Effective
Jul 6, 2023
Canadian CSA staff guidance for public crypto asset funds, covering NI 81-102, custody, valuation, liquidity, staking, KYC/KYP and...
Canada Crypto Regulation
Explore Canada’s crypto laws, including exchange registration, securities rules, taxes, AML compliance, and digital asset regulation.
Effective
Jun 1, 2021
Canada’s travel rule requires covered financial entities and money services businesses to transmit prescribed originator and beneficiary information...
Effective
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Canadian CSA staff guidance on when ICOs, token offerings, crypto investment funds and trading platforms may trigger securities-law,...
Effective
Jun 1, 2021
Canada’s AML/CFT regime requires reporting entities to report receipt of virtual currency worth CAD 10,000 or more, including...
Effective
Jun 1, 2020
Canada’s federal AML/CFT framework requires domestic and qualifying foreign businesses dealing in virtual currency to register with FINTRAC...
Effective
Jun 12, 2002
Canada’s core AML/ATF regulations prescribe transaction reporting, recordkeeping, identity verification and compliance-program rules, including CAD 10,000 virtual-currency reporting...
Effective
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...
Effective
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...
Partially effective
Sep 8, 2025
Canada’s RPAA creates a Bank of Canada registration and supervision regime for covered payment service providers, including operational-risk,...
In committee
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Bill C-31 would add Part XXI to Canada’s Income Tax Act to implement OECD CARF, requiring reporting crypto-asset...
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