The Alberta Stock Exchange (ASE) was a stock exchange

Stock exchange

A stock exchange is an entity that provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments, and capital events including the payment of income and...

 based in Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

. It featured mostly mining, resource exploration, and oil sands stocks.

On November 29, 1999 the ASE was merged into the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX), along with the Vancouver Stock Exchange

Vancouver Stock Exchange

The Vancouver Stock Exchange was a stock exchange based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was incorporated 1906 and was the third major stock exchange in Canada, after the Toronto Stock Exchange and Montreal Stock Exchange , and featured many small-cap and exploration stocks.In 1991, it listed...

 (VSE) and the minor-cap stocks from the Bourse de Montréal (MSE). The corporate headquarters of the new CDNX remained in Calgary.