Annual reporting cycle
docs(corporate): fix venture-issuer AIF exemption -- Professional Centres Canada LP is not required to file an Annual Information Form under NI 51-102; WCP itself is a private company and files nothing directly. Corrected governance-documents.md's false claim that the audit committee charter is filed as part of an AIF, and rewrote its 5 other described governance instruments (board mandate, compensation/nominating committees, governance policy, code of conduct) as planned-not-yet-adopted per operator correction, rather than presenting them as WCP's current documents. Fixed the same blanket AIF-requirement gap in about-annual-reporting-cycle, about-continuous-disclosure, canadian-securities-terminology, regulated-reporting-entity, and four-jurisdiction-framework (EN+ES throughout, operator-directed 2026-08-24)
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: "Annual reporting cycle" slug: about-annual-reporting-cycle category: disclosure index_group: how-disclosure-works last_edited: 2026-07-11 last_edited: 2026-08-24 editor: woodfine-editorial status: stable short_description: "Annual disclosure obligations of a Canadian reporting issuer: audited IFRS financial statements, Annual Information Form, and MD&A due within 90 days of fiscal year-end." @@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ references: text: "OSC Staff Notice 51-721 — Financial Reporting Standards. OSC, 2013." --- A reporting issuer must file three primary disclosure documents within 90 days of its fiscal year-end: audited annual [[about-financial-reporting|financial statements]] prepared in accordance with IFRS as adopted in Canada, an Annual Information Form (AIF, Form 51-102F2), and an annual Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). This annual reporting cycle is established by A non-venture reporting issuer must file three primary disclosure documents within 90 days of its fiscal year-end: audited annual [[about-financial-reporting|financial statements]] prepared in accordance with IFRS as adopted in Canada, an Annual Information Form (AIF, Form 51-102F2), and an annual Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). A venture issuer files the financial statements and MD&A on the same annual cycle but is not required to file an AIF under NI 51-102 — Professional Centres Canada LP, as a venture issuer, is not required to file one. This annual reporting cycle is established by **[[about-disclosure-obligations|NI 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations]]**, the National Instrument promulgated by the Canadian Securities Administrators that establishes the ongoing disclosure requirements applicable to [[regulated-reporting-entity|reporting issuers]] in Canada.[^1] @@ -45,7 +48,9 @@ class. ## Annual Information Form — Form 51-102F2 The AIF provides a comprehensive description of the reporting issuer's business, risk factors, Filing an AIF is mandatory only for non-venture issuers. A venture issuer may file one voluntarily — for example to become AIF-eligible for short-form prospectus purposes — but is not required to. Where an AIF is filed, it provides a comprehensive description of the reporting issuer's business, risk factors, capital structure, and governance. Required disclosure categories include: - Business overview and corporate structure @@ -82,8 +87,10 @@ all Form 51-102F1 requirements.[^2] Under NI 51-102, a reporting issuer that is a non-venture issuer must file its annual financial statements, AIF, and annual MD&A within **90 calendar days** of the fiscal year-end. A reporting issuer that is a venture issuer (listed on a venture exchange such as TSX Venture) has **120 calendar days**. A reporting issuer that is a venture issuer (listed on a venture exchange such as TSX Venture, or classified as one without an exchange listing) has **120 calendar days** to file its annual financial statements and MD&A — the AIF is not part of a venture issuer's mandatory filing set at all, so no venture-issuer AIF deadline applies. All filings are made through SEDAR+ and are publicly accessible upon filing. The OSC and other provincial securities regulators conduct annual review programs that assess compliance