Bank of Canada

Remarks CFA Toronto Available as: PDF Introduction Today we are combining two traditions—one old, one new. The older tradition, which goes back...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at 1 ¾ per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 2 per cent and the deposit rate...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF The Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada today announced the appointment of Paul Beaudry as Deputy Governor, effective February 18, 2019. Mr. Beaudry’s appointment, which is the result of an open search process, fills the vacancy created by the departure of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF The Bank of Canada Museum is inviting Canadians of all ages to visit the new exhibition A Noteworthy Woman, which depicts the life of Viola Desmond, an icon of the human rights and social justice movement in Canada and the first Canadian woman to appear on a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF The Bank of Canada today announced the five finalist teams in the 2018–19 edition of The Governor’s Challenge, a competition where university students simulate the role of advisor to the Bank’s Governing Council. Congratulations to: University of Alberta,...

Presentation Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation National Housing Conference Available as: PDF Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins discusses how monetary and macroprudential policies interact with each other and how they affect financial stability....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF The Bank of Canada will assess a broad range of monetary policy frameworks ahead of the renewal in 2021 of the inflation-control agreement, a joint agreement between the federal government and the Bank that is renewed every five years, Senior Deputy Governor...

Remarks McGill University Max Bell School of Public Policy Available as: PDF WHEREAS it is desirable to establish a central bank in Canada to regulate credit and currency in the interests of the economic life of the nation, to control and protect the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Available as: PDF The Bank of Canada today issued the new vertical $10 bank note featuring the portrait of social justice icon Viola Desmond, during a ceremony at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) in Winnipeg. Canadians will start to see this new note over the coming weeks...