The facts
- Who files
- OSFI's reporting requirements table lists it for: banks (SMSBs Category III); trust and loan companies (SMSBs Category III). 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. (SIBs: systemically important banks. SMSBs: small and medium-sized deposit-taking institutions, which OSFI sorts into Categories I to III.) Source
- How often
- Monthly. Source
- Deadline
- Within 14 calendar days. Not subject to the Late and Erroneous Filing Penalties (LEFP) framework. Source
- Format
- Excel. Filed through 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: liquidity
Templates (1)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the OSFI's code in brackets.
- Cash flows (Cash flows)
Visible worksheets in ocfs-efte-return-releve-10-2025-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
- Operating Cash Flow Statement (OCFS)
Instructions · HTML · April 2023
- OSFI950 - Template
Template · XLSX · 66.5 KB · 1 October 2025
SHA-256
b41c481d8156show in fullb41c481d8156c64297db47a38b0af5bc65cc5cc3ef106b61799501c8cceef529 - 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/operating-cash-flow-statement-ocfs
- 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/ocfs-efte-return-releve-10-2025-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/2023-07/rrs_mcr_dti.pdf
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Last checked 11 November 2026.
