Telus Corporation

Who owns it

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

3 further ownership links are recorded, but not from a filing we can point you to, so they are not shown here.

What’s documented

• 2026-05-20lobbying8 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2026).source →
• 2026-04-24regulatoryActionThe CRTC finalized wholesale fibre rates on April 24, 2026, requiring Telus to provide access to its fibre-to-the-premises infrastructure at regulated rates. TD Cowen analyst Vince Valentini had previously downgraded Telus (along with Rogers and Bell) to hold ratings in early April, forecasting a 30% Telus dividend cut by end of 2026 due to aggressive price competition from flanker brands offering plans as low as $25/month versus the industry average ARPU of $56.source →
• 2026-02-12regulatoryActionBell and Telus filed competing CRTC complaints in early 2026, with Telus alleging Bell 'drastically degraded' its ability to sign up new customers, and Bell claiming Telus deliberately installed network services that did not deliver promised 1.5Gbps speeds in Western Canadasource →
• 2026-01-14regulatoryActionThe Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) reported in January 2026 that complaints against Telus skyrocketed 78% year-over-year, including a 70% increase in incorrect charge complaints, 299% increase in contract breach complaints, and 195% spike in complaints about regular price increasessource →
• 2026-01-10lobbyingUnion leaders criticized Telus for receiving lucrative federal and provincial government contracts and subsidies while cutting thousands of jobs; USW and CUPE lobbied the federal government to attach job-preservation conditions to telecom subsidiessource →
• 2026-01-09laborRelationsTelus offered voluntary severance packages to approximately 700 more employees across Canada in January 2026, totaling nearly 1,400 severance offers in under a year; customer complaints to the CCTS rose 62% in 2025 compared to 2024source →
• 2025-12-01lobbying33 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2025).source →
• 2025-08-01regulatoryActionVanguard was ordered to pay a $19.5 million civil penalty by the SEC for disclosure failures related to adviser compensation. Between August 2020 and December 2023, Vanguard tied parts of advisers' performance evaluations and bonuses to client enrollment and retention metrics in its Personal Advisor Services program, while marketing content downplayed or misstated these conflicts of interest.source →
• 2025-02-01laborRelationsTelus offered voluntary severance packages to approximately 700 employees nationwide across network operations, engineering, and business solutions, continuing a restructuring that has eliminated roughly 3,300 jobs since 2023source →
• 2025-01-17regulatoryActionVanguard agreed to pay $106.41 million to settle SEC charges for misleading statements about capital gains distributions and tax consequences for retail investors holding Vanguard Investor Target Retirement Funds in taxable accounts. The SEC found Vanguard lowered minimum investment for Institutional TRFs from $100 million to $5 million in December 2020, triggering mass redemptions that generated unexpected taxable capital gains for remaining Investor TRF holders.source →
• 2024-12-31lobbyingRBC Global Asset Management, as a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, is covered under RBC's federal lobbying registration with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. RBC maintains active lobbying registrations with designated government relations officers managing federal government interactions on financial regulation, housing, and economic policy.source →
• 2024-12-31lobbyingBMO Asset Management, as a subsidiary of BMO Financial Group, is covered under BMO's lobbying activities. BMO spent $830,000 on U.S. federal lobbying in 2024 and made $549,377 in political contributions during the 2024 election cycle. In Canada, BMO maintains federal lobbying registrations covering financial regulation and climate policy.source →
• 2024-12-31lobbyingVanguard Group spent $2,650,000 on federal lobbying in 2024. The company's PAC made $502,046 in political contributions during the 2024 election cycle, including $382,500 to federal candidates.source →
• 2024-12-19lobbying32 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2024); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Broadcasting, Climate, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2024-11-01legalProceedingTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in November 2024 against Vanguard Group, BlackRock Inc., and State Street Corporation, alleging the three asset managers conspired through ESG-aligned investment practices and climate coalitions to restrict coal production in violation of federal antitrust law.source →
• 2024-09-01environmentalVanguard supported zero environmental and social shareholder proposals during the 2024 proxy season, including declining to support any of the resolutions flagged by Climate Action 100+ investors. Vanguard also supported none of ten votes against company directors flagged by the initiative. Vanguard stated proposals were either financially immaterial, overly prescriptive, or that the companies receiving them already had adequate governance practices.source →
• 2024-06-01environmentalUrgewald's 2024 'Investing in Climate Chaos' report identified Vanguard as the world's single largest institutional investor in fossil fuels, with approximately $413 billion in fossil fuel company bonds and shares. Vanguard declined to adopt any fossil fuel exclusion policy and consistently voted against climate-related resolutions at portfolio companies.source →
• 2023-11-07lobbying19 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2023); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Broadcasting, Climate, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2023-06-01regulatoryActionVanguard was fined $800,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for problems with account statements related to money market funds in 2019 and 2020.source →
• 2022-12-07environmentalVanguard announced its withdrawal from the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative in December 2022, stating that membership had caused 'confusion about the views of individual investment firms.' Vanguard cited its index fund model — in which approximately 80% of client assets are invested passively in benchmark indices — as a key factor, and stated it would pursue its climate disclosure positions independently.source →
• 2022-12-01lobbying14 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2022); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Broadcasting, Climate, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2021-11-15lobbying18 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2021); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Climate….source →
• 2020-12-15lobbying17 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2020); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Climate….source →
• 2019-12-17lobbying16 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2019); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Broadcasting, Climate, Consumer Issues, Defence….source →
• 2018-11-19lobbying14 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2018); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Climate, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2017-12-15lobbying23 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2017); subjects: Aboriginal Affairs, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Climate, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2016-12-09lobbying21 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2016); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Climate, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues….source →
• 2015-12-16lobbying8 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2015); subjects: Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Defence, Health, Industry….source →
• 2014-12-11lobbying23 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2014); subjects: Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Defence, Health, Industry….source →
• 2013-10-08lobbying22 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2013); subjects: Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Defence, Industry, Infrastructure….source →
• 2012-07-04lobbying3 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2012); subjects: Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Defence, Industry, Infrastructure….source →
• 2011-11-23lobbying10 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2011); subjects: Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Industry, Infrastructure, Labour….source →
• 2010-10-26lobbying8 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2010); subjects: Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Defence, Industry, Infrastructure….source →
• 2009-11-10lobbying10 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2009); subjects: Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Industry, Infrastructure, Labour….source →
• 2008-12-19lobbying9 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2008); subjects: Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Defence, Industry, Infrastructure….source →
• 2007-12-07lobbying9 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2007); subjects: Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Defence, Industry, Infrastructure….source →
• 2006-12-28lobbying7 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2006); subjects: Consumer Issues, Defence, Government Procurement, Industry, Infrastructure….source →
• 2005-11-02lobbying4 federal lobbying registrations on file with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (2005); subjects: Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Defence, Government Procurement….source →

What we’ve classified so far

• political influence5
• worker exploitation3
• environmental damage3
• monopoly abuse1

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