Official gazette means the Canada Gazette and the gazette published under the authority of the government of the province where the proceedings for the winding-up of the business of a company are carried on, or used as the official means of communication between the lieutenant governor of that province and the people, and if no such gazette is published in the province, any newspaper published in the province and designated by a court for publishing the notices required by this Act ( gazette officielle) Superintendent Insurance company means a company transacting the business of insurance and includes any unincorporated association or reciprocal exchange transacting that business ( compagnie d’assurance) Minister (d) in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court, and in Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Justice ( tribunal)Ĭreditor includes all persons having any claim against a company, present or future, certain, ascertained or contingent, for liquidated or unliquidated damages, and in all proceedings for determining the persons who are to be deemed creditors, it includes any person making any such claim ( créancier) federal credit unionįederal credit union has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Bank Act ( coopérative de crédit fédérale) financial institutionįinancial institution has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act ( institution financière) foreign insurance companyįoreign insurance company means an insurance company that is authorized under Part XIII of the Insurance Companies Act to insure in Canada risks ( société étrangère) insurance company
(c.1) in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Trial Division of the Supreme Court, and (c) in New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Court of Queen’s Bench, (a.1) in Ontario, the Superior Court of Justice, (a) in Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, the Supreme Court, (b) in respect of an authorized foreign bank, assets within the meaning of section 618 of the Bank Act ( actif ou éléments d’actif)Īuthorized foreign bank has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Bank Act ( banque étrangère autorisée) capital stockĬapital stock includes a capital stock de jure or de facto ( capital social) companyĬompany includes any corporation subject to this Act ( compagnie) contributoryĬontributory means a person liable to contribute to the assets of a company under this Act, and, in all proceedings for determining the persons who are to be deemed contributories and in all proceedings prior to the final determination of those persons, it includes any person alleged to be a contributory ( contributeur) court (a) in respect of a foreign insurance company, the assets in Canada, within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Insurance Companies Act, of the foreign insurance company together with its other assets held in Canada under the control of its chief agent, within the meaning of section 571 of that Act, including all amounts received or receivable in respect of its insurance business in Canada, and