Market notices

Today, the Bank of Canada is announcing its plan to restart routine purchases of Government of Canada (GoC) treasury bills for normal balance sheet management purposes. The addition of treasury bill purchases will help restore a more balanced mix of assets on the Bank’s balance sheet.

Today, the Fall 2025 Debt Management Strategy Consultations Summary is being published, following the release of the Government of Canada’s 2026–27 Debt Management Strategy.

In March 2025, the Bank  restarted regular term repo operations as part of its return to normal balance sheet management.

The Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada are seeking the views of government securities distributors, institutional investors, and other interested parties on issues related to the design and operation of the Government of Canada’s domestic debt program for 2026-27 and beyond.

The Canadian Foreign Exchange Committee (CFEC) released today the results of its April 2025 semi-annual survey of foreign exchange volumes in Canada.

As announced in the 2025-26 Debt Management Strategy, the Government of Canada will be discontinuing the one-month treasury bill. This is in line with the policy intent to introduce it on a temporary basis as previously outlined in the federal 2024 Budget and a market notice. The last one-month treasury bill auction will occur on 29 July 2025.

The Bank of Canada and the Government of Canada (GoC) are announcing that adjustments to the GoC’s Debt Distribution Framework will come into effect on September 2, 2025.

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

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.

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.