Financial reporting instructions

Refer to the list for instructions on how to complete financial returns and reports in the Regulatory Reporting System.

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Title Industry Document type Return
Balance Sheet by Booking Location (Z4) Deposit-taking institutions Instructions Balance Sheet by Booking Location (Z4)
Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs) Report (J2) - Change Control Log Deposit-taking institutions Change control log Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs) Report (J2)
Mortgage Loans Report (E2) Deposit-taking institutions Instructions Mortgage Loans Report (E2)
Validation rules - BH [ XLSX 52.14 KB ] Deposit-taking institutions Validation rules Standardized Institutions Credit Monitoring Data Call (BH)
XSD file - LRR [ XSD 2.73 MB ] Deposit-taking institutions XSD file Leverage Requirements Return (LRR)
Validation rules - L3 [ XLSX 25.56 KB ] Deposit-taking institutions Validation rules Operational Loss Event Data Reporting (L3)
Change Control Log (2L) Deposit-taking institutions Change control log 2L Schedule for Liability Reporting by Counterparty
Geographic Assets and Liabilities Booked in Canada (GQ) Deposit-taking institutions Instructions Geographic Assets & Liabilities Booked in Canada (GQ)
Market Risk Data - Quarterly Data [ XLSX 280.75 KB ] Deposit-taking institutions Technical specification Market Risk (OSFI-986)
Change Control Log (Y3) Deposit-taking institutions Change control log Selected Structured Statistics (Y3)
Technical Specification (BG) Deposit-taking institutions Technical specification IRB Credit Data Wholesale Transaction Defaulted and Fully Resolved (BG)
2024 DT1 Validation Rules [ XLSX 51.95 KB ] Deposit-taking institutions Validation rules Net Stable Funding Ratio Reporting (DT1)
XML file - LA 2024 [ XML 181.88 KB ] Deposit-taking institutions XML file Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) Reporting (LA)
Sample return - B2 [ XLSX 57.63 KB ] Deposit-taking institutions Sample return Securities (B2)
Validation rules - A3 [ XLSX 19.52 KB ] Deposit-taking institutions Validation rules Trading Income and Income from GoC Securities Trading (A3)
Report on New and Existing Lending (A4) Deposit-taking institutions Instructions Report on New and Existing Lending (A4)
All validation rules for the H4 regulatory return Deposit-taking institutions Validation rules Collateral and Pledging Report (H4)
Data definitions - BB [ XLS 2.55 MB ] Deposit-taking institutions Data definitions IRB Credit Data Wholesale Portfolio Part-1 (BB)
Sample return (comprehensive) - NCCF (DT2) 2024 [ XLSX 4.95 MB ] Deposit-taking institutions Sample return Net cumulative cash flow reporting manual (NCCF)
Basel Capital Adequacy Reporting - Change Control Log Deposit-taking institutions Change control log Basel Capital Adequacy Reporting (BCAR)