Christenson Group of Companies
Follow- Proceeding
- CCAACompanies' Creditors Arrangement Act, RSC 1985, c C-36, as amended
- File
- 2503 20545
Christenson Group of Companies, 26 related Alberta entities, has been under CCAA protection in the Court of King's Bench of Alberta at Edmonton since October 17, 2025, with Ernst & Young Inc. as Monitor. Orders of November 17, 2025 established a General Claims Process and a Reverse Life Lease Claims Process; two claims bar dates are recorded, January 9 and January 16, 2026. After nine life lease meetings, the Monitor recommended sanction of the Plans, and orders followed on February 25, 2026. The general SISP produced a successful bidder and the Whitecourt SISP produced Lac Ste. Anne Foundation, with approval and vesting orders granted June 25, 2026; the General SISP court approval deadline was extended to July 31, 2026, and an order was pronounced that day. Cash on hand was reported at $3,985,719, against cumulative receipts of $20,556,910.
The claims bar date has passed — claims were due by
Per the Order - General Claims Process dated 21 November 2025.
159 earlier updates, back to 17 October 2025 — subscribers.
Case update
Christenson: what happens to a life lease when the building is sold
Nine Alberta seniors' housing communities are being sold to a single purchaser. The residents hold life leases, and the application filed on August 5 asks the court to terminate every one of them at the moment of closing — converting each into a standard residential tenancy with a new landlord, under plans the residents themselves approved in February.
Debtor
Christenson Group of Companies
Monitor
EY
Bench
| Judge | Court | On this docket | Cases on record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Little | Court of King's Bench of Alberta | 1 order, Jul 2026 | 39 cases on record |
Counsel of record
| Party | Counsel | First seen | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MonitorEY | Dla Piper LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| ApplicantCCAA the Christenson Group | Duncan & Craig LLP | 19 Mar 2026 | Order · 19 Mar 2026 |
| DebtorChristenson Group of Companies | Duncan & Craig LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| Creditor(Proposed) (Timberstone, Westmount, Royal Oak & Devonshire) | MLT Aikins LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| Creditor1810811 AB Ltd., Abdul Cadili | Swainson Miki Peskett LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| Creditor2498399 Alberta Ltd. (Sam Brewster) | Sirrs LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorAddress for Service and Contact Information of Filing This Document | McLennan Ross LLP | 16 Oct 2025 | Affidavit · 16 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorAlberta Union of Provincial Employees | Nugent Law Office | 12 Jan 2026 | Service list · 12 Jan 2026 |
| CreditorAlberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) | Nugent Law Office | 13 Jan 2026 | Factum · 13 Jan 2026 |
| CreditorAspen Mechanical Ltd | McAllister LLP | 13 Jan 2026 | Factum · 13 Jan 2026 |
| CreditorBrian Soltis / Estate of Mary Soltis | Lawson Lundell LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorCanada ICI Capital Corporation | Swainson Miki Peskett LLP · Brownlee LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorCCAA Ernst & Young Inc | Duncan & Craig LLP | 19 Mar 2026 | Order · 19 Mar 2026 |
| CreditorCompany Group Canada Ltd o / a Marquise Hospitality | Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorDevonshire Care Centre Ltd | Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorElsebeth Gomes (Michael Gomes), Shirley Murphy (Sandra Clark), Jennie Joes (Jennifer Guidinger), Donna Benson (Audie and Kathleen Benson) | Nicholl & Akers LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorEstate of Gloria Runck | Dentons Canada LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorEstate of Marjorie Howard | Dentons Canada LLP | 13 Jan 2026 | Factum · 13 Jan 2026 |
| CreditorEstate of Mary Soltis | Lawson Lundell LLP | 12 Jan 2026 | Service list · 12 Jan 2026 |
| CreditorJennifer Scott Harold Bushell Isabella Jeanett Proctor Robert Theodore Youck Chris Godwaldt Sue Stephenson Steven Graham Sandra Poole Dustin MacMillan Rhett Pic | Dentons Canada LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorKrawford Construction Company Inc | Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP | 9 Oct 2025 | Service list · 9 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorLac Ste. Anne Foundation Attn: Dena Krysik, Gregory Plester, Dylan Muscat | Brownlee LLP | 18 Jul 2026 | Application · 18 Jul 2026 |
| CreditorNational Bank of Canada | McLennan Ross LLP | 9 Oct 2025 | Service list · 9 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorParkland Neighborhood Residents Association | Witten LLP | 20 Oct 2025 | Service list · 20 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorPeoples Trust Company | Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP | 20 Oct 2025 | Service list · 20 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorPillar Capital Corp | Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP | 9 Oct 2025 | Service list · 9 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorRose Strembiski, Caveator | Dentons Canada LLP | 10 Oct 2025 | Service list · 10 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorService | Duncan & Craig LLP | 20 Oct 2025 | Service list · 20 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorStrathcona County | Brownlee LLP | 20 Oct 2025 | Service list · 20 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorTimberstone, Westmount, Royal Oak & Devonshire | MLT Aikins LLP | 9 Mar 2026 | Service list · 9 Mar 2026 |
| CreditorTown of Lacombe | Chapman Riebeek LLP | 20 Oct 2025 | Service list · 20 Oct 2025 |
| CreditorWhitecourt Village Ltd | Duncan & Craig LLP | 9 Oct 2025 | Service list · 9 Oct 2025 |
| Priority class | Creditor | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secured | Christenson Group secured lenders (combined, per affidavit)Document's own stated combined indebtedness to secured lenders (para 49); sum of the individual loans in the Loan Debt chart on pages 9-10 is materially higher (~$123.9M) and this discrepancy is not reconciled in the document — debtor: Christenson Group (collectively) · as of 3 Oct 2025 | $105M | First Affidavit of Gregory Christenson |
Sale approvedSale Approval and Vesting Order (Whitecourt Village) · 25 Jun 2026
| Purchaser | Price | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lac Ste. Anne Foundation | not stated | Approved25 Jun 2026 | Draft Order - Sale Approval and Vesting Order |
Unsecured creditors: not yet estimated.07. Seventh Report of the Monitor · 24 Jul 2026
| Class | Creditor | Claims | Recovery | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsecured | Life Lease Claimants | — | not yet estimatedconditional | per the monitor | 07. Seventh Report of the Monitor · 24 Jul 2026 |
Each row is one filing's statement, copied as it reads and never computed. "Estimated" is the officer's forecast; "Under the plan" is the plan's or proposal's own term; "Final" is a declared or paid distribution; a row with no chip states no footing. A range is the two numbers stated; "of proven claims" is the document's own denominator.
The debtor’s own statement of its total assets and liabilities at filing is in the record — Subscribers
Cumulative receipts
$20.6M
As at 24 Feb 2026Fourth Report of the Monitor
| Date | Document | File |
|---|---|---|
| Brief of law of The Monitor - Application for Advice and Directions | Trustee site | |
| Signed - Letter to service list re serving filed 6 Orders | Trustee site | |
| Order - Extension of General Sales Process Timelines | Trustee site | |
| Affidavit re: Labour Proceedings Stay (Advice and Direction) | Trustee site | |
| Brief of Law - Labour Proceedings Stay (Advice and Direction) | Trustee site | |
| Signed - Letter to Service List | Trustee site | |
| Order - Amendment of Condominium Corporations | Trustee site | |
| Order - Extending Stay of Proceedings and Ancillary Relief | Trustee site | |
| Order - Termination of Condominium Corporations | Trustee site | |
| Order - Transfer of Unit 3 (Park Avenue) | Trustee site | |
| Sale Approval and Vesting Order - HCN Canadian APA | Trustee site | |
| 09. Ninth Report of the Monitor | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Application For Advice and Directions | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Order - Amendment of Condominium Status | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Order - Sale Approval and Vesting Order | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Order - Termination of Condominium Status | PDF · Subscribers | |
Order - Transfer of Unit 3
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Red Line - Sale Approval and Vesting Order | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Red Line Order - Amendment of Condominium Status | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Red Line Order - Sealing Order | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Red Line Order - Termination of Condominium Status | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Red Line Order - Transfer of Unit 3 | PDF · Subscribers | |
| 08. Eighth Report of the Monitor | PDF · Subscribers | |
| APPLICATION – SALE APPROVAL AND VESTING ORDER, CONDOMINIUM TERMINATIONS or AMENDMENTS, EXTENSION OF THE STAY OF PROCEEDINGS and ANCILLARY RELIEF | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Draft Order - Transfer of Unit 3 (Park Avenue) | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Draft Order-Amendment of Condo Corporations | PDF · Subscribers | |
Draft Order-Extending Stay of Proceedings and Ancillary Relief
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Draft Order-Termination of Condo Corporations | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Draft Sale Approval and Vesting Order | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Draft Sealing Order | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Letter to Justice Burns enclosing August 13, 2026 hearing materials | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Tenth Affidavit of Gregory Christenson | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Webex Info - August 13, 2026 Hearing | PDF · Subscribers | |
07. Seventh Report of the Monitor
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Application - Extension of General Sales Process - July 31
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Draft Order - Extension of General Sales Process Timelines - 20 Jul 2026
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Letter to Justice Little serving July 31 Materials
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Ninth Affidavit of Gregory Christenson - 20 Jul 2026 | PDF · Subscribers | |
Letter to Service List - July 31 Application
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Order - Relief Under s. 11.1(3) of the CCAA and Extension of General Sales Process Timelines
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Sale Approval and Vesting Order (Whitecourt Village)
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Red Line Draft Order - Sale Approval and Vesting Order (Whitecourt)
| PDF · Subscribers | |
06. Sixth Report of the Monitor
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Brief of Law | PDF · Subscribers | |
Draft Order - Sale Approval and Vesting Order
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Draft Order - Sealing Order
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Draft Order - Stay of Labour Proceedings and Extending Sales Process
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Letter to Court Coordinator Confirming May 22 Application Date | PDF · Subscribers | |
Consent Order - Amendments to ARIO
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Order - Representative Counsel Fee Allowance
| PDF · Subscribers | |
05. Fifth Report of the Monitor
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Service List as of March 9, 2026
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Order - Extending Stay and Ancillary Relief
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Sealing Order
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Fourth Report of the Monitor
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Letter to Service List encl Monitor's Brief - Feb 24, 2026
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Monitor's Brief w Authorities re Extend Stay and Ancillary Relief - Filed Feb 24, 2026 | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Sixth Affidavit of Gregory Christenson | PDF · Subscribers | |
Monitor's Report on the Life Lease Plans
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Devonshire - Plan of Arrangement
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Royal Oak Village - Plan of Arrangement | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Bedford Village - Life Lease Meeting - Proxy | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Bedford Village - Life Lease Meeting - Voting Letter | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Citadel Mews East - Life Lease Meeting - Proxy | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Citadel Mews East - Life Lease Meeting - Voting Letter | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Devonshire Village - Life Lease Meeting - Proxy | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Devonshire Village - Life Lease Meeting - Voting Letter | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Devonshire Village - Notice of Life Lease Meeting | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Glastonbury Mews - Life Lease Meeting - Proxy | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Glastonbury Mews - Life Lease Meeting - Voting Letter | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Glastonbury Mews - Notice of Life Lease Meeting | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Park Avenue - Life Lease Meeting - Proxy | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Park Avenue - Life Lease Meeting - Voting Letter | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Park Avenue - Notice of Life Lease Meeting | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Royal Oak Village - Life Lease Meeting - Proxy | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Royal Oak Village - Life Lease Meeting - Voting Letter | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Royal Oak Village - Notice of Life Lease Meeting | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Southwoods Court North - Life Lease Meeting - Proxy | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Southwoods Court North - Life Lease Meeting - Voting Letter | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Timberstone Mews - Life Lease Meeting - Voting Letter | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Westmount Village - Life Lease Meeting - Proxy | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Westmount Village - Life Lease Meeting - Voting Letter | PDF · Subscribers | |
2026 01 13 - Letter to Service List serving Reply Brief (Jan 14 Application)
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| 2503-20545-Filed-2026-01-13-Reply-Brief | PDF · Subscribers | |
Letter to Service List encl Third Report of the Monitor - Jan 12, 2026
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Third Report of the Monitor - Filed Jan 12, 2026
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| January 14, 2026 WebEx Link Confirmation | PDF · Subscribers | |
2026 01 06 - Letter to Justice Burns encl Jan 14 Application Materials
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| 2026 01 06 - Letter to Service List encl Jan 14 Application Materials | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Application - CDL - Plan Meetings Orders and Arch - Jan 14, 2026 | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Brief - CDL - Jan 14, 2026 - Meetings and Extend Stay | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Fifth Affidavit of Gregory Christenson - Sworn January 6, 2026 | PDF · Subscribers | |
Order - Approval of Sales Process (Whitecourt Village)
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Christenson Group - Sales Process Teaser | PDF · Subscribers | |
Order - General Claims Process
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Order - Reverse Life Lease Claims Process
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Order - Service Protocol
| PDF · Subscribers | |
General Claims Process - Instruction Letter
| PDF · Subscribers | |
General Claims Process - Notice of Dispute
| PDF · Subscribers | |
General Claims Process - Proof of Claim
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Order - General Claims Process - CDL - Nov 17, 2025 (changes am clean)
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Reverse Claims Process - Blank Notice of Dispute Valuation
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Reverse Claims Process - Blank Notice of Proposed Valuation Form
| PDF · Subscribers | |
(Nov 14 draft) - Order Approving Sales Process - CDL
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Draft Order-Service Protocol
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Second Report of the Monitor
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Service List (Titan) - Draft Service Protocol Order | PDF · Subscribers | |
Application for Claims Process and Sales Process
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Brief of Christenson Group | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Fourth Affidavit of Gregory Christenson - Part 1 of 2 | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Fourth Affidavit of Gregory Christenson - Part 2 of 2 | PDF · Subscribers | |
Draft Order-Approval of Sales Process
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Draft Order-General Claims Process
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Draft Order-Reverse Life Lease Claims Process
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Ltr Service List (Titan) - Claims Process and Sales Process
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Amended and Restated Initial Order - CDL - Oct 27pm draft
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Red Line of ARIO - Oct 24 to Oct 27 version
| PDF · Subscribers | |
251024 Ltr Service List (Titan and Fax) - Sur Reply Brief
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Amended and Restated Initial Order - Oct 24am draft
| PDF · Subscribers | |
First Report of the Monitor
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Red Line of ARIO - Oct 20 (Application version) to Oct 24am | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Sur Reply Brief - to Dentons Brief submitted Oct 23, 2025 - Filed Oct 24, 2025 | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Working Creditor List | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Brief (October 27, 2025 Hearing) - filed October 23, 2025 | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Notice to Creditors of Initial Order | PDF · Subscribers | |
2503-20545-Filed-2025-10-20-Initial Order 4123-7568-5729 v.1
| PDF · Subscribers | |
2503-20545-Filed-2025-10-20-Sealing Order
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| 2503-20545-Filed-2025-10-20-Third Affidavit G. Christenson 4158-4856-9441 v.1 | PDF · Subscribers | |
251020 Ltr Service List (Titan and Fax) 4159-0021-1809 v.3
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Affidavit of Kurt Paterson - Sworn October 20 2025 | PDF · Subscribers | |
Amended and Restated Initial Order - CDL - 1241pm
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Application for an Amended and Restated Initial Order and Ancillary Relief | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Brief of Law in Support of Amended and Restated Initial Order and Other Relief | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Letter to commercial coordinator re Oct 27, 2025 hearing | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Supplement to Pre-Filing Report of the Proposed Monitor | PDF · Subscribers | |
Third Affidavit of John Karkoutlian
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Questioning on Affidavits of Gregory Christenson | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Responses to Undertakings - Gregory Christenson | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Sworn Affidavit of James Carey dated October 14 2025 | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Brief - October 13, 2025 | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Affidavit of Kurt Paterson, sworn October 12, 2025 | PDF · Subscribers | |
Letter to Service List
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Pre-filing Report of Proposed Monitor
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Reply Brief of NBC
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Second Affidavit of John Karkoutlian, sworn October 10, 2025 | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Filed-2025-10-09-Affidavit of Gregory Christenson | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Filed-2025-10-09-Brief_Authorities | PDF · Subscribers | |
Ltr Service List (NBC Action) - Oct. 9.25
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Ltr to Court (NBC Action) | PDF · Subscribers | |
Application to appoint receiver - filed October 7, 2025
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Book of Authorities of National Bank of Canada - filed October 7, 2025 | PDF · Subscribers | |
| Brief of National Bank of Canada - filed October 7, 2025 | PDF · Subscribers | |
Affidavit of John Karkoutlian, sworn October 6, 2025
| PDF · Subscribers | |
| Consent to Act as Monitor | PDF · Subscribers | |
First Affidavit of Gregory Christenson
| PDF · Subscribers | |
Filing titles and dates are public, and so is each filing's own page. The figures read from them are for subscribers.
CiteProceedings., “Christenson Group of Companies” (CCAA), Court of King's Bench of Alberta. Retrieved 20 September 2026, https://proceedings.ca/case/christenson-group-of-companies