The Competition Bureau's Merger Notification Unit announced
on March 19, 2019 that the filing fee for merger notifications
under the Competition Act will increase to $73,584,
effective April 1, 2019.
This increase marks the first annual adjustment since the merger
filing fee was raised from C$50,000 to C$72,000 on May 1, 2018.
Prior to last year's increase, the filing fee had remained
fixed at C$50,000 since 2003. As a result of section 17 of
Canada's Service Fees Act, SC 2017, government service
fees (including the Bureau's merger filing fee) are now
adjusted annually in line with the change in the Consumer Price
Index for Canada.
Advance notification of mergers, acquisitions or other
transactions is required under the Competition Act where
certain size-of-transaction and size-of-parties thresholds are met,
as well as some additional requirements in the case of particular
transaction types (such as a shareholding threshold in the case of
share acquisitions). For
