The facts
- Who files
- OSFI's reporting requirements table lists it for: banks (SMSBs Category II); trust and loan companies (SMSBs Category II). Not required from: banks or trust and loan companies that are subsidiaries of banks or of federally incorporated trust and loan companies; foreign bank branches. (SIBs: systemically important banks. SMSBs: small and medium-sized deposit-taking institutions, which OSFI sorts into Categories I to III.) Source
- How often
- Monthly. Source
- Deadline
- Within 14 calendar days. Subject to the Late and Erroneous Filing Penalties (LEFP) framework. The NCCF manual adds: "The time lag in reporting should not surpass 14 calendar days, which may be reduced to 3 business days in stress situations at OSFI's discretion." Source
- Format
- XML. Filed through RRS. The NCCF manual says the comprehensive (DT2) and streamlined (DT5) returns "can be submitted through the Regulatory Reporting System (RRS) by uploading a data file in XML". Source
- How it is filed
- Filing routes recorded for the OSFI: Regulatory Reporting System (RRS); Regulatory Data Hub (RDH). See how firms file with the OSFI.
- Status
- In forceFiled in the Regulatory Reporting System (RRS). OSFI's Data Collection Modernization initiative will replace RRS with a new platform, the Regulatory Data Hub (RDH); OSFI says the launch is now targeted for spring 2027 and asks filers to keep using RRS until then. Financial filing for banks and trust and loan companies moves to RDH in Release 2; OSFI says more details on financial returns will come in 2027. Source
- Group
- Deposit-taking institutions: liquidity
Templates (1)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the OSFI's code in brackets.
- Streamlined NCCF (Streamlined NCCF)
Visible worksheets in nccf-dt5-return-releve-04-14-2026-en.xlsx, excluding cover, instruction and list sheets. Source
Validation rules
557 rules, as counted from the OSFI's published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source
How they are written: Technical specification sheet with a Rule Expression column, for example Sum( Filter( [all /DT5/NCCF/NCCF.10/NCCF.10 Repeat Group/Amount] , [all /DT5/NCCF/NCCF.10/....
How they were counted
Rows with a rule in the 'Data Validation Rules' sheet of the technical specification nccf-dt5-tech-spec-2026-03-en.xlsx (547 warning, 10 error).
Counts are in the OSFI's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.
Public data
No published data from this return was found. No publication of data from this return was found on the instructions page or on OSFI's open data pages. Source
Official documents (8)
The OSFI's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.
- Reporting Requirements for Deposit-Taking Institutions
List of returns · HTML · December 2025
- Net cumulative cash flow reporting manual
Instructions · HTML · February 2026
- Net cumulative cash flow - Change control log
Release note · HTML · February 2026
- DT5 - Streamlined NCCF sample return
Template · XLSX · 816.3 KB · 14 April 2026
SHA-256
02ade7bbae61show in full02ade7bbae610f3cca0a193983373195a6ea7b9691319069dd08c3f5d72b78d3 - DT5 - Technical specification
Data dictionary · XLSX · 1.5 MB · 25 February 2026
SHA-256
6ce9e003296eshow in full6ce9e003296e906408a0d1cc3b554f3384a6e9302b3807f803b56a3a6bb82ea6 - DT5 - XML file (sample)
Sample · XML · 113.2 KB · 25 February 2026
SHA-256
77aa9c33bca3show in full77aa9c33bca3f8607d16b738bede26955d0ec1fa27270bc6c023d9141f23607a - DT5 - XSD file
Schema · XSD · 165.4 KB · 25 February 2026
SHA-256
077c7882f16eshow in full077c7882f16e9dde4e976607648b20f11fdc52e887bc1b6c7464a4becc6b6022 - Manage Financial Returns User Guide for Deposit Taking Institutions
Filing rules · PDF · 2.4 MB · 17 January 2024
SHA-256
48554684842bshow in full48554684842b8cb60671416e583e88cfe976786db2277230f92e052ffa6f4996
Sources
Every page and document this return's facts were read from.
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/net-cumulative-cash-flow-reporting-manual
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/reporting-requirements-deposit-taking-institutions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/about-osfi/progress-our-initiatives/modernizing-we-collect-data-institutions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/net-cumulative-cash-flow-change-control-log
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/nccf-dt5-return-releve-04-14-2026-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/nccf-dt5-tech-spec-2026-03-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/nccf-dt5-xml-2026-03.xml
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/nccf-dt5-xsd-2026-03.xsd
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/2023-07/rrs_mcr_dti.pdf
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-1.01/section-628.html
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-1.01/section-950.html
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/T-19.8/section-495.html
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Last checked 11 November 2026.
