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FuzzyOnDetails
08-13-2009, 03:15 AM
CANADA MORTGAGE & HOUSING CORPORATION is listed on the Security Exchange Commission as "FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS", whereas CANADA is listed as "AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS"....a stock that trades in the United States but represents a specified number of shares in a foreign corporation.

http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-idea?action=getcompany&CIK=0000912239&owner=exclude&count=40

http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-idea?action=getcompany&CIK=0000230098&owner=exclude&count=40

CANADA's Standard Industrial Classification is listed as "8880 - UNKNOWN SIC", however 8880 can be found identified at the bottom of the page here:

http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/siccodes.htm

Can anyone explain this?