1. What is the mission and vision of Teranet?
At Teranet, our vision is to be the trusted partner to governments and businesses in building stronger communities and economies.
Our mission is to efficiently connect government, business, and consumers through the delivery and transformation of registry services, data insights, and ecosystem platform solutions, while maintaining the highest standards of reliability and integrity.
For more than 30 years, Teranet has been a trusted partner to governments and businesses, delivering and modernizing critical registry infrastructure across Canada. As Canada’s leader in statutory registry services, Teranet combines unmatched registry expertise with reliable data and insightful solutions that help support secure transactions, informed decision making, and stronger communities and economies.
2. Why is trustworthy digital identity critical for existing and emerging markets?
As economies become increasingly digital, trust in identity, ownership, and authoritative data has become foundational to how business is conducted.
Organizations need confidence that the people, businesses, and assets they interact with are legitimate, verified, and supported by secure systems. Without that trust, the risk of fraud, financial crime, and operational inefficiency increases significantly.
In Canada, this is especially important in sectors such as real estate, lending, and public registries, where fragmented data systems and increasingly sophisticated fraud schemes continue to create risk. Digital trust is no longer simply a compliance requirement. It is essential infrastructure that supports market confidence, economic growth, and long-term resilience.
3. How will digital identity transform the Canadian and global economy? How does your organization address challenges associated with this transformation?
Digital trust will reshape the economy by enabling faster, more secure, and more connected transactions across industries, jurisdictions, and digital ecosystems.
As governments and businesses modernize, there is growing demand for systems that can verify identity, validate ownership, and provide trusted access to authoritative data in real time. At the same time, fragmented systems and limited interoperability continue to create vulnerabilities that can be exploited, particularly in high-value sectors such as real estate and financial services.
This is where Teranet plays a critical role.
Through our registry expertise, secure infrastructure, and advanced data solutions, Teranet helps organizations reduce risk, improve transparency, and make more confident decisions. We continue to invest in technologies such as advanced analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence to strengthen fraud detection, improve due diligence, and support more connected registry ecosystems built on a single source of truth.
4. What role does Canada have to play as a leader in this space?
Canada has a strong foundation to lead in digital trust, supported by trusted institutions, a mature regulatory environment, and a history of innovation in public infrastructure.
As digital identity and ownership verification become increasingly important, Canada has an opportunity to lead by building more connected registry systems, advancing stronger data standards, and improving interoperability across jurisdictions. Achieving this will require collaboration between governments, industry, and technology leaders to modernize critical infrastructure while balancing transparency, privacy, and security.
At Teranet, we believe registries are foundational to that future. As authoritative systems of record, modernized registries play a critical role in strengthening trust and supporting a more resilient digital economy.
5. Why did your organization join the DIACC?
Teranet joined the Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada because building digital trust requires collaboration across sectors.
DIACC brings together leaders from government, technology, and industry to help shape the standards and partnerships needed to support a secure and trusted digital economy. Teranet is proud to contribute our experience in operating critical registry infrastructure and delivering trusted digital solutions that support secure transactions and stronger market confidence.
6. What else should we know about your organization?
Teranet is Canada’s leader in the delivery and transformation of statutory registry services, with more than 30 years of experience supporting governments, businesses, and consumers through secure registry infrastructure, authoritative data, and innovative digital solutions.
For more than three decades, governments have trusted Teranet to securely operate critical registry systems that support millions of transactions every year with exceptional reliability, security, and performance. Teranet’s platforms support over 10 million land-related transactions annually with 99.9 percent system availability and zero known security breaches over the past decade.
Beyond registry operations, Teranet delivers innovative data and technology solutions that help customers improve decision making, manage risk, and combat fraud across real estate, lending, legal, and government sectors. Solutions such as GeoWarehouse® and PurView® provide customers with access to authoritative insights built on one of the most trusted data foundations in Canada.
Teranet is wholly owned by OMERS Infrastructure, the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.
