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Show the members the figures
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Alberta stands fully covered: its own filings and guidance stand in the books beside the federal ones.
The directors approve the statements, and the members see them at the annual meeting — including what directors were paid.
An Alberta society holds an annual general meeting and presents at it a financial statement setting out its income, disbursements, assets and liabilities, audited and signed by the society’s auditor. Its bylaws say when and where members may inspect the books and records. Binds: Alberta societies (Societies Act, RSA 2000, c S-14).
The law’s own words
“A society shall hold an annual general meeting and shall present at that meeting a financial statement setting out its income, disbursements, assets and liabilities, audited and signed by the society’s auditor.”
Societies Act (Alberta), s. 25 · Read it at King’s Printer for Alberta · Verified 2026-11-11
“the time and place, if any, at which the books and records of the society may be inspected by members”
Societies Act (Alberta), s. 9(4) · Read it at King’s Printer for Alberta · Verified 2026-11-11
“A society shall, within a reasonable time of receiving from a member of the society a request to provide to the member a copy of the register, the annual list of members or an excerpt from any one or more of them and on payment by the member of a sum not exceeding $0.25 for every 100 words to be copied, provide to that member the copy of the register, list or excerpt so requested.”
Societies Act (Alberta), s. 36(3) · Read it at King’s Printer for Alberta · Verified 2026-11-11
Alberta Societies Act, section 36.1(1)
“In this section, “personal information” means personal information as defined in the Personal Information Protection Act other than business contact information to which that Act does not apply by virtue of section 4(3)(d) of that Act.”
Source: Societies Act (Alberta), s. 36.1(1) · Checked 2026-11-11