Equitable Group Inc. is a niche mortgage lender. The core business is first charge mortgage financing, which the company offers through its wholly owned subsidiary, The Equitable Trust Company. Founded in 1970, Equitable Trust is a federally incorporated trust company. The company serves single family, small and large commercial borrowers and their mortgage advisors and actively originate mortgages in Ontario, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec. The company also serves the investing public as a provider of Guaranteed Investment Certificates. Equitable is active in providing GICs across all Canadian provinces and territories. Equitable Group's common and preferred shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols ETC and ETC.PR.A respectively.