Market Notices

• May 9, 2025

  Release of the 2024 Bank of Canada FMI Oversight Activities Annual Report

  The Bank of Canada today published the Bank of Canada Oversight Activities for Financial Market Infrastructures 2024 Annual Report.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• April 30, 2025

  Addition of One Government Securities Distributor for Government of Canada Securities

  The Bank of Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada, announces the addition of one new Government Securities Distributor (GSD) for Government of Canada marketable bonds and treasury bills.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 19, 2025

  Bank of Canada to publish additional metrics to enhance CORRA transparency

  Beginning on March 19, 2025, the Bank of Canada will publish the weighted average mean and mode of the daily Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA) distribution alongside the existing CORRA benchmark rate, which is based on the median.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 18, 2025

  Changes to Canada’s Debt Distribution Framework

  Following a review of the Government of Canada’s Debt Distribution Framework (DDF) in 2024, the Bank of Canada and the Government of Canada (GoC) are announcing upcoming adjustments to the DDF.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
• March 17, 2025

  Bank of Canada announces planned changes to its Contingent Term Repo Facility

  The Bank of Canada is announcing changes to the eligibility criteria and review process for applications for its Contingent Term Repo Facility (CTRF).

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Contingent Term Repo Facility
• February 7, 2025

  Securities Lending of the Government’s Holdings of Canada Mortgage Bonds

  The Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada, in its role as the Government of Canada’s fiscal agent, are announcing the launch of securities lending of the government’s Canada Mortgage Bond (CMB) holdings, to support market well-functioning.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canada Mortgage Bonds: Government purchases and holdings
• February 5, 2025

  CFEC Releases Results of October 2024 Foreign Exchange Volume Survey

  The Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee (CFEC) released today the results of its October 2024 semi-annual survey of foreign exchange volumes in Canada.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee
• January 31, 2025

  Changes to Assets Eligible as Collateral under the Bank of Canada’s Standing Liquidity Facility

  As announced on June 11, 2024, the Bank of Canada made Secured General Collateral (SGC) Notes eligible as collateral under the Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), pending necessary system enhancements.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Standing Liquidity Facility
• January 29, 2025

  Bank of Canada announces an adjustment to the deposit rate and some changes to terms and conditions for Overnight Reverse Repo Operations

  The Bank announced it is making an adjustment to the deposit rate. Effective January 30, the deposit rate will be set at a spread of 5bps below the Bank’s policy interest rate.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Overnight reverse repo operations
• January 29, 2025

  Bank of Canada provides operational details for restarting asset purchases to end quantitative tightening

  Today, the Bank of Canada is announcing its plan to complete its balance sheet normalization, ending quantitative tightening.

  Content Type(s): Press, Market notices Source(s): Term repo operations