1 In this Act, “Authority” means the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario continued under subsection 2 (1) of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario Act, 2016; (“Autorité”) “bank” means a bank or authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act (Canada); (“banque”) “body corporate” means any body corporate with or without share capital and wherever or however incorporated; (“personne morale”) “capital base” means the shareholders’ equity of a corporation calculated in the prescribed manner; (“apport en capital”) “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under subsection 10 (2) of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario Act, 2016; (“directeur général”) “common trust fund” means a fund maintained by a trust corporation in which money belonging to various estates and trusts in its care are combined for the purpose of facilitating investment; (“fonds en fiducie collectif”) “corporation” means a loan corporation or a trust corporation; (“société”) “deposit” means, in relation to a registered corporation, money received by it that is repayable on demand or after notice or that is repayable upon the expiry of a fixed term; (“dépôt”) “depositor” means a person who has a deposit in a corporation; (“déposant”) “loan corporation” means a body corporate incorporated or operated for the purpose of borrowing money from the public by receiving deposits and lending or investing such money but does not include a bank, an insurance corporation, a trust corporation, a credit union or central under the
Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act, 2020 or a retail association under the Cooperative Credit Associations Act
(Canada); (“société de prêt”) “prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations; (“prescrit”) “real estate” includes messuages, lands, rents and hereditaments, whether freehold or of any other tenure, and whether corporeal or incorporeal, and leasehold estates, and any undivided share thereof, and any estate, right or interest therein but does not include hydrocarbons, minerals or aggregates in or under the ground; (“biens immeubles”) “registered corporation” means a corporation registered under this Act; (“société inscrite”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “Tribunal” means the Financial Services Tribunal continued under the Financial Services Tribunal Act, 2017; (“Tribunal”) “trust corporation” means a body corporate incorporated or operated, (a)  for the purpose of offering its services to the public to act as trustee, bailee, agent, executor, administrator, receiver, liquidator, assignee, guardian of property or attorney under a power of attorney for property, and (b)  for the purpose of receiving deposits from the public and of lending or investing such deposits; (“société de fiducie”) “voting share” means any share of any class of shares of a body corporate carrying voting rights under all circumstances and any share of any class of shares carrying voting rights by reason of the occurrence of any contingency that has occurred and is continuing. (“action assortie du droit de vote”)  R.S.O. 1990, c. L.25, s. 1; 1992, c. 32, s. 19; 1996, c. 2, s. 70 (1); 1994, c. 17, s. 103; 1997, c. 19, s 13 (1); 1997, c. 28, s. 149; 1999, c. 6, s. 34 (1, 2); 2001, c. 8, s. 52; 2004, c. 8, s. 46; 2004, c. 31, Sched. 23, s. 1; 2005, c. 5, s. 38 (1-3); 2017, c. 34, Sched. 17, s. 23; 2018, c. 8, Sched. 16, s. 1; 2020, c. 36, Sched. 7, s. 318 (1); 2020, c. 36, Sched. 14, s. 9 (1). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1992, c. 32, s. 19 (1) - 03/04/1995; 1994, c. 17, s. 103 - 01/12/1997; 1996, c. 2, s. 70 (1) - 29/03/1996; 1997, c. 19, s. 13 (1) - 01/12/1997; 1997, c. 28, s. 149 (1-3) - 01/07/1998; 1999, c. 6, s. 34 (1, 2) - 01/03/2000 2001, c. 8, s. 52 (1, 3-8) - 01/08/2008; 2001, c. 8, s. 52 (2)
- 29/06/2001 2004, c. 8, s. 46, Table
- 01/11/2005; 2004, c. 31, Sched. 23, s. 1 - 16/12/2004 2005, c. 5, s. 38 (1-3)
- 09/03/2005 2017, c. 34, Sched. 17, s. 23 - 01/04/2019 2018, c. 8, Sched. 16, s. 1 - 08/06/2019 2020, c. 36, Sched. 7, s. 318 (1) - 01/03/2022; 2020, c. 36, Sched. 14, s. 9 (1) - 08/12/2020 2 Repealed:  2001, c. 8, s. 53. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1999, c. 6, s. 34 (3) - 01/03/2000 2001, c. 8, s. 53
- 01/08/2008 2005, c. 5, s. 38 (5)
- 09/03/2005