Guidance library
As the regulator for federally regulated financial institutions and private pension plans, we set expectations for operating within the Canadian financial industry.
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Date | Title | Sector | Publication type | Category |
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Capital Adequacy Requirements (CAR) (2024) - Chapter 5 – Credit Risk – Internal Ratings-Based Approach |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Capital Adequacy Requirements (CAR) (2024) - Chapter 6 – Securitization |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Capital Adequacy Requirements (CAR) (2024) - Chapter 7 – Settlement and Counterparty Risk |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Capital Adequacy Requirements (CAR) (2024) - Chapter 8 – Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) Risk |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Capital Adequacy Requirements (CAR) (2024) - Chapter 9 – Market Risk |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
OSFI update on Canadian Dollar Offered Rate transition |
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Letter | ||
2024 Capital Adequacy Requirements (CAR) – Letter (2023) |
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Letter | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (LICAT) 2024 - Letter (2023) |
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Letter | ||
2024 Minimum Capital Test (MCT) – Letter (2023) |
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Letter | ||
Mortgage Insurer Capital Adequacy Test (MICAT) 2024 – Letter (2023) |
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Letter | ||
OSFI’s response to Guideline B-20 initial consultation feedback on debt serviceability measures |
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Consultation response | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Parental Stand-Alone (Solo) Capital Framework for Federally Regulated Life Insurers (2024) |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Parental Stand-Alone (Solo) TLAC Framework for Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
OSFI finalizes its Solo Capital guideline and Solo Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) guideline |
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Letter | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Letter to industry on OSFI’s next steps to implement new provisions of its mandate | Letter | |||
Appointed Actuary: Legal Requirements, Qualifications and Peer Review – Guideline (2023) |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
“2023 Annual update” to the manual of financial reporting forms and instructions for property and casualty insurance companies |
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Letter | ||
“2023 Annual Update” to the Manual of Financial Reporting Forms and Instructions for Canadian Mortgage Insurance Companies |
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Letter | ||
“2023 Annual Update” to the Manual of Financial Reporting Forms and Instructions for Life Insurance Companies and Fraternal Benefit Societies |
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Letter | ||
Update to LAR guideline review for wholesale funding sources with retail-like characteristics | Letter | Capital Adequacy Requirements | ||
Technology and cyber incident reporting | Letter | Supervisory Advisories | ||
Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test 2023 – Adjustments and clarifications |
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Adjustments and clarifications | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
OSFI increases the level of the Domestic Stability Buffer by 50 basis points | Letter | |||
Third-Party Risk Management Guideline |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
OSFI response to draft guideline B-10 consultation feedback – Third-party Risk Management | Letter | Sound Business and Financial Practices | ||
OSFI’s Intelligence-led Cyber Resilience Testing (I-CRT) Framework |
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Advisory | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Climate Risk Management |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
OSFI issues final Guideline B-15 and responds to consultation feedback |
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Letter | ||
2023 update to the Net Cumulative Cash Flow (NCCF) Reporting Forms and Instructions for Deposit-Taking Institutions |
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Letter | ||
Final updated guideline E-16 – Participating account management and disclosure to participating policyholders and adjustable policyholders – Letter (2023) |
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Letter | ||
Participating account management and disclosure to participating policyholders and adjustable policyholders – Guideline (2023) |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Infosheet - Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures Guideline (B-20) |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Increase of regulatory prudential limits related to investment, lending and borrowing for all Canadian Property and Casualty Federally Regulated Insurance Companies |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
Revised OSFI Capital Ruling for Limited Recourse Capital Notes |
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Letter | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Assurance on Capital, Leverage and Liquidity Returns - Guideline (2022) |
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Guideline | Accounting and Disclosure | |
Assurance on Capital, Leverage and Liquidity Returns – Guideline at a glance (2022) |
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Guideline at a glance | Accounting and Disclosure | |
Final IFRS 17 Memoranda to The Appointed Actuary for FRIs | Letter | |||
Guideline: Assurance on Capital, Leverage and Liquidity Returns |
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Letter | Accounting and Disclosure | |
“2022 Annual update” to the Manual of Reporting Forms and Instructions for Deposit-Taking Institutions |
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Letter | ||
Unwind of temporary leverage ratio exclusions, effective April 2023 |
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Letter | ||
Interim arrangements for the regulatory capital and liquidity treatment of cryptoasset exposures |
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Advisory | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Technology and Cyber Risk Management |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (2023) - Chapter 10 Credit for Reinsurance |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (2023) - Chapter 1 Overview and General Requirements |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (2023) - Chapter 11 Aggregation and Diversification of Risks |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (2023) - Chapter 12 Life Insurers Operating in Canada on a Branch Basis |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (2023) - Chapter 2 Available Capital |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (2023) - Chapter 3 Credit Risk – On-Balance Sheet Items |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (2023) - Chapter 4 Credit Risk - Off-Balance Sheet Activities |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (2023) - Chapter 5 Market Risk |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements |