Most Canadian mortgage brokerage brands sit under a few parent groups. M3 reported more than 8,500 brokers in October 2025. Dominion Lending Centres, publicly traded on the TSX, owns Mortgage Architects, and Charlwood Pacific owns CENTUM and Axiom.
M3 Financial Group brings together several brokerage brands, including Verico, which it announced acquiring in 2017. As of October 2025 it reported more than 8,500 brokers and over $75 billion in trailing volume.
Dominion Lending Centres trades on the TSX as DLCG and owns Mortgage Architects, acquired at the end of 2015. Charlwood Pacific Group is private, also owns Century 21 Canada, and owns CENTUM, which acquired the Axiom network in 2020. TMG The Mortgage Group remains founder owned, and Pineapple Financial trades on NYSE American.
Size of the network is not the same as the support you get. The brokerage you join inside a network decides your split, your fees, your training and who answers the phone.
A.I.M.I. Collective Mortgage Group is a brokerage within the Dominion Lending Centres network, combining the network's lender relationships with our own head office support, Deal Desk and portal for brokers in BC, Alberta and Ontario.
Ten brand names, three parent companies, and how to read a recruiting pitch.
Canadian mortgage brokerage networks explainedSix things that decide whether a new mortgage agent funds files in year one: training, a mentor, lender status, underwriting support and a 90 day plan.
Most recruiting pitches compete on one number. A framework for comparing brokerages on what lands in your account after fees, royalties and lender status.
A recruiting conversation tells you what a brokerage wants to say. Fifteen questions on splits, fees, status, support and exit terms tell you the rest.
Bring your questions to a discovery call and a broker owner will answer them directly.