The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) was a stock exchange created in Canada in 1999 as a result of an agreement between the Vancouver, Alberta, Toronto and Montreal exchanges to restructure the Canadian capital markets along the lines of market specialization.

The CDNX was created by the merger of the Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) and the Alberta Stock Exchange (ASE). The focus of the CDNX was junior companies, i.e., those whose market capitalization was too small to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). Often, these were resource exploration companies, but also came to include new high technology ventures. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is Canadas largest stock exchange, and the division of the TSX Group that holds senior equities. ...

The Winnipeg Stock Exchange and the equities market of the Bourse de Montréal were also later merged into the CDNX. The Bourse de Montréal (Montreal Exchange, formerly Montreal Stock Exchange) is a securities exchange, located in Montreal, that trades in derivative securities such as options. ...

In 2001, the TSX Group acquired the CDNX, and it was renamed the TSX Venture Exchange. The TSX Group is an amalgamation of several financial organizations, including the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Datalinx and the TSX Markets. ...

See also: List of stock exchanges North America Bahamas Bahamas Securities Exchange Barbados Barbados Stock Exchange (BSE) Bermuda Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) Canada Alberta Stock Exchange (ASE) Bourse de Montréal/Montreal Stock Exchange Canadian Venture Exchange Montreal Curb Market/Canadian Stock Exchange Nasdaq Canada Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE), TSX is the main index of TSE TSX...