An interesting (but superficial) observation of the list of Canadian officers is how about 30-40% of the names sound Chinese while they represent only about 10% of the total population:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;offshoreleaks.icij.org&#x2F;search?c=CAN&amp;cat=1&amp;e=&amp;j=&amp;q=&amp;utf8=%E2%9C%93" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;offshoreleaks.icij.org&#x2F;search?c=CAN&amp;cat=1&amp;e=&amp;j=&amp;q=&amp;u...</a><p>This must be a common tax&#x2F;business strategy among Asian communities in Canada. Possibly due to the very large amount of Chinese real estate investors in Canadian properties in Vancouver and Toronto.<p>I suspect this would be enough to throw off recent statistics I&#x27;ve heard that claim the Chinese real estate investor boom is a &#x27;myth&#x27; [1]. It&#x27;s possible they just route the transactions through local shell companies so any surface level investigation into the buyers would make it appear that they are local.<p>[1] &gt; In Canada, realtors do not tally foreign investment in residential real estate. However, the <i>limited data</i> compiled by research firms suggests the impact is negligible. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theglobeandmail.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;british-columbia&#x2F;scant-evidence-behind-myth-of-vancouver-real-estates-foreign-buyers&#x2F;article9000860&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theglobeandmail.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;british-columbia&#x2F;scant-e...</a>