November 23, 2011 Renewing Canada’s Monetary Policy Framework Remarks Mark Carney Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal Montréal, Quebec Governor Mark Carney discusses the key elements of Canada’s inflation-targeting regime. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks
November 17, 2011 Promoting Canada’s Economic and Financial Well-being in an Uncertain World Presentation Jean Boivin Thompson Chamber of Commerce Thompson, Manitoba Deputy Governor Jean Boivin discusses the Bank of Canada’s current economic outlook, the road from recession to recovery, and the Bank’s four main responsibilities. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Presentations
November 16, 2011 Debt Management Strategy Consultations - 2012-13 The Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada are seeking views of government securities distributors, institutional investors, and other interested parties on issues related to the design and operation of the Government of Canada’s domestic debt program for 2012-13 and beyond. Content Type(s): Press, Market notices
July 20, 2011 Release of the Monetary Policy Report Opening statement Mark Carney Ottawa, Ontario Press conference following the release of the Monetary Policy Report. Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Opening statements
July 20, 2011 Monetary Policy Report – July 2011 The Canadian economy is projected to expand by 2.8 per cent in 2011, 2.6 per cent in 2012, and 2.1 per cent in 2013, returning to capacity in the middle of 2012. Total CPI inflation is expected to return to the 2 per cent target by the middle of 2012. Content Type(s): Publications, Monetary Policy Report
July 11, 2011 Senior Loan Officer Survey - Second-Quarter 2011 The survey results point to an overall net easing in business-lending conditions. The balance of opinion regarding both price and non-price lending conditions showed the greatest degree of consensus on easing since the survey began in 1999. Content Type(s): Publications, Senior Loan Officer Survey
August 20, 2010 Bank notes: Multimedia Access videos about our bank notes, along with images past and present. Images in this gallery are available for non-commercial use only.
September 10, 2010 1935 series The Bank of Canada was founded in 1934 and given responsibility, through an Act of Parliament, to regulate the country's money supply and to "promote the economic and financial welfare of Canada."
September 13, 2010 1937 series The creation of a second series of bank notes, only two years after the first, was prompted by changes in Canadian government legislation that required the Bank of Canada to produce bilingual bank notes.
December 6, 2011 Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases