Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Who owns it

No filing-sourced ownership yet. That means we haven’t found a filing — not that the company has no owners.

What’s documented

• 2026-06-09environmentalCIBC was among the five major Canadian banks whose financing for oil and gas developers increased by over 27% in 2025, up to nearly $70 billion, according to the Banking on Climate Chaos 2026 report. The report found Canadian banks accounted for 11.8% of global fossil fuel financing while Canada holds just 0.5% of the world's population, against a global backdrop of fossil fuel financing rising 8% in 2025 as the 65 largest banks injected nearly $1 trillion into oil, gas, and coal.source →
• 2024-04-02lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2024).source →
• 2023-06-27lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2023); subjects: Financial Institutions.source →
• 2023-03-03legalProceedingOn March 3, 2023, the Ontario Superior Court approved a $153 million class action settlement by CIBC for unpaid overtime affecting current and former front-line retail bank staff — including tellers, financial service representatives, and branch ambassadors — who worked at CIBC between 1993 and 2009. The class action, known as Fresco v. CIBC, alleged that employees were required or permitted to work overtime without compensation. The claims period closed on March 25, 2024.source →
• 2018-08-13lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2018); subjects: Taxation and Finance.source →
• 2009-05-11lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2009); subjects: Taxation and Finance.source →
• 2004-11-09lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2004); subjects: Financial Institutions.source →

What we’ve classified so far

• environmental damage2
• worker exploitation1

6 further documented actions have not been classified yet. These counts show what we have got to, not a total.