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Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, registered since 2007, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 31, 2026.
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From the filingHow is Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd. compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Northleaf Capital Advisors 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 Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd. located?
Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd.'s principal office is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, according to its Form ADV.
Is Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd. registered with the SEC or a state?
Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2007. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 145014.
How much does Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd. manage?
Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd. reports $585,377,054 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd.: Regulatory assets under management: $47,074,546 in the October 2021 data and $585,377,054 in the October 2026 data, up 1144%. Total employees: 100 in October 2021 and 156 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd. serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (3); other (1).
Which custodians does Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd. use?
Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Northleaf Capital Partners (affiliated with the firm) and TD Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd. report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/145014
What changed in Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd.'s recent Form ADV filings?
In the August 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $670,365,215 to $585,377,054 (-13%). 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 December 23, 2025) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$585,377,054 as of October 2026, filing dated July 31, 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 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
- 2007 (18 years)
- Employees
- Total: 156. Performing investment advisory functions: 70.
- 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.
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 112 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
- 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $585,377,054 | 156 | July 31, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $660,759,101 | 175 | February 28, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $643,774,348 | 165 | July 10, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $643,332,580 | 140 | December 21, 2022 |
| October 2022 | $384,181,498 | 113 | December 22, 2021 |
| October 2021 | $47,074,546 | 100 | December 17, 2020 |
Regulatory assets under management: $47,074,546 in the October 2021 data and $585,377,054 in the October 2026 data, up 1144%.
Total employees: 100 in October 2021 and 156 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- August 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $670,365,215 to $585,377,054 (-13%).
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- January 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 71 to 70.
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."
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AdvisorCensus. Northleaf Capital Advisors Ltd. (CRD 145014): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/northleaf-capital-advisors-ltd-toronto-ontario-145014