A person or company registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada, as an adviser or dealer, other than a person registered solely as a limited market dealer under one or both of the Securities Act (Ontario) or the Securities Act (Newfoundland and Labrador), An individual registered or formerly registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada, as a representative of a person or company referred to in paragraph (i) A pension fund that is regulated by either the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) or a pension commission or similar regulatory authority of a jurisdiction of Canada, An individual who, either alone or jointly with a spouse, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, financial assets having an aggregate realizable value that before taxes, but net of any related liabilities, exceeds $1,000,000, An individual whose net income before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each of the 2 most recent calendar years or whose net income before taxes combined with that of a spouse exceeded $300,000 in each of the 2 most recent calendar years and who, in either case, reasonably expects to exceed that net income level in the current calendar year, An individual who, either alone or with a spouse, has net assets of at least $5,000,000, A person, other than an individual or investment fund, that has net assets of at least $5,000,000 as shown on its most recently prepared financial statements (other than a person created or used solely to purchase or hold securities as an accredited investor), An investment fund that distributes or has distributed its securities only to: 1. A person that is or was an accredited investor at the time of the distribution, 2. A person that acquires or acquired securities in the circumstances referred to in sections 2.10 “Minimum amount investment” and 2.19 “Additional investment in investment funds”, or 3. A person described in paragraph (i) or (ii) that acquires or acquired securities under section 2.18 “Investment fund reinvestment”, An investment fund that distributes or has distributed securities under a prospectus in a jurisdiction of Canada for which the regulator or, in Québec, the securities regulatory authority, has issued a receipt, A person or company in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct, indirect or beneficial, except the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors, are persons that are accredited investors, An investment fund that is advised by a person registered as an adviser or a person that is exempt from registration as an adviser, or A person that is recognized or designated by the securities regulatory authority or, except in Ontario and Québec, the regulator as an accredited investor.
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