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Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.

Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 114317

Filed as BURGUNDY ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD.

Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, registered since 2001, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 28, 2026.

25 years
registered since 2001
$19,093,067,539
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. located?

Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.'s principal office is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, according to its Form ADV; the February 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. registered with the SEC or a state?

Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2001. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 114317.

How much does Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. manage?

Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. reports $19,093,067,539 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 28, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.: Regulatory assets under management: $24,302,645,774 in the October 2021 data and $19,093,067,539 in the October 2026 data, down 21%. Total employees: 156 in October 2021 and 140 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (1,583); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,423); charitable organizations (221).

Which custodians does Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. use?

Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists RBC Investor Services Trust and The Northern Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/114317

What changed in Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the February 2026 filing data: Added the business name BMO Burgundy Asset Management. Added the business name BMO Burgundy. Employees performing advisory functions went from 56 to 49. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated January 28, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$19,093,067,539

$19,093,067,539 as of October 2026, filing dated January 28, 2026.

Discretionary: $19,093,067,539.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 1,423 Assets $521,897,181 (3%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,583 Assets $9,632,911,868 (50%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 5 Assets $1,362,861,103 (7%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 70 Assets $3,351,258,327 (18%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 221 Assets $2,408,835,054 (13%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $889,299,030 (5%)
Insurance companies
Clients 4 Assets $155,561,839 (1%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 28 Assets $770,443,137 (4%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
BMO BURGUNDY, BMO BURGUNDY ASSET MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2001 (25 years)
Employees
Total: 140. Performing investment advisory functions: 49.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the February 2026 filing
Montreal, QuebecVancouver, Bc
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
TX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$24.3B 2021 $18.2B 2022 $19.4B 2023 $19.8B 2024 $19.8B 2025 $19.1B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$19,093,067,539140January 28, 2026
October 2025$19,783,696,908151September 13, 2024
October 2024$19,783,696,908151September 13, 2024
October 2023$19,358,909,391146September 28, 2023
October 2022$18,233,360,048151September 22, 2022
October 2021$24,302,645,774156September 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $24,302,645,774 in the October 2021 data and $19,093,067,539 in the October 2026 data, down 21%.

Total employees: 156 in October 2021 and 140 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. February 2026
    • Added the business name BMO Burgundy Asset Management.
    • Added the business name BMO Burgundy.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 56 to 49.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. December 2025
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.C(2)).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 53 to 56.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
burgundyasset.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (CRD 114317): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/burgundy-asset-management-ltd-toronto-ontario-114317