Filing Details

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

  

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934*

 

 

Stantec Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock

(Title of Class of Securities)

85472N109

(CUSIP Number)

   

  

December 31, 2017

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

   

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

 

x Rule 13d-1(b)

 

¨ Rule 13d-1(c)

 

¨ Rule 13d-1(d)

 

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CUSIP No. 85472N109

   

1.		Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).   RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (“RBC GAM”)
2.		Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a)  ¨ (b)  ¨
3.		SEC Use Only
4.		Citizenship or Place of Organization   Canada
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With:				5.		Sole Voting Power   0
				6.		Shared Voting Power   6,011,699
				7.		Sole Dispositive Power   0
				8.		Shared Dispositive Power   6,011,699
9.		Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person   6,011,699
10.		Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   ☐
11.		Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)   5.28%
12.		Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)   FI

Item 1.

(a)

Name of Issuer

Stantec Inc.

(b)

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices

Item 2.

(a)

Name of Person Filing

1.

RBC Global Asset Management Inc.

2.

RBC Phillips, Hager & North Investment Counsel Inc.

3.

RBC Private Counsel (USA) Inc.

 

(b)

Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence

1.

RBC Centre

155 Wellington Street West, Suite 2300
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 3K7

 

2.

RBC Centre

155 Wellington Street West, 17^th Floor
Toronto, A6 M5V 3K

 

3.

155 Wellington Street West, 17th Floor

Toronto A6 M5V 3K7

(c)

Citizenship

Canada

(d)

Title of Class of Securities

Common Stock

(e)

CUSIP Number

89346D107

 

Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

 

Instruction:  For computations regarding securities which represent a right to acquire an underlying security see §240.13d‑3(d)(1).

 

Item 5.

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

 

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: ☐.

 

Item 6.

Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person

 

Accounts managed on a discretionary basis by RBC GAM are known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from, the sale of such securities.

 

Item 7.

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 9.

Notice of Dissolution of Group

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 10.

Certification

 

By signing below we certify that, to the best of our knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

 

By signing below, I also certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the foreign regulatory scheme applicable to the investment adviser is substantially comparable to the regulatory scheme applicable to the functionally equivalent U.S. institution.  I also undertake to furnish to the Commission staff, upon request, information that would be disclosed in a Schedule 13D.

 

SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

 

	RBC GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
	/s/ Michael Taylor
	Signature
	Michael Taylor/Vice President
	Name/Title

Index to Exhibits

 

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the persons or entities named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of this Schedule 13G with respect to the Securities of the Issuer and further agree that this joint filing agreement be included as an exhibit to this Schedule 13G.  In evidence thereof, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement as of February 13, 2018.