Canadian Solar

company that manufactures solar PV modules and runs large scale solar projects
Organization business Q1032353
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Canadian Solar

Summary

Canadian Solar is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (464 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Canadian Solar was a member of Silicon Module Super League[3].
  • Canadian Solar is in the country of United States[4].
  • Canadian Solar is in the country of Canada[5].
  • Canadian Solar's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Canadian Solar's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • Canadian Solar's headquarters location is recorded as Guelph[8].
  • Canadian Solar's headquarters location is recorded as Guelph[9].
  • Canadian Solar's child organization or unit is recorded as Recurrent Energy[10].
  • Canadian Solar's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[11].
  • 2001 marks the founding of Canadian Solar[12].
  • October 22, 2001 marks the founding of Canadian Solar[13].
  • Canadian Solar's official website is recorded as http://www.canadian-solar.com[14].
  • Canadian Solar's official website is recorded as http://www.canadiansolar.com/[15].
  • Canadian Solar's official name is recorded as Canadian Solar Inc.[16].
  • Canadian Solar's legal form is recorded as business corporation[17].
  • Canadian Solar's legal form is recorded as Business corporations (which includes professional corporations)[18].
  • Canadian Solar's number of viewers/listeners is recorded as {'amount': '+517268'}[19].
  • Canadian Solar's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5480'}[20].
  • Canadian Solar's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+6840'}[21].
  • Canadian Solar's P14750 is recorded as E125-E056-CBAD-3C7B-CD0B[22].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493001XSC6TKMBVOM15[23]

  • Registered legal name: Canadian Solar INC.[24]

  • Legal jurisdiction: CA-BC[25]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[26]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): YG5M[27]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[28]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[29]

  • Entity created: 2015-06-11[30]

  • LEI first registered: 2015-06-11[31]

  • LEI last updated: 2023-08-08[32]

  • LEI next renewal: 2023-07-05[33]

  • Managing LOU: 529900F6BNUR3RJ2WH29[34]

  • Registration authority: RA000074[35]

  • Authority entity ID: C1258489[36]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[37]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 2001[12] and October 22, 2001[13].

Identity

Canadian Solar's official name is recorded as Canadian Solar Inc.[16].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Guelph[8], a separated municipality in Ontario[38], in Canada[39], founded in 1827[40]. Canadian Solar's child organization or unit is recorded as Recurrent Energy[10].

Ownership

Canadian Solar's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[11].

Why It Matters

Canadian Solar ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (464 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [24] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [25] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [26] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [27] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [37] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 2d ago · ArthurPSmith · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit Recurrent Energy
    Youtube handle canadiansolarinc
    Number of viewers/listeners {'amount': '+517268'}
    Legal form business corporation, Business corporations (which includes professional corporations)
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q121323756 */"
  2. 27d ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of
    Inception
    Stock exchange
    Stock exchange Nasdaq
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: E125-E056-CBAD-3C7B-CD0B, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
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