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SEDAR+ profiles

There are five profile types in SEDAR+: company, third party filer (individual or organization), investment fund profile, investment fund group profile, and industry participant (individual or organization).

Industry participant: in the absence of an existing profile, a profile created in SEDAR+ by a securities regulatory authority in order to issue a regulatory action.

Third party filer: an individual or organization required or permitted to file a document because of an activity relating to or affecting an issuer or the issuer’s security holders. It also includes an individual or organization that is permitted to file an application, pre-filing or waiver and is not required to have a company or investment fund profile in SEDAR+.

Company: an issuer other than an investment fund. This includes issuers regardless of their legal structure, including incorporated or unincorporated entities, trusts or partnerships.

Investment fund: has the same meaning given in the applicable securities legislation.

Investment fund group: a group of investment funds that have a common investment fund manager. The purpose of an investment fund group is to facilitate the creation of an investment fund profile and the submission of filings for multiple investment funds. One investment fund that intends to file on its own can still be a part of an investment fund group.

Steps for creating a profile are dependent upon three factors:

  • the type of profile being created;
  • whether you are acting as a filing agent on behalf of a filer; and
  • whether a profile is new or you are looking to extend an existing industry participant profile you have authority over to be a company, investment fund or third party filer profile.

If you are looking to extend an existing industry participant profile over which you have authority over, refer to Extend an Industry Participant Profile to be a Company, Investment Fund or Third Party Filer Profile.

Once submitted and approved, where applicable all new profiles have a public status and are available to be searched and viewed in SEDAR+. Furthermore, all new profiles have a unique profile number unless one has been extended from an existing profile, in which case the existing profile number is used. The following explains how to create all profile types and how to view and maintain profiles.