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In forceDeposit-taking institutions: liquidityLast checked 11 November 2026

Intraday liquidity stress testing, quarterly (OSFI1020)

A regulatory return listed by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), Canada.

Gives OSFI the results of intraday liquidity stress testing from institutions that are direct participants in the Lynx large value payment system. Source

Official title: Quarterly Intraday Liquidity Stress Testing Return (OSFI1020)

The facts

Who files
OSFI's reporting requirements table lists it for: banks (SIBs, SMSBs Category I selected). Not required from: trust and loan companies; 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
Each fiscal quarter. Source
Deadline
Within 14 calendar days. Subject to the Late and Erroneous Filing Penalties (LEFP) framework. The instructions say: "The return must be filed within 14 calendar days of the institution's fiscal quarter end." Source
Format
Excel. Filed through the Regulatory Reporting System (RRS). OSFI publishes the return as an Excel sample. 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
Legal basis
Group
Deposit-taking institutions: liquidity

Templates (2)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the OSFI's code in brackets.

  • Intraday SIB Details (Intraday SIB Details)
  • Stress Testing (Stress Testing)

Visible worksheets in OSFI1020-BSIF1020-intraday-liquidites-intrajournalieres-rtn-en.xlsx, excluding cover, instruction and list sheets. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. OSFI's reporting pages publish no validation rules for this return. Source

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 (5)

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.

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

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Last checked 11 November 2026.