The facts
- Who files
- Every federally regulated financial institution, including subsidiaries of federally regulated financial institutions. Canadian institutions include their branches outside Canada. Source
- How often
- Monthly. The report is cumulative. Source
- Deadline
- "This Report must be filed no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of each calendar month." If that day is a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday, it is due the next business day. Source
- Format
- Web form. The instructions say the return "can only be completed and submitted using the RRS online form". OSFI also publishes the form as an Excel file. 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. Corporate data filing moves to RDH in Release 1. Source
- Legal basis
- Group
- Sanctions and anti-terrorist financing
Templates (1)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the OSFI's code in brackets.
- 525 Details (525 Details)
Visible worksheets in OSFI525_form.xlsx, excluding cover, instruction and list sheets. Source
Validation rules
No published validation rules were found for this return. OSFI publishes no validation rules for this report. Source
Public data
No published data from this return was found. The instructions say this is an aggregate report and that personal or account information must not be attached; no publication of these reports was found on OSFI's pages. Source
Official documents (4)
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 on anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing and sanctions
List of returns · HTML · 12 September 2024
- OSFI-525 Report Instructions
Instructions · HTML · April 2019
- OSFI-525 Report Instructions
Instructions · PDF · 182.4 KB · 17 January 2024
SHA-256
62a773df93d2show in full62a773df93d2034a636481e112382bb9c85154ae41a33d29f780c6e7363a8cb2 - OSFI-525 Reporting Form
Template · XLSX · 221.6 KB · 17 January 2024
SHA-256
acd03d64ee5cshow in fullacd03d64ee5cf863e2b8fc4b3a48c26db1d0aee899bfaec1c7b05784890c45e2
Sources
Every page and document this return's facts were read from.
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/reporting-anti-money-laundering-anti-terrorist-financing-sanctions/osfi-525-report-instructions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/about-osfi/progress-our-initiatives/modernizing-we-collect-data-institutions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/2023-11/osfi525_instr.pdf
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/2023-11/OSFI525_form.xlsx
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-83.11.html
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/reporting-anti-money-laundering-anti-terrorist-financing-sanctions
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Last checked 11 November 2026.
