Eye colour, height, weight - the OSC just cut them from your registration forms
Advisors and dealers in Ontario can now skip the physical descriptors and citizenship fields when registering under the Commodity Futures Act.
The Ontario Securities Commission published Ontario Instrument 33-510 on April 30, 2026 - an interim order that exempts individuals from the requirement to submit their eye colour, hair colour, height, weight, and citizenship information when applying for registration (including reinstatement) or seeking review as a permitted individual under OSC Rule 33-506 (Commodity Futures Act) Registration Information.
The order also means individuals no longer need to notify the OSC when any of that previously submitted information changes on Form 33-506F4, Registration of Individuals and Review of Permitted Individuals.
The filing requirements under OSC Rule 33-506 are part of the registration regime covering firms required to be registered as dealers and advisers, along with certain individuals who act on their behalf. Until now, anyone applying for registration or seeking review as a permitted individual had to submit a specific set of personal data - and keep it current.
The Commission has used that information to assess whether a filer is fit for registration or permitted individual status. But the OSC has now determined that eye colour, hair colour, height, and weight information is simply "not required to identify individuals submitting information under the Rule or otherwise determine their fitness for registration or permitted individual status."
Citizenship is a slightly different story. The Commission acknowledged it is sometimes used to confirm an individual's identity as part of the registration process, but determined that when needed, it can be collected outside of the requirements in the Rule.
The OSC plans to remove the requirements relating to this information when OSC Rule 33-506 is next amended. Until then, the order fills the gap.
It came into effect on May 1, 2026, and will expire on the earlier of two dates - the date on which amendments to OSC Rule 33-506 come into force that address substantially the same subject matter as this Order, or November 1, 2027, or such later date (if any) to which the Order is extended by the Commission.
Ontario Instrument 33-510 is being made in conjunction with Coordinated Blanket Order 33-930, Exemptions from Requirements to Submit Certain Personal Information Under National Instrument 33-109 Registration Information. Under that coordinated order, individuals will be provided with similar relief under National Instrument 33-109 Registration Information.
On the ground, the change is straightforward. Compliance teams at advisory and dealer firms no longer need to fill out or update these fields on Form 33-506F4. For wealth management firms, dealer firms, and individual advisors operating under these regimes, that means less personal data to gather, submit, and maintain through the registration process.
The full text of Ontario Instrument 33-510 is available at https://www.osc.ca/en/securities-law/instruments-rules-policies/3/33-510/notice-general-order-ontario-instrument-33-510-exemptions-requirements-submit-certain-personal.
