Sale processes across Canada
1,051 processes in active matters · 11 taking bids · court-supervised sales, as the filings state them
The market, drawn to scaleThe market
Each slice is one stage, drawn to scale — 1,051 processes in matters still open, in the order a sale travels. Cobalt deepens as a process advances; grey is concluded; the hatch is a process no filing has staged.
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See all plansBy stageMarketed (50)Process approved (109)Bid selected (8)Approval pending (116)Approved (415)Back-up bid (0)Liquidating (35)Closed (261)Did not complete (10)No acceptable bid (14)Terminated (5)Stage not stated (28)
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The calendar2055226 Ontario Inc., Alliance (Sutton) Inc., Berkstar Development Inc., and Rose Operating I GP Inc. Process approved
Ontario · Daniel Foch of Valery Real Estate Inc., Colliers · source
Ferguson-Neudorf Glass Inc. Process approved
Ontario · CBRE Limited · source
A Parent Media Co. Inc and Kidoodle, Inc. Process approved
Alberta · source · in 3 filings
Petrowest Corporation et al Marketed
Alberta · Ernst & Young Inc., EY Corporate Finance, Alex Lyon and Son Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., Myron Bowling Auctioneers, Inc., Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Ritchie Bros. Real Estate Services Ltd. · source
Spectra Premium Mobility Solutions Canada Ltd and Spectra Premium Mobility Solutions USA, LLC Process approved
Quebec · EY-Parthenon Corporate Finance Inc. · source · in 2 filings
Western Potash Corporation Process approved
British Columbia · FTI Consulting Canada Inc., FTI Capital Advisors Canada ULC · source · in 3 filings
S. Gumpert Co. of Canada Ltd. et al Process approved
Ontario · source
Sussman Mortgage Funding Inc. (SMFI) et al. Process approved
Ontario · source
Association Coopérative des Pêcheurs de l’Île Limitée / Island Fisherman’s Co-operative Association Limited Process approved
New Brunswick · EY-Parthenon Corporate Finance Inc. · source
Alliance Wingsail (Clark and 1st) Holdings Ltd., Alliance Wingsail (Clark and 1st) LP, and Alliance Wingsail (Clark and 1st) GP Ltd Process approved
British Columbia · source
Prairie Provident Resources Canada Ltd. et al Stage not stated
Alberta · source
Every date is the one a filing states, and links to that filing.
| Case | Stage | What is selling | Purchaser | Price | Advisor | Last activity ▼ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Mall Holdings Ltd.Ontario | Approvedper the transactions | Asset salethe Debtor's right, title and interest in and to the Purchased Assets as such term is defined in the Bridgeport APS | Bridgeport West Mall Inc. | Sealed | — | 20 Oct 2015 |
| Riadh Holdings IncOntario | Did not complete | Real propertythe Property, the building and fixtures thereon (collectively, the "Purchased Assets") | Verza Investments Inc.1 of 2 sales | CB Richard Ellis Limited | 15 Sep 2015 | |
| Newtek Automotive Inc./Newtek Automotive Midwest, Inc.Ontario | Closedper the transactions | Auctionthe Company's machinery, equipment and inventory | —1 of 3 sales · 2 closed | — | Hilco Asset Sales Canada Corp. | 8 Sep 2015 |
| Whatswhat, Inc.Ontario | Approvedper the transactions | Asset salethe assets described in the Sale Agreement (the "Purchased Assets") | Tench Labs Incorporated | — | 12 Aug 2015 | |
| Canadian Industrial Distributors Inc.Ontario | Closed | Asset salethe Purchased Assets (as defined in the APA) | CID Bissett Fasteners Limited and Lance Bissett Limited | — | BDO Canada LLP/BDO Canada Limited | 14 Jul 2015 |
| Cash Store Financial Services LtdOntario | Closed | Asset salethe Purchased Assets as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement | National Money Mart Company1 of 3 sales · 3 closed | Sealed | Rothschild Inc.+1 more | 19 May 2015 |
| Tour Tech East LimitedNova Scotia | Approval pending | Real property170 Thornhill Drive, Dartmouth ("the Real Property") | 3288045 Nova Scotia Limited1 of 2 sales | Sealed | Cushman & Wakefield | 7 May 2015 |
| DiFelice Nina & ItaloOntario | Closed | Real property5925 Yonge | Carmela Battista1 of 6 sales · 3 closed | Colliers | 20 Apr 2015 | |
| Williams Moving & Storage (B.C.) Ltd.British Columbia | Approved | Auctionthe Company's assets (the "RS Equipment") | —1 of 2 sales | Sealed | Maynards Industries Ltd. | 10 Mar 2015 |
| Aurbec Mines Inc.Quebec | No acceptable bid | Asset salecertains actifs miniers de la Société | —1 of 3 sales · 1 closed | Corporate Assets+1 more | 21 Jan 2015 | |
| Bombay & Co Inc., Bowring & Co Inc. and Benix & Co Inc.Ontario | Approved | Asset saleall of Bombay's right, title and interest in and to assets described in the Sale Agreement (the "Sale Assets") | 2383029 Ontario Inc.1 of 2 sales | — | — | 12 Jan 2015 |
| Casperdiny IFB Realty IncQuebec | Approved | Asset salethe Transferred Assets | Timbercreek Senior Mortgage Investment Corporation1 of 2 sales | — | CBRE Capital Markets - National Apartment Group | 18 Aug 2014 |
| Club Sommet SuitesQuebec | Approval pending | Real propertythe assets described in the Agreement (the "Transferred Assets") | Timbercreek Senior Mortgage Investment Corporation1 of 2 sales | — | CBRE Capital Markets - National Apartment Group | 18 Aug 2014 |
| Arctic Beverages LimitedManitoba | Closed | Asset salethe Company's business, as a going concern | —1 of 2 sales · 2 closed | — | PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance Inc. | 8 Aug 2014 |
| Equipement d'incendie Levasseur incQuebec | Marketed | — | — | — | — | 13 Jul 2014 |
| Arctic Beverages Sask LimitedSaskatchewan | Closed | Asset salethe Vendors' right, title and interest in and to the assets described in the Asset Purchase Agreement, including real property in Flin Flon, Thompson and The Pas and the Vendors' undertaking and assets used in the business as a going concern | 6898662 Beverages LP, by its General Partner, 6898662 Manitoba Ltd. | — | PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance Inc. | 23 Jun 2014 |
| Bogdon & Gross Furniture Company Ltd.Ontario | Marketed | Asset saleB&G's right, title and interest in and to the assets described in the Sale Agreement (the "Purchased Assets") | BG Furniture Ltd. | — | Zeifmans+1 more | 13 May 2014 |
| Aluminum Foundry and Pattern Works Ltd.Quebec | Marketed | — | — | — | — | 7 Apr 2014 |
| Latinamerican Foods Inc. and 1311670 Ontario LimitedOntario | Approved | Real propertythe Premises, municipally known as 16 Fima Crescent, Etobicoke, Ontario, and fixtures thereon (collectively, the "Purchased Assets") | Carnevale Holdings Inc. | Sealed | CBRE Limited+1 more | 31 Mar 2014 |
| Colossus Minerals Inc.Ontario | No acceptable bid | — | — | — | Dundee Capital Markets, a division of Dundee Securities Ltd. | 11 Mar 2014 |
| Almadi Enterprises Inc. – BankruptcyOntario | Approved | Asset salethe sale of its interest in the AEl Action | Royal Bank of Canada | — | 13 Feb 2014 | |
| Sun Pac Foods LimitedOntario | Approved | Asset salethe Purchased Assets described in the Liquidation Agreement | Maynards Industries Inc.1 of 2 sales · 1 closed | — | Maynards Industries Inc. | 17 Jan 2014 |
| Lone Pine Resources Canada Ltd., Lone Pine Resources Inc., Lone Pine Resources (Holdings) Inc., Wiser Delaware, LLC, and Wiser Oil Delaware, LLCAlberta | Approval pending | Asset salethe Loon Properties | Harvest Operations Corp. | the Companies' Financial Advisor | 16 Dec 2013 | |
| The Plumb-Line Group of CompaniesAlberta | Marketed | — | — | — | CPA - Canadian Public Auction Ltd. | 10 Dec 2013 |
| Renova Scotia Bioenergy Inc.Nova Scotia | Marketed | — | — | — | Deloitte Restructuring Inc. | 31 Oct 2013 |
| 2907160 Canada Inc. (formerly known as PROSEP INC.)Quebec | Approvedper the transactions | Asset salethe assets described in the Purchase Agreement (the "Purchased Assets") | PWA ProSep, Inc. | — | — | 28 Oct 2013 |
| Komtech Enterprises Limited and 2277247 Ontario LimitedOntario | Approved | Asset saleall of the Debtors' right, title and interest in and to all of the Fixed Assets | Infinity Asset Solutions Inc. | Sealed | — | 23 Oct 2013 |
| RS TechnologiesAlberta | Approved | Assets and sharesthe Transaction contemplated with the Stalking Horse Credit Bid | Werklund Capital Corporation and Melbye Skandinavia AS1 of 3 sales | — | — | 30 Aug 2013 |
| Canusa Products Inc.Ontario | Approvedper the transactions | Asset salethe Debtor's right, title and interest in and to the assets described in the Sale Agreement (the "Purchased Assets") | Cruz Bay Publishing, Inc. | — | — | 23 Aug 2013 |
| Diversity Marketing Services Inc.Ontario | Approved | Auctionsome or all of the Fixed Assets as described in the Auction Agreement | — | Sealed | Maynards Canada | 14 Jun 2013 |
| Multicom Media Services Ltd.Ontario | Approved | Auctionthe Debtors' right, title and interest in and to some or all of the Fixed Assets as described in the Auction Agreement | — | — | Maynards Canada | 14 Jun 2013 |
| Multimedia Nova CorporationOntario | Approved | Auctionsome or all of the Fixed Assets as described in the Auction Agreement | — | — | Maynards Canada | 14 Jun 2013 |
| Newsweb Printing and Distribution Inc.Ontario | Approved | Auctionsome or all of the Fixed Assets as described in the Auction Agreement | — | — | Maynards Canada | 14 Jun 2013 |
| Karlsen Shipping Company LimitedNova Scotia | Approval pending | Asset salethe Company's right, title and interest in and to the assets described in the Sale Agreement | 3264741 Nova Scotia Limited1 of 3 sales · 1 closed | PS Platou ASA+1 more | 15 Mar 2013 | |
| Pictou Lodge Resort (4374339 Canada Inc.)Nova Scotia | Process approved | — | — | — | Grant Thornton Limited | 12 Mar 2013 |
| Cantar Pool Products Limited/Produits de Piscines Cantar LimiteeOntario | Closed | Asset salecertain "Assets" as defined in an asset purchase agreement | Northern Lights Recreation Co.1 of 7 sales · 7 closed | Prowis Inc. | 24 Jan 2013 | |
| 1791979 Ontario Inc.Ontario | Approved | Asset salethe Debtor's right, title and interest in the assets described in the Sale Agreement (the "Purchased Assets"), including the real property at 989 Ward Street, Bridgenorth, Ontario and the personal property listed on Schedule "E" | S.M. Enterprises Inc. | — | — | 12 Dec 2012 |
| Stone Mountain Resources LtdAlberta | Approval pending | Asset salethe Tenaka Property | CNRL1 of 2 sales | Sealed | — | 30 Nov 2012 |
| Bancroft Light & Power Company (2000) LimitedOntario | Process approved | Asset salethe assets of the Debtor as described in the Bracebridge APA (the "Purchased Assets") | Bracebridge Generation Ltd. | — | — | 18 Jul 2012 |
| 3762904 Canada Inc.Quebec | Process approved | — | — | — | — | 14 Jun 2012 |
| Elaborate Homes Ltd. and Elaborate Developments IncAlberta | Closed | Asset salefour Kenworth trucks which were subject to lease contracts between GWT and Developments | Great West Truck Lease and Rentals Ltd.1 of 3 sales · 1 closed | — | 16 Dec 2011 | |
| Cole, HenryOntario | Approvedper the transactions | Real propertythe Trustee's right, title and interest to the property located at 12 MacPherson Avenue, Unit 3, Toronto, Ontario | Douglas Wheler and Eva Illes | — | — | 15 Dec 2011 |
| Canadian Rockies Petroleum Corp.Alberta | Approved | Asset salethe Assets subject to the Agreement | Signalta Resources Limited1 of 2 sales | Sealed | — | 17 Nov 2011 |
| Owen Sound Golf And Country Club LimitedOntario | Approved | Asset salethe Debtors' right, title and interest in and to the assets described in the Sale Agreement (the "Purchased Assets") | Kinsale Investments Limited | Sealed | — | 11 Oct 2011 |
| CarlingAlberta | Approved | Real propertythe Airdrie Lands | Sun Valley Springs Inc.1 of 3 sales | — | 1 Sep 2011 | |
| Riverside QuaysAlberta | Liquidating | Real propertythree units of the Phase 1 Inventory... The purchase and sale agreements for the Relevant Units | —1 of 5 sales | — | 18 Aug 2011 | |
| SQFive Intelligent Oilfield Solutions LtdAlberta | Approval pending | Share salethe purchase of all of LxData's outstanding preferred and common shares (the "Shares") | — | Sealed | UBS | 18 Aug 2011 |
| Sakevu Investments and Property LtdAlberta | Approved | Real propertythe lands of Vegreville Gardens Ltd. | Willowglen Condo Corp.1 of 3 sales | — | 27 Jul 2011 | |
| CO Capital Growth Corp.Ontario | Approvedper the transactions | Real propertythe real property known as 63 Second Street, Oakville | Deepak Prabhudas Ruparell1 of 2 sales | Sealed | — | 16 May 2011 |
| Financial Transport Inc, Freightliner of Kingston Inc., Jain Truck Lease Ltd., Global Transport Insurance Brokers Inc,. 6181732 Canada Inc., 2105810 Ontario Inc.Ontario | Approved | Real property6181732 Canada Inc.'s ("618") right, title and interest in and to real property known as 4598 Tomken Road, Mississauga, Ontario together with the existing building(s) and fixtures owned by 618 and located thereupon | 2270886 Ontario Inc.1 of 2 sales | Sealed | Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers | 7 Mar 2011 |
What a process looks likeBenchmarks
Measured across the recordThe funnel, median
80 → 16 → 3
parties solicited → NDAs signed → bids received, over 460 processes that stated all three
Approval to closing
15 days
median, over 444 transactions that state both dates
Did not complete
8%
259 of 3,308 transactions ended without a sale
Price disclosed
20%
24% sealed by order; the rest simply never stated
Who runs these salesWho runs them
Named in the filings- Colliers53
- CBRE Limited49
- Avison Young29
- McDougall Auctioneers Ltd.28
- Cushman & Wakefield20
- Deloitte Restructuring Inc.20
- Ernst & Young Inc.20
- Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers20
- FTI Consulting Canada Inc.17
- Grant Thornton Limited17
- Jones Lang LaSalle Real Estate Services, Inc.17
- MNP Ltd.16
Mandates in matters still open, counted once per sale however many filings name the firm. 539 advisors appear in the record; these are the 12 with the most.