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Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.
Filed as CANSO INVESTMENT COUNSEL LTD.
Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, registered since 2025, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 25, 2026.
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From the filingHow is Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Canso Investment Counsel 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 Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. located?
Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.'s principal office is in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. registered with the SEC or a state?
Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 336447.
How much does Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. manage?
Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. reports $46,645,743,893 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 25, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.'s assets and staff changed since 2025?
In the Form ADV data for Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.: Regulatory assets under management: $37,762,328,329 in the October 2025 data and $46,645,743,893 in the October 2026 data, up 24%. Total employees: 67 in October 2025 and 71 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (65); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (9); state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (9).
Which custodians does Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. use?
Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists CIBC Mellon, RBC Investor Services Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/336447
What changed in Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.'s recent Form ADV filings?
In the October 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 30 to 34. 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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated September 26, 2025) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$46,645,743,893 as of October 2026, filing dated September 25, 2026.
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.DA 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- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2025 (1 year)
- Employees
- Total: 71. Performing investment advisory functions: 34.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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)
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1 other office, as of the October 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures
Assets and staff over time
Items 5.A, 5.F| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $46,645,743,893 | 71 | September 25, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $37,762,328,329 | 67 | May 16, 2025 |
Regulatory assets under management: $37,762,328,329 in the October 2025 data and $46,645,743,893 in the October 2026 data, up 24%.
Total employees: 67 in October 2025 and 71 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- October 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 30 to 34.
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- December 2025
- Regulatory assets under management went from $37,762,328,329 to $44,358,760,156 (+17%).
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 29 to 30.
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.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Canso Investment Counsel Ltd. (CRD 336447): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/canso-investment-counsel-ltd-richmond-hill-ontario-336447