We find that foreign central banks own a large share of Government of Canada (GoC) bonds and tend to hold their positions for ...

The Bank of Canada today reduced its target for the overnight rate to 3¼%, with the Bank Rate at 3½% and the deposit rate at ...

Governor Tiff Macklem discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the monetary policy ...

The Bank of Canada today published the list of companies that have applied to be registered under the Retail Payment ...

We’re taking steps to better understand the impacts of climate change on the economy and to reduce our environmental footprint.

In 2014, the Bank of Canada reviewed the process it used to select, develop and design the visual content for the Frontiers series bank notes. This work resulted in the development of set of ...

We aim to build confidence in the safety and reliability of payment service providers’ services while protecting end users from specific risks. We’re taking steps to better understand the impacts of ...

We aim to build confidence in the safety and reliability of payment service providers’ services while protecting end users from specific risks. We’re taking steps to better understand the impacts of ...

We’re taking steps to better understand the impacts of climate change on the economy and to reduce our environmental footprint.

As the central bank and sole issuer of bank notes in Canada, the Bank of Canada needs to stay on top of payment trends. Every four years, we reach out to Canadians to ask them how they pay for things.

Over the years, the Bank of Canada has adjusted the way it sets its key interest rate. Following is a brief history of the key rate from the Bank’s founding in 1935 until the present. The original key ...

A financial market infrastructure (FMI) is a system that facilitates the clearing, settling or recording of payments, securities, derivatives or other financial transactions among participating ...