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)
Change Control Log (K3) Deposit-taking institutions Change control log Supplementary Return for Foreign Bank Branches (K3)
XSD file - LRR [ XSD 2.73 MB ] Deposit-taking institutions XSD file Leverage Requirements Return (LRR)
Sample return - A4 [ XLSX 53.22 KB ] Deposit-taking institutions Sample return Report on New and Existing Lending (A4)
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)
Sample return (streamlined) - NCCF 2024 [ XLSX 872.69 KB ] Deposit-taking institutions Sample return Net cumulative cash flow reporting manual (NCCF)
Technical Specification (BG) Deposit-taking institutions Technical specification IRB Credit Data Wholesale Transaction Defaulted and Fully Resolved (BG)
Instructions to complete Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process Data Return Deposit-taking institutions Instructions Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process
Net cumulative cash flow - template [ XLSX 4.88 MB ] Deposit-taking institutions Template Net cumulative cash flow reporting manual (NCCF)
Technical Specifications (BH) Deposit-taking institutions Technical specification Standardized Institutions Credit Monitoring Data Call (BH)
Data definitions - BB [ XLS 2.55 MB ] Deposit-taking institutions Data definitions IRB Credit Data Wholesale Portfolio Part-1 (BB)
Model Risk Unstructured Regulatory Return (OSFI947) Deposit-taking institutions Instructions Model Risk Unstructured Regulatory Return (OSFI947)
All validation rules for the H4 regulatory return Deposit-taking institutions Validation rules Collateral and Pledging Report (H4)
Validation rules - A2 [ XLSX 34.14 KB ] Deposit-taking institutions Validation rules Non Mortgage Loans (A2)
Data definitions - LA 2024 [ XLSX 689.61 KB ] Deposit-taking institutions Data definitions Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) Reporting (LA)
Securities (B2) Deposit-taking institutions Instructions Securities (B2)
Basel Capital Adequacy Reporting - Change Control Log Deposit-taking institutions Change control log Basel Capital Adequacy Reporting (BCAR)
Change Control Log (Interbank and Major Exposures Return) Deposit-taking institutions Change control log Interbank and Major Exposures Return (EB/ET)