leverage and...
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Canadian staff guidance explaining when securities legislation may apply to crypto asset trading platforms, including where users receive...
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CSA notice setting enhanced PRU expectations for unregistered crypto asset trading platforms operating in Canada while seeking registration,...
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CSA Staff Notice 21-333 outlines CSA staff’s interim terms and conditions for Canadian crypto asset trading platforms seeking...
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Canadian CSA staff guidance on when ICOs, token offerings, crypto investment funds and trading platforms may trigger securities-law,...
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Canadian securities regulators’ current staff guidance explains when token offerings—including utility tokens and SAFT structures—may involve securities, emphasizing...
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