We’re taking steps to better understand the impacts of climate change on the economy and to reduce our environmental footprint. We’ve started the design process for the new $20 bank note featuring His ...
Buying a home is probably the biggest purchase you’ll ever make. If you’re like most people, you won’t pay cash—you’ll borrow most of the money by taking out a mortgage. And over the life of the ...
We aim to build confidence in the safety and reliability of payment service providers’ services while protecting end users from specific risks. We’re taking steps to better understand the impacts of ...
We are all better off if the financial system can weather a storm or two. And every one of us plays a role in keeping it that way. We rely on our financial system whenever we take out a loan for a ...
House prices have grown rapidly in many parts of Canada in recent years. This has raised some concerns among policy-makers about financial stability and housing affordability. Yet, we know little ...
Federally-regulated credit unions and subsidiaries of non-bank financial institutions are excluded from the universe of chartered banks for the purposes of the Banking and Financial Statistics (BFS) ...
Canada’s commercial banking system consists of privately owned banks that have been chartered by Parliament or have received letters patent by order-in-council as provided for in the 1991 Bank Act.