The facts
- Who files
- OSFI's reporting requirements tables list it for: Canadian property and casualty insurers; foreign property and casualty insurers. 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
- XML, Excel. OSFI's federal filing requirements table (Section V) marks this filing as: XML file: Yes; special Excel file (OSFI662): Yes. 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 forceOSFI has published 2027 versions of the insurer returns for IFRS 18. The 2027 pages say insurers with a December 31, 2026 year end use the new returns from January 1, 2027, and those with an October 31, 2027 year end from November 1, 2027. Filed 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
- Property and casualty insurers: financial statements
Templates (14)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the OSFI's code in brackets.
- Assets (20.10)
- Liabilities and Equity (20.11)
- Liability Roll Forward (Analysis by measurement component (Insurance contracts not measured under the PAA - excluding Segregated Funds)) (20.12)
- Liability Roll Forward (Analysis by remaining coverage and incurred claims (all insurance contracts - excluding Segregated Funds)) (20.14)
- Liability Roll Forward (Reinsurance contracts held analysis by measurement component (Contracts not measured under the PAA - excluding Segregated Funds)) (20.16)
- Liability Roll Forward (Reinsurance contracts held analysis by remaining coverage and incurred claims (all contracts - excluding Segregated Funds)) (20.18)
- Statement of Profit or Loss (20.22)
- Statement of Residual Interest - Policyholders' Equity (20.41)
- Comprehensive Income(Loss) & Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income(Loss) (20.42)
- Head Office Account (20.45)
- Statement of Cash Flows (20.52)
- Statement of Changes in Equity (20.54)
- Notes to the Financial Statements (20.60)
- Certification (99.16)
Schedules (worksheets) in pc1-2024-en.xlsx, named from the workbook's table of contents or schedule titles. Source
Validation rules
888 rules, as counted from the OSFI's published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source
How they are written: Excel workbook, one row per rule (Rule ID, Rule Type, Description and a Formula or Expression column in OSFI's RRS rule syntax, for example EqualWithinThreshold([P20106201],-1*[P201465919],1,0)).
The validation rules published for the next (2027) version, pc1-2027-q1-t1-09-10-2026-validation-en.xlsx, list 894 rules.
How they were counted
Counted 888 rows with a rule in the 'Validation rules' sheet of pc1-2024-q4-t4-validation-en.xlsx (888 error).
Counts are in the OSFI's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.
Public data
Published firm by firm. OSFI publishes data from this return institution by institution, with industry totals, as CSV files on the Government of Canada open data portal: "PC1 - P&C Core Financial Statement Return (Active)" in the Property and casualty companies dataset. Source
Where it is published (CSV)
- OSFI financial data: Property and casualty companies (open.canada.ca)
Firm by firm · CSV (long format: one row per institution, period and data point address, with English and French labels)
Institution-by-institution data, with industry totals, from OSFI's returns for property and casualty companies, one CSV file per return: MI -Mortgage Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (Active); MI3 - Mortgage Insurers Core Financial Statement Return (Active); MI4 - Mortgage Insurers Supervisory Quarterly Return (Active); MI5 - Mortgage Insurers Supervisory Annual Return (Active); PC1 - P&C Core Financial Statement Return (Active); PC2 - P&C Supervisory Quarterly Return (Active); PC3 - P&C Supervisory Annual Return (Active); PC4 - P&C Minimum Capital Test and Branch Adequacy of Assets Test (Active). The dataset is updated quarterly (last updated on the portal 2026-10-21) and also holds 6 CSV files for returns OSFI no longer collects, a data dictionary and a user manual. The dataset page gives 2026 publication dates: monthly returns on or about the 15th of each month; quarterly returns about a week after the due date (Q1 due May 15, published May 23; Q2 due Aug 14, published Aug 22; Q3 due Nov 14, published Nov 22; Q4 due March 1, published March 19). Source
Official documents (27)
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 Property & Casualty Insurance Companies
List of returns · HTML · January 2026
- Property and casualty insurance return (2026) - Section I - Introduction
Instructions · HTML · September 2024
- Property and casualty insurance return (2026) - Section II - Filing Requirements
Instructions · HTML · January 2024
- Property and casualty insurance return (2026) - Section III - Definitions
Instructions · HTML · July 2025
- Property and casualty insurance return (2026) - Section IV - Detailed Instructions
Instructions · HTML · July 2025
- Property and casualty insurance return (2026) - Section V - Jurisdictional Requirements
Instructions · HTML · June 2024
- Property and casualty insurance return (2026) - Section VI - Change Control Log
Release note · HTML · October 2025
- Property and casualty insurance return (2027) - Section I - Introduction
Instructions · HTML · September 2026
- Property and casualty insurance return (2027) - Section II - Filing Requirements
Instructions · HTML · September 2026
- Property and casualty insurance return (2027) - Section III - Definitions
Instructions · HTML · September 2026
- Property and casualty insurance return (2027) - Section IV - Detailed Instructions
Instructions · HTML · September 2026
- Property and casualty insurance return (2027) - Section V - Jurisdictional Requirements
Instructions · HTML · September 2026
- Property and casualty insurance return (2027) - Section VI - Change Control Log
Release note · HTML · September 2026
- Property and casualty (P&C) insurance return (2026)
Instructions · HTML · 5 September 2024
- Property and casualty (P&C) insurance return (2027)
Instructions · HTML · September 2026
- IFRS 18: Presentation and Disclosure Standard impact on Federally Regulated Insurer Reporting to OSFI
Guidance · HTML · 10 September 2026
- PC1 - Q4 2024 Core financial return (clean)
Template · XLSX · 100.0 KB · 5 September 2024
SHA-256
ba7b69f70946show in fullba7b69f70946a345f0809954f11caa15f8df4d7fa2c5792e0a83d27c5465e983 - PC1 - Q4 2024 Core financial return (tracked changes)
Template · XLSX · 101.4 KB · 5 September 2024
Version with tracked changes against the previous version.
SHA-256
37692d7ddef2show in full37692d7ddef231a33ef1984465f7957402c022a0532d2294349248fd0283376e - PC1 - Q4 2024 Core financial quarterly return validation rules
Validation rules · XLSX · 163.9 KB · 24 October 2024
SHA-256
41c5f8c54edfshow in full41c5f8c54edf4c80a2815da58947dd8d35b0a748a9efb68e1938b556c251196a - PC1 - Q4 2024 sample XML
Sample · XML · 150.1 KB · 8 November 2024
SHA-256
025ae6fb957fshow in full025ae6fb957f4493a24b017022ee4fa64fec24052349ac404802149a65687a64 - PC1 - Q4 2024 sample XSD
Schema · XSD · 903.4 KB · 8 November 2024
SHA-256
596b333e0ec2show in full596b333e0ec27d5f983bca7429f7520eb4e8c2b6cbac09ce4938c52a1080f7ba - PC1 - Q1 2027 Core financial return (clean)
Template · XLSX · 103.5 KB · 8 September 2026
SHA-256
c62352a1c058show in fullc62352a1c0584f9c117d47a402c57b2dc91c405c5572b314f40b169335732023 - PC1 - Q1 2027 Core financial return (tracked changes)
Template · XLSX · 112.7 KB · 8 September 2026
Version with tracked changes against the previous version.
SHA-256
78640edd7398show in full78640edd7398562fc62043430ed717a55e84b6f251a6391e3ba1c4e607b9afe1 - PC1 - Q1 2027 Core financial quarterly return validation rules
Validation rules · XLSX · 173.0 KB · 8 September 2026
SHA-256
45507477fbe3show in full45507477fbe3b7ae7e30e2ff5ad4a6729c558ce896347bb80495a25975e690fa - PC1 - Q1 2027 sample XML
Sample · XML · 151.6 KB · 8 September 2026
SHA-256
1bbd56022e1bshow in full1bbd56022e1b6c91fc7d903d844587907deabfd6498cc318a90c00fd1e79ae12 - PC1 - Q1 2027 sample XSD
Schema · XSD · 612.7 KB · 8 September 2026
SHA-256
48e2c5d18ce2show in full48e2c5d18ce2bc4e50ccbc586b55c81f0e7e8a90c456c84d4668c23641034839 - Manage Financial Returns User Guide for Insurance Companies and Private Pension Plans
Filing rules · PDF · 2.4 MB · 5 February 2024
SHA-256
8365ae545e5ashow in full8365ae545e5a1ad6b3b9e3048c93aeba75708d7dbcbd768ac4a02f9236d4fd95
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/property-casualty-insurance-return-2027-section-ii-filing-requirements
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/reporting-requirements-property-casualty-insurance-companies
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/property-casualty-insurance-return-2027-section-v-jurisdictional-requirements
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/about-osfi/progress-our-initiatives/modernizing-we-collect-data-institutions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/pc-insurance-return-section-introduction
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/pc-insurance-return-section-ii-filing-requirements
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/pc-insurance-return-section-iii-definitions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/pc-insurance-return-section-iv-detailed-instructions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/pc-insurance-return-section-v-jurisdictional-requirements
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/pc-insurance-return-section-vi-change-control-log
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/property-casualty-insurance-return-2027-section-introduction
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/property-casualty-insurance-return-2027-section-iii-definitions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/property-casualty-insurance-return-2027-section-iv-detailed-instructions
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/property-casualty-insurance-return-2027-section-vi-change-control-log
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/property-casualty-pc-insurance-return-2026
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/property-casualty-pc-insurance-return-2027
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/reporting-returns/filing-financial-returns/financial-reporting-instructions/ifrs-18-presentation-disclosure-standard-impact-federally-regulated-insurer-reporting-osfi
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/pc1-2024-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/pc1-2024-dft-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/pc1-2024-q4-t4-validation-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/pc1-2024-q4-t4.xml
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/pc1-2024-q4-t4.xsd
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/pc1-2027-q1-t1-09-10-2026-return-releve-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/pc1-2027-q1-t1-09-10-2026-return-releve-trck-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/pc1-2027-q1-t1-09-10-2026-validation-en.xlsx
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/pc1-2027-q1-t1-09-10-2026.xml
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/pc1-2027-q1-t1-09-10-2026.xsd
- osfi-bsif.gc.ca/sites/default/files/documents/rrs_mcr_ins_EN.pdf
- open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/4c6c515f-7c44-4bb6-ab56-c5f79f75f705
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