The facts
- Who files
- OSFI's reporting requirements table lists it for: banks; trust and loan companies. Not required from: banks or trust and loan companies that are subsidiaries of banks or of federally incorporated trust and loan companies; foreign bank branches. Source
- How often
- Fiscal Quarter for SIBs / Annually for SMSBs. Source
- Deadline
- Within 30 days for SIBs / within 90 days for SMSBs. Not subject to the Late and Erroneous Filing Penalties (LEFP) framework. Source
- Format
- Excel. Filed through the Regulatory Reporting System (RRS) using the Excel template OSFI publishes. 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
- Group
- Deposit-taking institutions: capital
Templates (3)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the OSFI's code in brackets.
- 1. ICAAP (1. ICAAP)
- 2. ICAAP Comparison (2. ICAAP Comparison)
- 3. Climate Risk (3. Climate Risk)
Visible worksheets in icaap-data-return-pieafp-processus-interne-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 (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 Requirements for Deposit-Taking Institutions
List of returns · HTML · December 2025
- Instructions to complete ICAAP data return
Instructions · HTML · October 2026
- OSFI943 - Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process - data return
Template · XLSX · 95.4 KB · 27 August 2024
SHA-256
8cda54de0f5bshow in full8cda54de0f5b1fcbb87c3d2fbbf8bd77c12794f9d8c6cc388a9391af7a579562 - Manage Financial Returns User Guide for Deposit Taking Institutions
Filing rules · PDF · 2.4 MB · 17 January 2024
SHA-256
48554684842bshow in full48554684842b8cb60671416e583e88cfe976786db2277230f92e052ffa6f4996
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/instructions-complete-icaap-data-return
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/reporting-requirements-deposit-taking-institutions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/about-osfi/progress-our-initiatives/modernizing-we-collect-data-institutions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/icaap-data-return-pieafp-processus-interne-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/2023-07/rrs_mcr_dti.pdf
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Last checked 11 November 2026.
