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In forceInsurers: audit and actuarial reportsLast checked 11 November 2026

Appointed actuary's report (605)

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

The appointed actuary's report on the valuation of the insurer's actuarial and other policy liabilities. Insurers must submit it in a form set by the Superintendent under subsection 667(2) of the Insurance Companies Act; OSFI's Memorandum to the Appointed Actuary sets out its expectations. Source

Official title: Appointed Actuary's Report (AAR) (605)

The facts

Who files
OSFI's reporting requirements tables list it for: Canadian life insurers (including insurance holding companies and non-operating life companies); foreign life insurers; Canadian fraternal benefit societies; foreign fraternal benefit societies; Canadian property and casualty insurers; foreign property and casualty insurers; Canadian mortgage insurers. Source
How often
Annual. Source
Deadline
Life insurers and fraternal benefit societies, annual filing: within 60 days. Property and casualty insurers, annual filing: within 60 days. Mortgage insurers, annual filing: within 60 days. Subject to the Late and Erroneous Filing Penalties (LEFP) framework. Source
Format
Other. OSFI's federal filing requirements table (Section V) marks this filing as: other electronic file: Yes. The AAR is filed as a separate document in 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
Legal basis
Group
Insurers: audit and actuarial reports

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

No template: the AAR is a report filed in RRS. Its supplementary tables are separate returns (1008, 1022, 1023). 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 these reports was found on OSFI's reporting or 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.