Trust and Loan Companies Act (S.C. 1991, c. 45)

Marginal note:Notice before opening account or providing prescribed product

• 413.1 (1) Before a company referred to in paragraph 413(1)(b) or (c) opens a deposit account in Canada or provides in Canada any prescribed product that relates to a deposit, the company shall, in the prescribed manner, give the person requesting the opening of the account or the provision of the product

  • (a) a notice in writing that deposits to the deposit account, or that the deposit that relates to the prescribed product, as the case may be, will not be insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or, if the request is made by telephone, a verbal notice to that effect; and

  • (b) any other information that may be prescribed.

• Marginal note:Other notice

  (2) A company referred to in paragraph 413(1)(b) or (c) shall, in accordance with any regulations that may be made,

  • (a) post notices at all of its branches, and at prescribed points of service, in Canada where deposits are accepted, and on all of its websites at which deposits are accepted in Canada, to inform the public that deposits with the company are not insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation; and

  • (b) include in its advertisements notices to inform the public that deposits with the company are not insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (3) The Governor in Council may make regulations

  • (a) prescribing the manner in which notices referred to in subsection (1) are to be given and the additional information to be contained in the notices; and

  • (b) respecting notices for the purpose of subsection (2).

Marginal note:Deposits less than $150,000

• 413.2 (1) Subject to the regulations, a company referred to in paragraph 413(1)(b) or (c) may not, in respect of its business in Canada, act as agent for any person in the taking of a deposit that is less than $150,000 and payable in Canada.

• Definition of deposit

  (2) In this section, deposit has the meaning assigned by subsection 413(4).

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (3) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the circumstances in which, and the conditions under which, a company referred to in subsection (1) may act as agent for any person in the taking of a deposit that is less than $150,000 and payable in Canada.

Marginal note:Shared premises

• 413.3 (1) Subject to the regulations, no company referred to in paragraph 413(1)(b) or (c) shall carry on business in Canada on premises that are shared with those of a member institution, within the meaning of section 2 of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, that is affiliated with the company.

• Marginal note:Limitation

  (2) Subsection (1) only applies in respect of premises or any portion of premises on which both the company and the member institution carry on business with the public and to which the public has access.

• Marginal note:Adjacent premises

  (3) Subject to the regulations, no company referred to in paragraph 413(1)(b) or (c) shall carry on business in Canada on premises that are adjacent to a branch or office of a member institution, within the meaning of section 2 of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, that is affiliated with the company, unless the company clearly indicates to its customers that its business and the premises on which it is carried on are separate and distinct from the business and premises of the affiliated member institution.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (4) The Governor in Council may make regulations

  • (a) respecting the circumstances in which, and the conditions under which, a company referred to in paragraph 413(1)(b) or (c) may carry on business in Canada on premises that are shared with those of a member institution referred to in subsection (1); and

  • (b) respecting the circumstances in which, and the conditions under which, a company referred to in paragraph 413(1)(b) or (c) may carry on business in Canada on premises that are adjacent to a branch or office of a member institution referred to in subsection (3).

Marginal note:Restriction on guarantees

• 414 (1) A company shall not guarantee on behalf of any person the payment or repayment of any sum of money unless

  • (a) the sum of money is a fixed sum of money with or without interest thereon; and

  • (b) the person on whose behalf the company has undertaken to guarantee the payment or repayment has an unqualified obligation to reimburse the company for the full amount of the payment or repayment to be guaranteed.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply where the person on whose behalf the company has undertaken to guarantee a payment or repayment is a subsidiary of the company.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a company may guarantee repayment of the principal or payment of the interest, or both, of any moneys entrusted to the company for investment, on such terms and conditions as are agreed on.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (4) The Governor in Council may make regulations imposing terms and conditions in respect of guarantees permitted by this section.

Marginal note:Restriction on securities activities

415 A company shall not deal in Canada in securities to the extent prohibited or restricted by such regulations as the Governor in Council may make for the purposes of this section.

Marginal note:Prohibition

• 415.1 (1) It is prohibited for a company to issue a debt obligation in relation to which the amounts of principal and interest owing are guaranteed to be paid from loans or other assets held by an entity that is created and organized for the principal purpose of holding those loans or other assets and with the intention of legally isolating those loans or other assets from the company, unless

  • (a) the debt obligation is a covered bond as defined in section 21.5 of the National Housing Act;

  • (b) the company is a registered issuer as defined in section 21.5 of that Act other than one whose right to issue covered bonds has been suspended; and

  • (c) the debt obligation is issued under a registered program as defined in section 21.5 of that Act.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) The Governor in Council may make regulations exempting any type of debt obligation from the application of subsection (1).

Marginal note:Restriction on insurance business

• 416 (1) A company shall not undertake the business of insurance except to the extent permitted by this Act or the regulations.

• Marginal note:Restriction on acting as agent

  (2) A company shall not act in Canada as agent for any person in the placing of insurance and shall not lease or provide space in any branch in Canada of the company to any person engaged in the placing of insurance.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (3) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the matters referred to in subsection (1) and regulations respecting relations between companies and

  • (a) entities that undertake the business of insurance; or

  • (b) insurance agents or insurance brokers.

• Marginal note:Saving

  (4) Nothing in this section precludes a company from

  • (a) requiring insurance to be placed by a borrower for the security of the company; or

  • (b) obtaining group insurance for its employees or the employees of any bodies corporate in which it has a substantial investment pursuant to section 453.

• Marginal note:No pressure

  (5) No company shall exercise pressure on a borrower to place insurance for the security of the company in any particular insurance company, but a company may require that an insurance company chosen by a borrower meet with its approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

• Definition of business of insurance

  (6) In this section, business of insurance includes

  • (a) the issuance of any annuity if the liability in respect of the annuity is contingent on the death of a person; and

  • (b) the issuance of any debt obligation, any of whose terms and conditions are established on the basis of mortality considerations, under which the issuer is obliged to make periodic payments.

Marginal note:Restriction on leasing

417 A company shall not engage in Canada in any personal property leasing activity in which a financial leasing entity, within the meaning of subsection 449(1), is not permitted to engage.

Marginal note:Restriction on residential mortgages

• 418 (1) A company shall not make a loan in Canada on the security of residential property in Canada for the purpose of purchasing, renovating or improving that property, or refinance such a loan, if the amount of the loan, together with the amount then outstanding of any mortgage having an equal or prior claim against the property, would exceed 80 per cent of the value of the property at the time of the loan.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of

  • (a) a loan made or guaranteed under the National Housing Act or any other Act of Parliament by or pursuant to which a different limit on the value of property on the security of which the company may make a loan is established;

  • (b) a loan if repayment of the amount of the loan that exceeds the maximum amount set out in subsection (1) is guaranteed or insured by a government agency or a private insurer approved by the Superintendent;

  • (c) the acquisition by the company from an entity of securities issued or guaranteed by the entity that are secured on any residential property, whether in favour of a trustee or otherwise, or the making of a loan by the company to the entity against the issue of such securities; or

  • (d) a loan secured by a mortgage where

    • (i) the mortgage is taken back by the company on a property disposed of by the company, including where the disposition is by way of a realization of a security interest, and

    • (ii) the mortgage secures payment of an amount payable to the company for the property.

Marginal note:Restriction on charges to borrowers

• 418.1 (1) Subject to any regulations made under subsection (2), a company that has obtained insurance or a guarantee against default on a loan made in Canada on the security of residential property shall not charge a borrower an amount for the insurance or guarantee that exceeds the actual cost to the company of the insurance or guarantee.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (2) The Governor in Council may make regulations

  • (a) respecting the determination of the actual cost to a company for the purposes of subsection (1);

  • (b) respecting the circumstances in which a company is exempt from the application of subsection (1);

  • (c) respecting, in relation to insurance or a guarantee against default on a loan made by a company in Canada on the security of residential property,

    • (i) the arrangements into which the company, its representatives and its employees may or may not enter, and

    • (ii) the payments or benefits that the company, its representatives and its employees may or may not accept from an insurer or the insurer’s affiliates; and

  • (d) respecting any other matters necessary to carry out the purposes of subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Regulations — disclosure

  (3) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the disclosure by a company of information relating to insurance or a guarantee against default on a loan made by the company in Canada on the security of residential property, including regulations respecting

  • (a) the information that must be disclosed, including information relating to

    • (i) the person who benefits from the insurance or guarantee,

    • (ii) the arrangements between the company, its representatives or its employees and the insurer or the insurer’s affiliates, and

    • (iii) the payments and benefits that the company, its representatives and its employees accept from an insurer or the insurer’s affiliates;

  • (b) the time and place at which, the form and manner in which and the persons to whom information is to be disclosed; and

  • (c) the circumstances under which a company is not required to disclose information.

Marginal note:Policies re security interests

• 419 (1) The directors of a company shall establish and the company shall adhere to policies regarding the creation of security interests in property of the company to secure obligations of the company and the acquisition by the company of beneficial interests in property that is subject to security interests.

• Marginal note:Order to amend policies

  (2) The Superintendent may, by order, direct a company to amend its policies as specified in the order.

• Marginal note:Compliance

  (3) A company shall comply with an order made under subsection (2) within the time specified in the order.

Marginal note:Regulations and guidelines

419.1 The Governor in Council may make regulations and the Superintendent may make guidelines respecting the creation by a company of security interests in its property to secure obligations of the company and the acquisition by the company of beneficial interests in property that is subject to security interests.

Marginal note:Exception

419.2 Sections 419 and 419.1 do not apply in respect of a security interest created by a company to secure an obligation of the company to the Bank of Canada or the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Marginal note:Restriction on receivers

420 A company shall not grant to a person the right to appoint a receiver or a receiver and manager of the property or business of the company.