The AMF carries out a detailed assessment of each claim to determine if compensation is to be paid out. Therefore, it is important that your claim be as complete and accurate as possible and that all relevant documents be sent to the AMF at the assessment stage.

Some documents to be submitted in support of your claim:

• Insurance policies and/or documents attesting to the transaction;
• All correspondence between the representative, firm, partnership, dealer, broker or insurance company and the victim;
• Bank statements;
• Copies of cheques and evidence that they have been cashed;
• Civil, penal or disciplinary sentence against the representative, independent partnership, dealer, broker or firm involved. 

3 – Submit claim form

Send the completed claim form along with the supporting documents to the following address:

Autorité des marchés financiers
Place de la Cité, tour PwC
2640, boulevard Laurier, bureau 400
Québec (Québec)  G1V 5C1

Claim processing time

You will receive an acknowledgment of receipt including a reference number within two business days after your compensation claim is received. An analyst will then contact you in writing or by phone in the following weeks.

It generally takes one year before a decision is issued, but that time may vary considerably depending on:

• the complexity of the file;
• the time to obtain all the documents and information required to make a decision.