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In forceLife insurers: capitalLast checked 11 November 2026

Life insurer capital test: unstructured Excel file (911)

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

The "unstructured" companion to the LICAT and LIMAT returns. Section V of the LIFE instructions lists it as the special Excel file (OSFI911) filed with the quarterly and annual LCQ and LCA. Source

Official title: LICAT/LIMAT Quarterly - Unstructured (911)

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. Source
How often
Quarterly, plus an annual filing at year end. Source
Deadline
Quarterly filing: within 45 days. Annual filing: within 60 days. Subject to the Late and Erroneous Filing Penalties (LEFP) framework. Source
Format
Excel. OSFI's federal filing requirements table (Section V) marks this filing as: special Excel file (OSFI911) filed with the LCQ and LCA. 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
Life insurers: capital

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

No separate template is published; it is the Excel version of the LICAT return. 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 this file was found on OSFI's reporting or open data pages. Source

Official documents (3)

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

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Last checked 11 November 2026.