March 23, 2026
Changes to Bank of Canada Governing Council
The Bank of Canada announced today the departure of Deputy Governor Rhys Mendes on April 10, and the retirement of Deputy Governor Sharon Kozicki on July 15.
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March 18, 2026
Bank of Canada maintains policy rate at 2¼%
The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at 2.25%, with the Bank Rate at 2.5% and the deposit rate at 2.20%.
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March 18, 2026
Monetary Policy Decision Press Conference Opening Statement
Governor Tiff Macklem discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the monetary policy decision.
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March 5, 2026
Bank of Canada, Export Development Canada, RBC and TD successfully complete bond issuance experiment using distributed ledger technology
The Bank of Canada (BoC), RBC Capital Markets, RBC Investor Services, TD Bank Group (TD), and Export Development Canada (EDC) successfully completed Project Samara, a collaborative initiative to evaluate how tokenization and distributed ledger technology (DLT) can improve bond issuance and settlement in a real-world setting.
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Upcoming events
- March 26, 2026 Speech: Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor
- April 1, 2026 Publication: Summary of Deliberations
- April 3, 2026 Good Friday