December 3, 2015 Framework for market operations and liquidity provision Learn about the Bank’s policies for financial market operations and tools for providing liquidity to the financial system. This includes routine and emergency liquidity tools provided as part of the Bank’s role as lender of last resort.
November 3, 2015 Canadian Fixed-Income Forum CFIF is a group set up by the Bank of Canada to facilitate the sharing of information between market participants and the Bank on the Canadian fixed-income market.
September 30, 2015 Bank of Canada Margin Call Practice for Domestic Market Operations For transactions outstanding against securities purchased or sold under a term purchase and resale agreement, the Bank values the securities daily, and compares that value to the contract valuation to ensure the Bank is adequately protected.
September 4, 2015 Portraits in time As we honour Queen Elizabeth II’s historic reign with a commemorative $20 note, explore eight decades of her portraits on Canada’s bank notes.
May 1, 2015 Collateral policies Access our listings of current and historical assets eligible as collateral under the Bank of Canada's Standing Liquidity Facility.
August 31, 2017 Agreement on the Inflation-Control Target In 1991, the Bank of Canada and the Minister of Finance agreed on an inflation-control target framework to guide Canadian monetary policy. The target agreement has been renewed several times since, most recently in 2021 to the end of 2026.
August 20, 2010 Bank notes: Multimedia Access videos about our bank notes, along with images past and present. Images in this gallery are available for non-commercial use only.
September 10, 2010 1935 series The Bank of Canada was founded in 1934 and given responsibility, through an Act of Parliament, to regulate the country's money supply and to "promote the economic and financial welfare of Canada."
September 13, 2010 1937 series The creation of a second series of bank notes, only two years after the first, was prompted by changes in Canadian government legislation that required the Bank of Canada to produce bilingual bank notes.
November 14, 2018 Financial System Research Centre The FSRC promotes financial system research in Canada to inform policy and improve the economic and financial well-being of Canadians.