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In forceDeposit-taking institutions: data callsLast checked 11 November 2026

Non-retail loan-level data call, monthly (OSFI988)

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

Transaction-level (loan-level) data on non-retail lending: commercial real estate, corporate, sovereign, bank and commercial exposures, in all geographies. Each monthly submission has four files: borrower, facility, collateral and project. Source

Official title: Phase 3 988 non-retail transactional level data call

The facts

Who files
Deposit-taking institutions that OSFI asks to take part in the data call; the page lists the industry as deposit-taking institutions but does not name the filers. Source
How often
Monthly. The first Phase 3 submission was due February 25, 2025, for data as of January 31, 2025. Source
Deadline
"The 988 non-retail data call is to be submitted to OSFI on or before the 25th of each month." If that day is a holiday or weekend, it is due the next business day. Source
Format
Flat file. Plain-text, pipe-delimited files (ASCII 124), one per section, uploaded to RRS under return code OSFI 988. 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: data calls

Templates (4)

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

  • Borrower (01)
  • Facility (02)
  • Collateral (03)
  • Project (04)

The four files of each submission, as named in the instructions and the submission template. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. No validation rules file is published. The instructions say submissions are checked by an automated system and OSFI sends a data quality report if issues are found. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No publication of data from this data call 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.

Sources

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

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Last checked 11 November 2026.