What is SEDAR?
A. SEDAR is the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval, the electronic filing system for the disclosure of documents of public companies and mutual funds across Canada. An initiative of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and CDS Inc., the SEDAR system was created to allow filing of certain documents such as prospectuses and continuous disclosure documents in an electronic format with the relevant Canadian Securities Regulatory jurisdiction(s). It was developed to increase the efficiency of the filing process for both the filing issuers and the Securities Commissions as well as to allow the electronic payment of CSA filing fees and to improve public access to securities filings.
Related Questions
- Our accounting department prefers to use the same bank account for NRD fees that is in place for SEDAR. Do we need a dedicated NRD account?
- What format should my documents be in before sending them to Filing Services Canada for conversion and transmission to SEDAR?
- What versions of PDF are acceptable to the SEDAR system?
