Trust and Loan Companies Act — T-19.8 2
Definitions 2 In this Act, affairs , with respect to a company, means the relationships among the company and its affiliates and the shareholders, directors and officers of the company and its affiliates, but does not include the business of the company or any of its affiliates; ( affaires internes ) affiliate means an entity that is affiliated with another entity within the meaning of section 6; ( groupe ) Agency means the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada established under section 3 of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act ; ( Agence ) annual statement means the annual financial statement of a company within the meaning of paragraph 313(1)(a); ( rapport annuel ) assets , in respect of a company that is a trust company pursuant to subsection 57(2), includes assets held by the company in respect of guaranteed trust money; ( actif ) auditor includes a firm of accountants; ( vérificateur ) bank holding company means a body corporate that is incorporated or formed under Part XV of the Bank Act ; ( société de portefeuille bancaire ) bearer , in relation to a security, means the person in possession of a security payable to bearer or endorsed in blank; ( porteur ) bearer form , in respect of a security, means a security in bearer form as determined in accordance with subsection 86(2); ( titre au porteur ) beneficial ownership includes ownership through one or more trustees, legal representatives, agents or other intermediaries; ( véritable propriétaire et propriété effective ) body corporate means an incorporated body wherever or however incorporated; ( personne morale ) branch , in respect of a company, means an agency, the head office and any other office of the company; ( bureau ) Canadian financial institution means a financial institution that is incorporated or formed by or under an Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province; ( institution financière canadienne ) central securities register or securities register means the register referred to in section 253; ( registre central des valeurs mobilières ou registre des valeurs mobilières ) Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada appointed under section 4 of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act ; ( commissaire ) common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year; ( conjoint de fait ) company means a body corporate to which this Act applies; ( société ) complainant , in relation to a company or any matter concerning a company, means (a) a registered holder or beneficial owner, and a former registered holder or beneficial owner, of a security of a company or any of its affiliates, (b) a director or an officer, or a former director or officer, of a company or any of its affiliates, or (c) any other person who, in the discretion of a court, is a proper person to make an application under section 339, 343 or 537; ( plaignant ) consumer provision means a provision referred to in paragraph (d) or (d.1) of the definition consumer provision in section 2 of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act ; ( disposition visant les consommateurs ) court means (a) in the Province of Ontario, the Superior Court of Justice, (b) in the Province of Quebec, the Superior Court of the Province, (c) in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, the Supreme Court of the Province, (d) in the Provinces of New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Court of Queen’s Bench for the Province, (e) in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of the Province, and (f) in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court, and in Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Justice; ( tribunal ) court of appeal means the court to which an appeal lies from a decision or order of a court; ( cour d’appel ) creditor , in respect of a company that is a