The facts
- Who files
- OSFI's reporting requirements tables list it for: Canadian mortgage insurers. Source
- How often
- Annual. Source
- Deadline
- Annual filing: within 60 days. Subject to the Late and Erroneous Filing Penalties (LEFP) framework. Source
- Format
- XML, Excel. OSFI's federal filing requirements table (Section V) marks this filing as: XML file: Yes; special Excel file (OSFI973): Yes (annual filing). 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 forceOSFI has published 2027 versions of the insurer returns for IFRS 18. The 2027 pages say insurers with a December 31, 2026 year end use the new returns from January 1, 2027, and those with an October 31, 2027 year end from November 1, 2027. Filed 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 insurers moves to RDH in Release 3; OSFI says more details on financial returns will come in 2027. Source
- Group
- Mortgage insurers: financial statements
Templates (24)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the OSFI's code in brackets.
- Annual Return (10.10)
- Shareholders (10.20)
- Corporate Organization Chart (10.30)
- Other Information (10.40)
- Encumbered Assets (10.42)
- Outsourcing and Service Agreements (10.43)
- Summary of Selected Financial Data for five years (10.60)
- Short Term Investments (40.12)
- Bonds and Debentures (40.22)
- Mortgage Loans (40.32)
- Preferred Shares (40.42)
- Common Shares (40.52)
- Investment Properties (40.70)
- Claims and Adjustment Expenses Paid, Current Year, Liabilities for Incurred Claims, Current Year and Prior Year Claims Development (60.35)
- Net Ultimate Claims and Adjustment Expenses - Claims Development (60.45)
- Remaining CSM from Insurance Contracts Estimated at the End of the Year (60.60)
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- Effect of GMM Contracts Initially Recognized in the Year (60.70)
- Discount Rates (60.900)
- Net Expenses from Reinsurance Contracts Held (70.10)
- Summary of Intragroup Reinsurance Contracts Issued and Held (70.21)
- Summary of non-traditional methods of risk mitigation issued or purchased by insurer or parent for in Canada risk (70.90)
- Claims and Adjustment Expenses Paid, Current Year, Liabilities for Incurred Claims, Current Year and Prior Year Claims Development (93.35)
- Net Ultimate Claims and Adjustment Expenses - Claims Development (93.65)
- Canadian - President/Chief Executive Officer (99.10)
Schedules (worksheets) in mi5-2024-en.xlsx, named from the workbook's table of contents or schedule titles. Source
Validation rules
151 rules, as counted from the OSFI's published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source
How they are written: Excel workbook, one row per rule (Rule ID, Rule Type, Description and a Formula or Expression column in OSFI's RRS rule syntax, for example EqualWithinThreshold([P603509919],[P604529930],1,0)).
The validation rules published for the next (2027) version, mi5-2027-q1-t1-09-10-2026-validation-en.xlsx, list 151 rules.
How they were counted
Counted 151 rows with a rule in the 'Validation rules' sheet of mi5-validation-2026-03-13-en.xlsx (151 error).
Counts are in the OSFI's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.
Public data
Published firm by firm. OSFI publishes data from this return institution by institution, with industry totals, as CSV files on the Government of Canada open data portal: "MI5 - Mortgage Insurers Supervisory Annual Return (Active)" in the Property and casualty companies dataset. Source
Where it is published (CSV)
- OSFI financial data: Property and casualty companies (open.canada.ca)
Firm by firm · CSV (long format: one row per institution, period and data point address, with English and French labels)
Institution-by-institution data, with industry totals, from OSFI's returns for property and casualty companies, one CSV file per return: MI -Mortgage Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (Active); MI3 - Mortgage Insurers Core Financial Statement Return (Active); MI4 - Mortgage Insurers Supervisory Quarterly Return (Active); MI5 - Mortgage Insurers Supervisory Annual Return (Active); PC1 - P&C Core Financial Statement Return (Active); PC2 - P&C Supervisory Quarterly Return (Active); PC3 - P&C Supervisory Annual Return (Active); PC4 - P&C Minimum Capital Test and Branch Adequacy of Assets Test (Active). The dataset is updated quarterly (last updated on the portal 2026-10-21) and also holds 6 CSV files for returns OSFI no longer collects, a data dictionary and a user manual. The dataset page gives 2026 publication dates: monthly returns on or about the 15th of each month; quarterly returns about a week after the due date (Q1 due May 15, published May 23; Q2 due Aug 14, published Aug 22; Q3 due Nov 14, published Nov 22; Q4 due March 1, published March 19). Source
Official documents (27)
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 Federally Regulated Mortgage Insurers
List of returns · HTML · January 2026
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2026)
Instructions · HTML · 19 March 2026
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2026) - Section I - Introduction
Instructions · HTML · January 2024
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2026) - Section II - Filing Requirements
Instructions · HTML · November 2024
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2026) - Section III - Definitions
Instructions · HTML · June 2025
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2026) - Section IV - Detailed Instructions
Instructions · HTML · July 2025
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2026) - Section V - Jurisdictional Requirements
Instructions · HTML · May 2024
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2026) - Section VI - Change Control Log
Release note · HTML · October 2025
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2027)
Instructions · HTML · September 2026
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2027) - Section I - Introduction
Instructions · HTML · September 2026
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2027) - Section II - Filing Requirements
Instructions · HTML · September 2026
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2027) - Section III - Definitions
Instructions · HTML · September 2026
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2027) - Section IV - Detailed Instructions
Instructions · HTML · September 2026
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2027) - Section V - Jurisdictional Requirements
Instructions · HTML · September 2026
- Mortgage Insurance Return (2027) - Section VI - Change Control Log
Release note · HTML · September 2026
- IFRS 18: Presentation and Disclosure Standard impact on Federally Regulated Insurer Reporting to OSFI
Guidance · HTML · 10 September 2026
- MI5 - Q4 2024 Supervisory annual return (clean)
Template · XLSX · 131.5 KB · 5 September 2024
SHA-256
3261bde51d3dshow in full3261bde51d3df948280afe1286ea82aa35437f98e0591dc50a054bc66984542e - MI5 - Q4 2024 Supervisory annual return (tracked changes)
Template · XLSX · 131.7 KB · 5 September 2024
Version with tracked changes against the previous version.
SHA-256
c6f0017f8485show in fullc6f0017f8485ea3f0ad2b40af318f162c64e0f7422288fae9758bd77a6f60212 - MI5 - 2026 Supervisory annual return validation rules
Validation rules · XLSX · 131.9 KB · 18 March 2026
SHA-256
e74668ed2055show in fulle74668ed20553cc7381aae6b67fd3f650545dd602535847b68deba3b3777cb39 - MI5 - Q4 2024 sample XML
Sample · XML · 65.0 KB · 8 November 2024
SHA-256
a57564fde7c5show in fulla57564fde7c540a266988d584ecd9b22a7560fcd66e55cb7124e266c20b48dd0 - MI5 - Q4 2024 sample XSD
Schema · XSD · 384.9 KB · 8 November 2024
SHA-256
3d1f3c69f918show in full3d1f3c69f918bf9bb3946d71ed3394aa4971de26a1ccd2db907f0a3ba1dedee4 - MI5 - Q1 2027 Supervisory annual return (clean)
Template · XLSX · 168.0 KB · 7 September 2026
SHA-256
0c98e71b3168show in full0c98e71b316878945cb5080142bb04129198bbb3715d3601164e69827be638a6 - MI5 - Q1 2027 Supervisory annual return (tracked changes)
Template · XLSX · 168.4 KB · 7 September 2026
Version with tracked changes against the previous version.
SHA-256
0fe8b6b74b7eshow in full0fe8b6b74b7e8f0484856a882c17062be01a5b47cfb7c5db5b50531e03ead931 - MI5 - 2027 Supervisory annual return validation rules
Validation rules · XLSX · 67.5 KB · 7 September 2026
SHA-256
4d2e07af1512show in full4d2e07af15126ec82806549ba90835fed67aa515b1d770349fd0840b0c217460 - MI5 - Q1 2027 sample XML
Sample · XML · 65.0 KB · 7 September 2026
SHA-256
36c2f763f0fbshow in full36c2f763f0fb8036883ecd218d2035a44cf4b9c25636f677e7e2099ed2d5c6ae - MI5 - Q1 2027 sample XSD
Schema · XSD · 257.8 KB · 7 September 2026
SHA-256
63a40f9da662show in full63a40f9da6625bbb38d27d3f282ae159e461bd0cbf6d0cd26a0d339a0310a8f9 - Manage Financial Returns User Guide for Insurance Companies and Private Pension Plans
Filing rules · PDF · 2.4 MB · 5 February 2024
SHA-256
8365ae545e5ashow in full8365ae545e5a1ad6b3b9e3048c93aeba75708d7dbcbd768ac4a02f9236d4fd95
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/mortgage-insurance-return-2027-section-ii-filing-requirements
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/reporting-requirements-federally-regulated-mortgage-insurers
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/mortgage-insurance-return-2027-section-v-jurisdictional-requirements
- 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/mortgage-insurance-return-2026
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/mortgage-insurance-return-2026-section-introduction
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/mortgage-insurance-return-2026-section-ii-filing-requirements
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/mortgage-insurance-return-section-iii-definitions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/mortgage-insurance-return-section-iv-detailed-instructions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/mortgage-insurance-return-section-v-jurisdictional-requirements
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/mortgage-insurance-return-section-vi-change-control-log
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/mortgage-insurance-return-2027
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/mortgage-insurance-return-2027-section-introduction
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/mortgage-insurance-return-2027-section-iii-definitions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/mortgage-insurance-return-2027-section-iv-detailed-instructions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/mortgage-insurance-return-2027-section-vi-change-control-log
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/ifrs-18-presentation-disclosure-standard-impact-federally-regulated-insurer-reporting-osfi
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/mi5-2024-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/mi5-2024-dft-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/mi5-validation-2026-03-13-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/mi5-2024-q4-t4.xml
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/mi5-2024-q4-t4.xsd
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/mi5-2027-q1-t1-09-10-2026-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/mi5-2027-q1-t1-09-10-2026-trck-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/mi5-2027-q1-t1-09-10-2026-validation-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/mi5-2027-q1-t1-09-10-2026-bil.xml
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/mi5-2027-q1-t1-09-10-2026-bil.xsd
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/rrs_mcr_ins_EN.pdf
- open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/4c6c515f-7c44-4bb6-ab56-c5f79f75f705
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Last checked 11 November 2026.
