Royal Bank of Canada

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

• 2026-06-09environmentalThe Banking on Climate Chaos 2026 report (17th annual edition, released June 9, 2026) found that RBC dropped its 2030 decarbonization targets and converted its Arctic exploration financing exclusions into case-by-case due diligence. RBC ranked among the world's top twelve fossil fuel financiers for 2021-2025, providing over $437 billion combined with Scotiabank and TD over that period. Oil and gas financing among the five major Canadian banks increased by over 27% in 2025, to nearly $70 billion.source →
• 2026-06-01lobbying8 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2026).source →
• 2026-04-29regulatoryAction4354 SEC filings on record (3487 424B2, 810 FWP, 20 6-K, 7 SCHEDULE 13G/A, 5 SCHEDULE 13G)source →
• 2026-03-17environmentalCivil disobedience protests continued at RBC branches in 2025-2026, with twenty people including a 100-year-old Anglican minister arrested at Toronto-area branches over the past two years for protesting the bank's fossil fuel financing; RBC financed US $28 billion in fossil fuels in 2023 alone and US $256 billion since the Paris Agreementsource →
• 2026-03-12environmentalIn March 2026, students at nine campuses across three provinces held coordinated rallies as part of the 'Banks Off Campus' movement organized by Change Course, demanding removal of RBC and other Big Five bank branches from Canadian universities over fossil fuel financing; the RBC branch at University of Ottawa is set to be removed this springsource →
• 2025-11-01lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2025).source →
• 2024-12-01lobbying10 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2024).source →
• 2023-10-19lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2023); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Budget, Climate, Constitutional Issues….source →
• 2023-04-13environmentalThe 2023 Banking on Climate Chaos report identified Royal Bank of Canada as the world's top financier of fossil fuels — the first time a Canadian bank topped the global ranking. Ecojustice noted that all five major Canadian banks ranked among the world's leading fossil fuel financiers since the Paris Agreement, were leading funders of unconventional fossil fuels such as tar sands and fracked gas, and underwrote projects including the Trans Mountain pipeline, despite all five having made net-zero-by-2050 commitments as members of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance.source →
• 2022-12-01lobbying12 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2022); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Budget, Climate, Constitutional Issues….source →
• 2021-11-17lobbying5 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2021); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Budget, Climate, Constitutional Issues….source →
• 2020-03-13lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2020); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Budget, Climate, Constitutional Issues….source →
• 2019-11-28lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2019); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Budget, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2018-04-12lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2018); subjects: Taxation and Finance.source →
• 2017-10-13lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2017); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Budget, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2016-10-28lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2016); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Budget, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2015-10-15lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2015); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Budget, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2014-12-01lobbying5 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2014); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Budget, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2013-12-13lobbying8 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2013); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Budget, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2012-12-20lobbying4 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2012); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training….source →
• 2011-10-13lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2011); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training….source →
• 2010-11-16lobbying4 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2010); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training….source →
• 2009-07-27lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2009); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training….source →
• 2008-11-01lobbying5 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2008); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training….source →
• 2007-10-10lobbying6 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2007); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training….source →
• 2006-09-16lobbying5 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2006); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training….source →
• 2005-08-18lobbying2 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2005); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training….source →
• 2004-04-08lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2004); subjects: Financial Institutions, Taxation and Finance.source →
• 2003-11-11lobbying1 federal lobbying registration on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2003); subjects: Financial Institutions.source →

What we’ve classified so far

• environmental damage5

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