Canadian securities regulators release detailed data from review of women on boards and in executive officer positions

For Immediate Release CSA

Toronto – The securities regulatory authorities in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan and Yukon (participating jurisdictions) today published the underlying data used to prepare CSA Multilateral Staff Notice 58-308 Staff Review of Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions – Compliance with NI 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices, which was published on September 28, 2016.

The data was compiled from public documents filed on SEDAR and includes the name, industry and year-end of the 677 non-venture issuers with year-ends between December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2016 as it relates to women on boards and in executive officer positions.

The data can be found on the websites of the participating jurisdictions.

The CSA, the council of the securities regulators of Canada’s provinces and territories, co-ordinates and harmonizes regulation for the Canadian capital markets.

 

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For more information:

Kristen Rose
Ontario Securities Commission
416-593-2336

Nicole Tuncay            
Alberta Securities Commission
403-297-4008

Alison Walker
British Columbia Securities Commission
604-899-6713

Sylvain Théberge
Autorité des marchés financiers
514-940-2176

Jane Anderson           
Nova Scotia Securities Commission
902-424-0179

Andrew Nicholson
Financial and Consumer Services
Commission, New Brunswick
506-658-3021

John O’Brien
Office of the Superintendent of Securities
Newfoundland and Labrador
709-729-4909

Janice Callbeck
Office of the Superintendent of Securities
P.E.I
902-368-6288

Jeff Mason
Nunavut Securities Office
867-975-6591

Rhonda Horte
Office of the Yukon Superintendent
of Securities
867-667-5466

Shannon McMillan
Financial and Consumer Affairs
Authority of Saskatchewan
306-798-4160

Tom Hall
Northwest Territories Securities Office
867-767-9305

Jason (Jay) Booth
Manitoba Securities Commission
204-945-1660