Canadian small caps trade mainly on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) and the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), where many junior companies in mining, tech and other sectors list and raise money. The rules here are not the same as on US markets. Companies file their documents on SEDAR+, insiders report trades on SEDI, new shares from a private placement often carry a hold period, and financings like LIFE offerings, bought deals and flow-through raises can change the share count quickly. If you trade these names without knowing where to look, you are guessing about supply. This hub collects every Fockets article on Canadian small caps in one place, arranged in a learning order. Start with how the exchanges differ. Then learn the research tools that let you check filings and insiders yourself. After that, work through the financing structures that cause dilution, and finish with the corporate events that can freeze or reshape a stock. Each link below says plainly what you will learn, so you can jump straight to the gap in your own process.
Start here: Canada’s small-cap exchanges
- Canadian Small Caps: A Trader’s Hub for TSXV and CSE Stocks: an overview of trading TSXV and CSE stocks as a small-cap trader.
- TSX vs TSXV vs CSE: What’s the Difference?: how Canada’s three main exchanges differ and why it matters for traders.
- CSE penny stocks: the risks most traders miss: the risks of CSE penny stocks that traders often overlook.
- NEX board TSXV meaning: what it means when a company moves to the NEX board.
Research tools: SEDAR+, SEDI and verification
- How to check dilution on SEDAR+: a step by step way to search TSXV and CSE filings for dilution.
- SEDI insider trading: how to check Canadian insider buys and sells: how to look up insider buying and selling in Canadian stocks.
- Early warning report Canada: what a 10% holder filing means for a small cap.
- Canadian penny stocks on Reddit: how to verify a ticker before you buy: how to check a ticker you saw online before putting money in.
- NI 43-101 compliant meaning: what this label does and does not guarantee about a mining stock.
- Canadian stocks Discord: how to find a TSXV and CSE community that checks SEDAR+.
Financings and dilution
- TSXV private placement: hold periods, warrants and what it means for your shares: how private placements work and how they affect existing shareholders.
- TSXV private placement hold period: when the new shares from a placement become free trading.
- Listed issuer financing exemption: what a LIFE offering means for traders.
- Bought deal financing in Canada: what it means when a small cap announces a bought deal.
- Shares for debt TSXV deals: the quiet dilution most traders miss.
- Flow-through shares explained: why junior miners sell off after a flow-through raise.
Insider supply and corporate events
- TSXV escrow release schedule: how to map when locked-up insider shares unlock.
- TSXV reverse takeover (RTO): the RTO process and halt timeline for traders.
- Cease trade order: what happens to your shares when a Canadian stock gets a CTO.
If you want to talk through TSXV and CSE filings with other traders, join the free Fockets Discord.
This guide is for education only and is not financial advice.
