The Ontario Securities Commission's Registration, Inspections and Examinations Division has published its 2026-27 Examination Priorities, setting the main focus areas for compliance examinations over the coming year under its risk-based oversight approach. The plan maintains a focus on high-impact and high-risk firms identified through the Risk Assessment Questionnaire, and it includes a thematic sweep on marketing practices with Canadian Securities Administrators partners as well as joint examinations of a number of Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization firms. The priorities were informed by ongoing oversight work, horizon scanning, consultation across OSC divisions, collaboration with regulatory partners, market developments, and engagement with registrants and other stakeholders. The division is also exploring technology, including artificial intelligence, to improve examination processes and efficiency while retaining regulatory judgment. It noted that the published priorities are not exhaustive and that examination work will remain responsive to emerging risks, evolving products and services, market events, and investor concerns.

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