Ottawa, Ontario

• February 17, 2021

  Bank of Canada announces 2020-21 scholarship recipients

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of its scholarship awards for students with disabilities, Indigenous students and students who identify as a woman or as a member of a visible minority or racialized group, or person of colour.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): Scholarship awards
• February 16, 2021

  University of Alberta crowned National Champion of The Governor’s Challenge

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The University of Alberta has won the Bank of Canada’s sixth annual Governor’s Challenge, a national student competition in which teams simulate the role of advisor to the Bank’s Governing Council.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): The Governor's Challenge
• January 20, 2021

  Press Conference: Monetary Policy Report – January 2021

  

  

  Release of the Monetary Policy Report — Press conference by Governor Tiff Macklem (11:00 (ET) approx.).

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts
• January 20, 2021

  Monetary Policy Report Press Conference Opening Statement

  Opening statement Tiff Macklem Ottawa, Ontario

  Governor Tiff Macklem discusses key issues involved in the Governing Council’s deliberations about the policy rate decision and the MPR.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
• January 20, 2021

  Bank of Canada will hold current level of policy rate until inflation objective is achieved, continues quantitative easing

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent, with the Bank Rate at ½ percent and the deposit rate at ¼ percent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• December 9, 2020

  Bank of Canada will maintain current level of policy rate until inflation objective is achieved, continues its quantitative easing program

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at the effective lower bound of ¼ percent, with the Bank Rate at ½ percent and the deposit rate at ¼ percent.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• November 26, 2020

  Opening Statement before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

  Opening statement Tiff Macklem House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Ottawa, Ontario

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements Topic(s): Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Financial stability, Monetary policy, Recent economic and financial developments
• November 24, 2020

  Bank of Canada announces finalists for the sixth annual Governor’s Challenge

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada has announced the five finalist teams in the 2020-21 edition of The Governor’s Challenge, a competition where university students simulate the role of advisor to the Bank’s Governing Council.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Source(s): The Governor's Challenge
• November 19, 2020

  Reminder: Changes to legal tender status will take effect in 2021

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  In accordance with amendments to the Bank of Canada Act and the Currency Act approved by Parliament in 2018, the federal government will remove legal tender status from some older bank notes as of January 1, 2021.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases
• November 17, 2020

  Public Policy Forum – Panel participation

  

  

  Sustainable Finance and the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy – Tiff Macklem, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, participates in a panel discussion at the Public Policy Forum. (14:00 ET)

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Webcasts