FINTRAC MSB registration in Canada

About This Company

The legal basis is federal: the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, in force since 28 October 2001, together with its Regulations and its Registration Regulations. The registration covers all 10 provinces and 3 territories for federal purposes, and it does not passport. A separate foreign-MSB registration applies to businesses without a place of business in Canada that direct services at Canadians. Provinces may impose separate registration or licensing, and provincial securities regulators set requirements for crypto trading platforms. The company's registration is a money services business (MSB) registration with FINTRAC, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, which supervises MSBs for compliance with the Act. Foreign MSBs must keep a Canadian representative for service at all times and tell FINTRAC of any change to that representative within 30 days. 4059 entities of this type were counted on the register on 24 September 2026. FINTRAC publishes the full registry as a downloadable CSV or Excel file, updated monthly.