Use S&P Capital IQ (available in the Business Library). Search for a defunct company. Click on Corporate Timeline in left-hand column under the "Company Summary" heading. Open the Customized View drop-down. Move all or selected options from the "Available Items" to the "Selected Items" column. In the Time Frame drop-down menu select All Events. Click GO, and view key developments.
Try Bloomberg (available in the business library). Use the CACS command, Corporate Action Calendar, to find the last day a company's stock was traded.
Use the Search for a Federal Corporation tool at the Industry Canada website. Before searching for a company, select the appropriate option from the Corporation Status drop-down, which includes "Inactive" and "Dissolved". See also: Provincial registrars.
