Ticker Symbols for Canadian Stocks Description Canadian stock ticker symbols are mostly alphabetical, though there is sometimes added punctuation to denote special classes of stock. Stock symbols can be from 1 to 5 characters in length. To get quotes for Canadian exchanges it is necessary to insert the exchange abbreviation followed by ':' before the symbol. Here are some examples of Canadian common stock ticker symbols: TSE:CCL = Celanese Canada Inc. VSE:CLV = Clearly Canadian Beverage Corp. ASE:ILS = Interlock Consolidated Enterprises CANOTC:EDIS = Euro Disney Lasn S.C.A. Canadian option symbols are preceded with a '+' (plus), with the name of the exchange forming the next part of the symbol. Next comes a ':' (colon), with the option symbol forming the remainder of the complete symbol. Preferred stocks are special issues of some stocks. The designation does not necessarily refer to the desirability of the stock. Preferred stocks have a trailing '-', followed by optional "class" letters. For example: TSE:AL-E = Alcan Aluminum Limited ME:QT-D = Quebec Telephone Some stocks have multiple "classes", such as Class A or Class B. These classes are represented with a '.' followed by the class letter. ME:QBR.A = Quebecor Inc. Class A TSE:LDM.B = Laidlaw Inc. Class B Exchange Peculiarities Some exchanges do something a little differently from the norm. Here we outline those changes that we know about. If you know that we are missing something, please send mail to [email protected] to let us know. Toronto Stock Exchange "Root" symbols for TSE stocks are always 1-3 letters. There may be added characters, as described above, to denote other classes than common stock. Vancouver Stock Exchange "Root" symbols for VSE stocks are always 1-3 letters. There may be added characters, as described above, to denote other classes than common stock. Montreal Exchange "Root" symbols for ME stocks are always 1-3 letters. There may be added characters, as described above, to denote other classes than common stock. Alberta Stock Exchange "Root" symbols for ASE stocks are always 2-3 letters. There may be added characters, as described above, to denote other classes than common stock. Canadian OTC Stocks "Root" symbols for CANOTC stocks are always 4 letters. Class and warrant designations are added as a fifth letter, without the intervening punctuation. More Information These are the other types of tradeable instruments that Quote.com follows, each with its own naming conventions: U.S. stock symbols Option symbols Commodity futures symbols Indexes and indicators For automatic e-mail service send this to retrieve all of the above: To: [email protected] Subject: info futures_symbols index_symbols stock_symbols

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