Rationale for a Publicly Accessible, Pan-Canadian Company Registry of Beneficial Owners to Address the Proceeds of Crime through Anonymous Companies
General Briefing Note
Aims and Objectives for a Publicly Accessible, Pan-Canadian Company Registry of Beneficial Owners
Technical Briefing Note
Comparison of Information Fields Amongst Beneficial Ownership Registries in International Jurisdictions
Technical Briefing Note
Necessary Components and Considerations for a Publicly Accessible, Pan-Canadian Company Registry of Beneficial Owners
Technical Briefing Note
Impact of Criminal Misuse of Secret Companies on Canadian Small–Medium Enterprises and Rationale for a Publicly Accessible Company Register of Beneficial Owners
Technical Briefing Note
Coalition Reports
Screening for Risk in Licensing, Permitting, and Procurement: Beneficial Ownership Due Diligence Across Federal, Provincial, and Municipal Governments in Canada
Transparency International Canada, and Canadians For Tax Fairness, 2025
Canadian Company Data Transparency Index
Transparency International Canada, Canadians For Tax Fairness, Publish What You Pay Canada, 2022
Snow-washing, Inc: How Canada is marketed abroad as a secrecy jurisdiction
Transparency International Canada, Canadians For Tax Fairness, Publish What You Pay Canada, 2022
Ending Canada’s Snow-Washing Problem with a Publicly Accessible Beneficial Ownership Registry: An Advocacy Handbook
Canadians For Tax Fairness, Publish What You Pay Canada, and Transparency International Canada, 2020
Implementing a Publicly Accessible Pan-Canadian Registry of Beneficial Ownership: Legislative and Technical Options
Transparency International Canada, Canadians For Tax Fairness, and Publish What You Pay Canada, 2020
Privacy issues should not hold back a publicly accessible registry of beneficial owners in Canada
Canadians For Tax Fairness, Transparency International Canada, and Publish What You Pay Canada, 2020
A Public Beneficial Ownership Registry and the Canadian Privacy Regime: A Legal Analysis
Publish What You Pay Canada, Transparency International Canada, and Canadians For Tax Fairness, 2020
OPACITY: Why Criminals Love Canadian Real Estate
Transparency International Canada, Canadians For Tax Fairness, and Publish What You Pay Canada, 2019
Building a Transparent, Effective Beneficial Ownership Registry
Publish What You Pay Canada, 2017
Secret Entities: A legal analysis of the transparency of beneficial ownership in Canada
Publish What You Pay Canada, 2017
No Reason To Hide: Unmasking the Anonymous Owners of Canadian Companies and Trusts
Transparency International Canada, 2016
Government Submissions
Federal Government
August 2023 — Proceeds of Crime Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) Assessment
April 2020 — Federal Consultation on a Public Beneficial Ownership Registry
Province of British Columbia
March 2020 — British Columbia Consultation on a Public Beneficial Ownership Registry
Province of Ontario
September 2025 — Ontario Consultations on the Development of a Beneficial Ownership Registry
January 2020 — Business Law Modernization and Burden Reduction Council Recommendations to Modernize Ontario’s Business Law Statutes
Province of Québec
December 2019—Corporate Transparency Consultation
Selected Media Appearances and Commentary
