Government securities auctions

The government's public debt consists largely of outstanding government securities, such as treasury bills and marketable bonds. The Bank sells the securities at auction to financial market distributors and dealers.

Schedules and results

• Quarterly Bond Schedule
• Upcoming Treasury bill ISINs
• Calls for Tenders and Results (including historical auction results)
• Auction Timetable

Rules and terms

• Calculation of the Clean Price of a Bond in a Cash Management Bond Repurchase Operation
• Calculation of the Conversion Ratio in a Duration-Neutral Switch Operation
• Details on Bond Buyback Operations
• Details on the reopening of off-the-run Government of Canada bonds
• Frequently asked questions – Division of BCAS User Types
• Proposed repurchase program for the Bank of Canada's holdings of Government of Canada securities
  • Read follow-up comments.
• Standard Terms for Auctions of Government of Canada Securities (effective before September 2, 2025)
• Standard Terms for Auctions of Government of Canada Securities (effective September 2, 2025)
• Overview of the Standard Terms for Auctions of Government of Canada Securities (effective September 2, 2025)
• Standard Terms for Auctions of Government of Canada Ultra Long Bonds
• Overview of the Standard Terms for Government of Canada’s Modified Auction for Ultra-Long Bonds
• IIROC Rule 7100
  • A code of conduct developed by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada to reinforce the integrity of the secondary market for Government of Canada securities
• Rule 7200

Standard terms for auctions

• Standard Terms for Auctions to Primary Dealers Under the Bank of Canada Securities-Lending Program
• Terms and conditions governing the morning auction of Receiver General cash balances
• Terms and conditions governing the afternoon auction of Receiver General cash balances
• Switch operations of Government of Canada Marketable Bonds
• Repurchase Operations of Government of Canada Marketable Bonds
• Terms and Conditions for Term Repo Operations
• Bank of Canada Margin Call Practice for Domestic Operations

Legal Terms and Conditions for Government of Canada Domestic Marketable Debt Securities

• Legal Terms and Conditions

Forms and certificates

Certificates of compliance

• Annual Certificate of Compliance
• Annual Bank of Canada auction system (BCAS) attestation
• Certificate of Non-Affiliated Bidder
• Certificate for Separate Bidder Status
• Incumbency Certificate

Forms

• Form for reporting customer net positions directly to the Bank of Canada
• Customer's Application for Bidder Identification Number
• Application for Ultra Long Bonds Bidder Identification Number

Data

• Bank of Canada holdings
• Government of Canada treasury bills and bonds outstanding
• Real Return Bonds - Index Ratio
• Summary of Government of Canada Direct Securities and Loans
• Government of Canada Direct Marketable Bonds: Details of Unmatured Outstanding Issues

Definitions and formulas

Department of Finance Canada

• Description of Government of Canada Market Debt Instruments
• Formulas and Market Conventions for Bonds and Treasury Bills

Bank of Canada

• Inclusion of Reconstituted Bonds into the Computation of Net Excess Long Positions

Canadian Debt Strategy Model

• The Canadian Debt Strategy Model (Bank of Canada Review — Summer 2008)
• The Canadian Debt Strategy Model: An Overview of the Principal Elements (Staff Discussion Paper 2011-3)
• Canadian Debt Strategy Model code on GitHub

Distributors and dealers

Government securities distributors

Treasury bills

• ATB Securities Inc.
• Bank of Montreal
• Beacon Securities Limited
• Canaccord Genuity Corp.
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
• Casgrain & Company Limited
• CTI Capital Securities Inc.
• Desjardins Securities Inc.
• Laurentian Bank Securities Inc.
• Merrill Lynch Canada Inc.
• National Bank Financial Inc.
• Odlum Brown Limited
• RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
• Scotia Capital Inc.
• Sherbrooke Street Capital (SSC) Inc.
• The Toronto-Dominion Bank

Bonds

• ATB Securities Inc.
• Beacon Securities Limited
• BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
• Canaccord Genuity Corp.
• Casgrain & Company Limited
• CIBC World Markets Inc.
• CTI Capital Securities Inc.
• Desjardins Securities Inc.
• Laurentian Bank Securities Inc.
• Merrill Lynch Canada Inc.
• National Bank Financial Inc.
• Odlum Brown Limited
• RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
• Scotia Capital Inc.
• Sherbrooke Street Capital (SSC) Inc.
• The Toronto-Dominion Bank

Primary dealers

Treasury bills

• Bank of Montreal
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
• Desjardins Securities Inc.
• Laurentian Bank Securities Inc.
• National Bank Financial Inc.
• RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
• Scotia Capital Inc.
• The Toronto-Dominion Bank

Bonds

• BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
• Casgrain & Company Limited
• CIBC World Markets Inc.
• Desjardins Securities Inc.
• Merrill Lynch Canada Inc.
• Laurentian Bank Securities Inc.
• National Bank Financial Inc.
• RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
• Scotia Capital Inc.
• The Toronto-Dominion Bank