Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations (SOR/2002-184)

148 (1) A person or entity that is required to keep records under these Regulations shall keep those records for a period of at least five years after

• (a) the day on which the account to which they relate is closed, in the case of signature cards, account operating agreements, account applications, credit card applications, records setting out the intended use of the account and records that are required to be kept under paragraph 12(k) or subsection 123(1);

• (b) the day on which the last business transaction is conducted, in the case of information records, certificates of incorporation, records that are required to be filed annually under applicable provincial securities legislation and similar records that prove a corporation’s existence, partnership agreements, articles of association and similar records that prove the existence of an entity other than a corporation, records that are required to be kept under any of subsections 16(2), 123(2) and (3) and 138(3) and (5) and lists and records, other than information records, that are required to be kept under section 37; and

• (c) the day on which they were created, in the case of all other records.

(2) For greater certainty, if a record that is kept under these Regulations is the property of a person’s employer or of a person or entity with which the person is in a contractual relationship, the person is not required to keep the record after the end of their employment or the contractual relationship.