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CIRO licence Unreleased

Holder
CGD
Jurisdiction
Canada
Licence type
Market Making(MM)

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization. It sets out what the register says, what we checked, and what the authority's own rules protect.

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RecordModified Aug 3, 2026

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Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization Unreleased

Recorded from the firm's own disclosure. Not yet checked against the register.

Issuing authority
Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization
Holder
Canaccord Genuity Direct
Jurisdiction
Canada
Licence type
Market Making(MM)

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Our check

What we checked

Nobody has adjudicated this licence yet. It is recorded here as claimed, not as confirmed.

Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
Canada
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

Printed as the register prints it. A field that is missing here is one nobody has recorded, not one the register leaves blank.

Licence number
Unreleased
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Market Making(MM)
The authority

About CIRO

Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Canada.

Full name
Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization
Jurisdiction
Canada
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
2008
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
23 firms
Regulates
Bond, Stocks
Licences it issues
Investment Dealer Registration
Typical cost of a licence
CAD 50000-100000+
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

CIRO's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to CAD 1000000 (CIPF)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeOBSI
  • Maximum leverage1:49
This describes the authority's regime, not how CGD applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against CGD. A licence is issued to a legal company, so the companies below are what you would search a corporate register for.

Broker
Canaccord Genuity Direct
Based in
Canada
Wikilix score
76.5the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • Canaccord Genuity DirectCanada · Reg. 709611 · Aug 20, 2019
  • CORPORATION CANACCORD GENUITYCanada · Reg. 1147988308 · Sep 11, 1998
Provenance

Where this record came from

Every date below has already happened. We do not publish a promised next-update date, because we do not schedule per-licence re-checks.

Last checked by Wikilix
Never — nobody has looked this entry up yet
Record last edited
When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

Answered from this register entry and the authority’s own record.

Most Popular Questions
Canaccord Genuity Direct serves clients primarily in Canada and some global clients but prohibits residents of North Korea, Iran, and other sanctioned countries from opening accounts. This aligns with regulatory compliance requirements.
Canaccord Genuity Direct offers a maximum leverage of 1:49.
Canaccord Genuity Direct offers trading in regulated financial instruments such as bonds and stocks.
Canaccord Genuity Direct offers customer support in English with live chat available during business hours. They also provide phone support at 1-866-608-0099 and have a physical address in Montreal, Canada. Additional contact methods include phone and email through their regulator CIRO.
The minimum deposit amount at Canaccord Genuity Direct is 5000 USD. Deposits can be made via Electronic Funds Transfer or wire transfers with no deposit fees specified. Withdrawal fees vary by method, for example, 5 USD for EFT withdrawals and up to 65 USD for international wire transfers.
Canaccord Genuity Direct is regulated by the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), a government-regulated body. It holds an onshore Market Making license and offers client fund insurance up to CAD 1,000,000 through CIPF. The broker operates with high transparency and a complaint mechanism via OBSI.
Licence Unreleased was issued by Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), the financial authority for Canada.
CGD holds this CIRO licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
Nobody at Wikilix has looked this entry up on the CIRO register yet, so treat it as claimed rather than confirmed. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding against the licence.
Wikilix rates CIRO tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
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