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• August 3, 2026

  Civic Holiday

  Provincial holiday: Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Ontario

  Content Type(s): Upcoming events
• July 31, 2026

  Bank of Canada response to Canadian Labour Congress President

  Yesterday, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem wrote the following response to a published statement and letter from Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, regarding the ongoing labour dispute involving the Bank and the union representing its Security Officers.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements
• July 31, 2026

  G7 2026 Cross-Border Coordination Exercise (CBCE)

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The G7 Cyber Expert Group (CEG) successfully concluded its 2026 Cross-border coordination exercise (CBCE) on May 18, 2026. This exercise demonstrates the Group’s ongoing commitment to strengthening cyber resilience across the G7 financial sector.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• July 29, 2026

  Publication: Summary of Deliberations

  13:30 (ET)
  A summary of monetary policy deliberations by the Governing Council for the policy decision that was announced two weeks earlier.

  Content Type(s): Upcoming events
• July 29, 2026

  Summary of Governing Council deliberations: Fixed announcement date of July 15, 2026

  This is an account of the deliberations of the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council leading to the monetary policy decision on July 15, 2026.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Summary of deliberations
• July 29, 2026

  Release of the Bank of Canada’s summary of deliberations  

  On Wednesday, July 29, 2026, the Bank of Canada will publish a summary of the deliberations that took place ahead of its interest rate decision on July 15, 2026.

  Content Type(s): Press, Media advisories
• July 27, 2026

  Market Participants Survey—Second Quarter of 2026

  The Market Participants Survey results are based on questionnaire responses from about 26 financial market participants.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Market Participants Survey
• July 27, 2026

  Release: Market Participants Survey

  10:30 (ET)
  The Market Participants Survey is conducted quarterly. Bank of Canada staff reach out to a diverse set of participants in financial markets to gather their views on key macroeconomic and financial variables as well as on monetary policy.

  Content Type(s): Upcoming events
• July 27, 2026

  Bank of Canada publishes its 2027 schedule for policy interest rate announcements and other major publications

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today published its 2027 schedule for policy interest rate announcements and the release of the quarterly Monetary Policy Report.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases

• Balancing Act: Monetary Policy Responses to Natural Disasters

  Staff working paper 2026-28 Tatjana Dahlhaus, Alexander Ueberfeldt, Malik Shukayev

  Natural disasters can create important challenges for monetary policy in resource-rich small open economies. Using a DSGE model calibrated to Canada, we show that most disasters operate as adverse supply shocks, lowering output and raising inflation, thereby creating a trade-off for monetary policy.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): C, C1, C11, C3, C32, D, D6, D63, E, E5, E52, Q, Q5, Q54 Research Theme(s): Models and tools, Economic models, Monetary policy, Monetary policy framework and transmission, Structural challenges, Climate change