The facts
- Who files
- OSFI's reporting requirements tables list it for: Canadian property and casualty insurers; foreign property and casualty insurers; Canadian mortgage insurers. Source
- How often
- Annual. Source
- Deadline
- Property and casualty insurers, annual filing: at least annually and within 30 days of the board of directors' review or Canadian branch management's sign-off. Mortgage insurers, annual filing: at least annually and within 30 days of the board of directors' review or chief agent's sign-off. Subject to the Late and Erroneous Filing Penalties (LEFP) framework. Source
- Format
- Web form, XML. The instructions say insurers can use "The RRS on-line web form for direct data input and submission" or "submit this data by uploading an XML file to RRS." 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 insurers moves to RDH in Release 3; OSFI says more details on financial returns will come in 2027. Source
- Group
- Property and casualty insurers: capital
Templates (1)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the OSFI's code in brackets.
- P&C Insurers Key Metrics Report (OP)
OSFI publishes this return as a single form (kmr_pc.xlsx). Source
Validation rules
33 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 If(ElementExists([D0801]), ElementExists([D0804]), IsNull([D0804]))).
How they were counted
Counted 33 rows with a rule in the 'Validation rules' sheet of op-validation-en.xlsx (33 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 OSFI's reporting or 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 Property & Casualty Insurance Companies
List of returns · HTML · January 2026
- Reporting Requirements for Federally Regulated Mortgage Insurers
List of returns · HTML · January 2026
- Key Metrics Report - P&C insurers
Instructions · HTML · February 2024
- OP - Sample return
Template · XLSX · 43.7 KB · 17 January 2024
SHA-256
54094df40752show in full54094df4075297ae5947ee4ad666231d3215d4e3047e70f9db244bfb484c7e77 - OP - Validation rules
Validation rules · XLSX · 57.7 KB · 7 May 2025
SHA-256
f014a6c97f64show in fullf014a6c97f6426b0b8eb7ea070afd6b909311bf365790402fabf639db77c52b9 - OP - Sample XSD
Schema · XSD · 43.0 KB · 13 June 2025
SHA-256
b3cb6d9f27b4show in fullb3cb6d9f27b41ec5fec90b809f2842f2de2ec1cf3b9d174b48b9e8ad2a71963d - OP - Sample XML
Sample · XML · 5.2 KB · 13 June 2025
SHA-256
c431553c7a11show in fullc431553c7a11b82b48046ebc5af3d3031a7cb5eae2ba4a4e6579e784406d08a6 - 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/key-metrics-report-pc-insurers
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/reporting-requirements-property-casualty-insurance-companies
- 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/reporting-requirements-federally-regulated-mortgage-insurers
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/import-media/data_and_forms/report/2023-06/en/kmr_pc.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/op-validation-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/op-2025-06-xsd-bil.xsd
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/op-2025-06-xml-bil.xml
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/rrs_mcr_ins_EN.pdf
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Last checked 11 November 2026.
