Trusted Verification Resources

Canadian Regulators and Fraud Reporting

Official Canadian sources for checking registration, reviewing filings and reporting suspected fraud.

Canadian financial oversight is divided among provincial and territorial securities regulators, national self-regulatory bodies, federal anti-money-laundering authorities and law-enforcement reporting services. No single search answers every question. Begin with the type of service being offered and check more than one official source.

Current situation — July 2026

Canadian securities regulators continue to apply existing registration and prospectus requirements to cryptoasset trading platforms and investment products. The Canadian Securities Administrators have issued guidance requiring platforms that offer trading in cryptoassets to be registered as dealers or to operate under terms and conditions. FINTRAC registration requirements for virtual-currency businesses remain in effect. Readers should verify current registration status directly with the relevant provincial regulator and FINTRAC, as requirements and enforcement actions may change.

Official Sources

Canadian Securities Administrators — National Registration Search

Visit

https://www.securities-administrators.ca/registration/national-registration-search/

What it verifies:Whether a firm or individual appears in Canada's securities-registration system and the jurisdictions in which registration is recorded.

Use it for:Checking advisers, dealers and firms that may require securities registration.

Important limitation:A search result does not verify every product, marketing statement or activity. Confirm the category and current status.

Canadian Securities Administrators — Investor Alerts

Visit

https://www.securities-administrators.ca/investor-tools/investor-alerts/

What it verifies:Warnings published by participating Canadian securities regulators.

Use it for:Checking names, websites and solicitations that may have generated regulatory concern.

Important limitation:Alert lists are not exhaustive. Absence from a warning list is not proof of legitimacy.

Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization — AdvisorReport

Visit

https://www.ciro.ca/advisor-report-search

What it verifies:Current or former CIRO status, approval categories, provinces, employment history and certain disciplinary disclosures.

Use it for:Researching an adviser associated with a CIRO-regulated investment dealer.

Important limitation:AdvisorReport does not cover every registrant category. CIRO directs users to the CSA search where appropriate.

FINTRAC — Money Services Business information

Visit

https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/msb-esm/intro-eng

What it verifies:Whether a business that provides money-services or virtual-currency services has met applicable FINTRAC registration requirements.

Use it for:Checking money-services and virtual-currency businesses.

Important limitation:FINTRAC registration is not a licence or endorsement and does not establish that an investment is safe.

SEDAR+

Visit

https://www.sedarplus.ca/

What it verifies:Public filings made by Canadian reporting issuers and other market participants.

Use it for:Reviewing prospectuses, financial statements, continuous disclosures and issuer information.

Important limitation:A filing is not approval of an investment, and a filed document may contain issuer-supplied information.

Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre — Report Cybercrime and Fraud

Visit

https://reportcyberandfraud.canada.ca/

What it verifies:The official federal reporting route for fraud and cybercrime information.

Use it for:Reporting suspected investment, impersonation, recovery, romance, job or cryptocurrency-related fraud.

Important limitation:Also contact the financial institution involved and local police. Reporting does not guarantee recovery.

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

Visit

https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency.html

What it verifies:Consumer information and oversight concerning federally regulated financial entities.

Use it for:Understanding complaint routes and consumer protections involving federally regulated financial institutions.

Important limitation:FCAC does not regulate every investment, cryptoasset business or provincial financial service.

If money or information has already been sent

Contact the bank, card issuer, exchange or payment provider immediately and ask whether the transaction can be frozen or recalled.
Preserve wallet addresses, transaction hashes, advertisements, emails, messages, receipts and website screenshots.
Report to local police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, even if the financial loss appears small.
Do not pay a recovery service that promises to retrieve cryptoassets for an advance fee.

A safer verification routine

1.Start from the regulator or government website—not a link supplied by the person or company being checked.
2.Search the exact legal name as well as any trading name. Compare the website, telephone number, address and registration number.
3.Confirm that the listed permissions cover the service actually being offered. Registration for one activity does not automatically cover another.
4.Check warning lists, disciplinary records and recent alerts. A clean result is useful information, but it is not proof that an offer is safe.
5.Keep screenshots, URLs, transaction hashes, emails and messages if you may need to make a report.

Registration is not an endorsement

Appearing in a register may confirm a legal filing, licence, authorisation or anti-money-laundering registration. It does not mean that Canadian authorities guarantee the product, approve its marketing claims, protect against market losses or promise that funds can be recovered.

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Last reviewed: July 25, 2026. This page does not provide legal, tax, accounting, financial or investment advice and does not determine whether any product or service is appropriate for a particular person.

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