Regulations and obligations
In addition to its powers and responsibilities under the Act respecting the Regulation of the Financial Sector This link will open in a new window (chapter E-6.1), the AMF oversees the enforcement of many legislation
Most laws and regulations are hosted on the website Légis Québec This link will open in a new window of Publications du Québec, with the exception of Securities and Derivatives regulations.
All of these laws, as well as the related regulations and policy statements, can be viewed on this website, in PDF format. To facilitate viewing these documents, this section has been divided into seven industry areas, each including the legislation specifically applicable to the area in question.
Obligations and administrative procedures
Regulation by sector
Credit assessment agents
Insurance and deposit institutions
Distribution of financial products and services
Derivatives
Transparency Measures - Mining, oil and gas
Volontary Retirement Saving Plans (VRSP)
Securities
1 - Procedures and related matters [11-101 à 14-101]
2 - Certain Capital Market Participants [21-101 à 25-201]
3 - Registration and Related Matters [31-101 à 35-101]
4 - Distribution Requirements [41-101 à 47-201]
5 - Ongoing Requirements for Issuers and Insiders [51-101 à 58-201]
6 - Takeover Bids and Special Transactions [61-101 à 62-203]
7 - Securities Transactions Outside the Jurisdiction [71-101 à 71-102]
8 - Investment Funds [81-101 à 81-107]
9 - Derivatives
In Québec, derivatives regulations are made under the Derivatives Act (Québec) and not the Securities Act(Québec). See Derivatives' section.
Quebec Regulation and Policy Statement
In Québec, derivatives regulations are made under the Derivatives Act (Québec) and not the Securities Act(Québec). See Derivatives' section.
End of the insight- Securities Act This link will open in a new window
- Securities Regulation (V-1.1, r. 50)
- CSA Staff Notice 11-312 (revised): National Numbering System (pdf - 235 KB)This link will open in a new windowUpdated on December 12, 2024CSA Staff Notice 11-312 (Revised): National Numbering System Updated on December 12, 2024
- CSA and AMF Notices withdrawn
- Agreements
- Fees and costs payable to the AMF
References
- An Act mainly to improve the regulation of the financial sector, the protection of deposits of money and the operation of financial institutions (2018, chapter 23) – Bill 141 This link will open in a new window
- Order in Council 1474-2018 (pdf - 248 KB)This link will open in a new windowUpdated on December 28, 2018 - Regulation respecting certain transitional measures for the carrying out of the Act mainly to improve the regulation of the financial sector, the protection of deposits of money and the operation of financial institutions
- Order in Council 553-2019 (pdf - 80 KB)This link will open in a new windowUpdated on June 6, 2019 - Regulation to amend the Regulation respecting certain transitional measures for the carrying out of the Act mainly to improve the regulation of the financial sector, the protection of deposits of money and the operation of financial institutions