Guidance library
As the regulator for federally regulated financial institutions and private pension plans, we set expectations for operating within the Canadian financial industry. You can find our current guidance in the following list. We also have a list of rescinded guidance.
For guidance on private pension plans, please see Administering pension plans.
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| Date | Title | Sector | Publication type | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Tool - Operational Risk Capital Data |
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Assessment tool | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Release of final 2023 liquidity returns and consultation on draft NCCF reporting instructions |
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Letter | ||
| Final Guideline B-2 and Guideline B-3 |
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Letter | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
| Register of OSFI-Regulated Internationally Active Insurance Groups |
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Letter | ||
| Leverage Requirements Guideline – Guideline impact analysis statement (2023) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Leverage Requirements - Guideline (2023) |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Building Federally Regulated Financial Institution Awareness and Capability to Manage Climate-Related Financial Risks |
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Letter | ||
| Use of the Standardized Approach for Operational Risk Capital by Category I SMSBs |
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Letter | ||
| Minimum Qualifying Rate - Letter (2021) | Letter | |||
| OSFI maintains the Domestic Stability Buffer level at 2.50% - Letter (2021) |
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Letter | ||
| Update on Basel III Implementation ahead of final rules release in January 2022 |
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Letter | ||
| Update on the Development of a New Approach for Determining Regulatory Capital Requirements for Segregated Fund Guarantee (SFG) Risk |
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Letter | ||
| OSFI Summarizes Responses to its Climate Risk Discussion Paper |
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Letter | ||
| Technology and Cyber Security Incident Reporting |
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Advisory | Supervisory Advisories | |
| Unwinding of certain temporary exclusions in leverage ratio exposure measures |
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Letter | ||
| Foreign Entities Operating in Canada on a Branch Basis – Guideline (2021) |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Foreign Entities Operating in Canada on a Branch Basis – Letter (2021) |
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Letter | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Transition from LIBOR |
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Letter | ||
| OSFI sets the Domestic Stability Buffer level to 2.50% effective October 31, 2021 |
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Letter | ||
| Amendments to the minimum qualifying rate for uninsured mortgages - Letter (2021) |
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Letter | ||
| OSFI’s Near-Term Plan of Prudential Policy for Federally Regulated Financial Institutions and Federally Regulated Private Pension Plans |
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Letter | ||
| OSFI update to COVID-19-related regulatory flexibility for the covered bond limit |
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Letter | ||
| OSFI Service Standards | Letter | |||
| Assessment of Regulatory Capital Models for Deposit-Taking Institutions |
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Implementation note | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Capital treatment of BDC Guarantee under the Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program |
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Letter | ||
| Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives – Guideline (2020) |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives – Letter (2020) |
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Letter | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Corporate Names, Registered Names and Trade Names |
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Regulatory and legislative advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Mergers Involving Foreign Entities |
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Regulatory and legislative advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Control in Fact |
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Regulatory and legislative advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Liquidity Principles – Guideline (2020) |
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Guideline | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
| Implementation Timeline for Basel III Operational Risk Capital Requirements |
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Letter | ||
| Foreign Bank Branch Deposit Requirement Guideline (Guideline A-10) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Liquidity Principles Guideline (B-6) - Guideline impact analysis statement (2019) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
| Foreign Bank Branch Deposit Requirement |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Changes to the Guideline B-6 – Liquidity Principles |
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Letter | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
| Changes to the Foreign Bank Branch Deposit Requirement (Guideline A-10) |
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Letter | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Large Exposure Limits for Domestic Systemically Important Banks – Guideline (2019) |
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Guideline | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
| Internal Model Oversight Framework - Guideline impact analysis statement (2019) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Internal Model Oversight Framework | Letter | Sound Business and Financial Practices | ||
| B-12 Interest Rate Risk Management – Guideline impact analysis statement (2019) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Interest Rate Risk Management - Guideline (2019) |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Changes to Guideline B-12: Interest Rate Risk Management |
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Letter | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Revised Covered Bond Limit Calculation |
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Advisory | ||
| B-2 Large Exposure Limits (D-SIBs) – Guideline impact analysis statement (2019) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
| Liquidity Adequacy Requirements (LAR) Guideline – Guideline impact analysis statement (2019) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Net Stable Funding Ratio Disclosure Requirements – Guideline impact analysis statement (2019) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Accounting and Disclosure | |
| Net Stable Funding Ratio Disclosure Requirements – Guideline (2019) |
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Guideline | Accounting and Disclosure | |
| Changes to the Liquidity Adequacy Requirements Guideline |
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Letter | ||
| Net Stable Funding Ratio Disclosure Requirements – Letter (2019) |
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Letter | Accounting and Disclosure |