Bank Act (S.C. 1991, c. 46)
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Act current to 2022-03-22 and last amended on 2022-02-26. Previous Versions
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Amendments *
| Amendment Citation | Amendment date |
|---|---|
| Canada Gazette Part I, Vol. 156, no. 9, page 859-862 | 2022-02-26 |
| 2008, c. 20 | 2022-01-01 |
| 2020, c. 1 | 2021-06-30 |
| SOR/2021-146 | 2021-06-30 |
| 2021, c. 23 | 2021-06-29 |
| Canada Gazette Part I, Vol. 155, no. 10, page 930-934 | 2021-03-06 |
| Canada Gazette Part I, Vol. 154, no. 19, pages 907-911 | 2020-05-09 |
| 2018, c. 27, s. 331 | 2020-04-30 |
| 2019, c. 29 | 2019-06-21 |
| 2014, c. 20, s. 366 | 2019-06-17 |
* List of amendments since 2019-01-01 (limited to last 10 amendments) [more details]
Regulations made under this Act
- Access to Basic Banking Services Regulations
- Access to Funds Regulations
- Affiliated Persons (Banks) Regulations
- Aggregate Financial Exposure (Banks) Regulations
- Agricultural Product Priority Claim (Banks) Regulations
- Aircraft Objects Regulations
- Annual Statement (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Bank Holding Company Proposal Regulations
- Bank Recapitalization (Bail-in) Issuance Regulations
- Cheque Holding Policy Disclosure (Banks) Regulations
- Civil Remedies (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Complaints (Banks, Authorized Foreign Banks and External Complaints Bodies) Regulations
- Corporate Interrelationships (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Cost of Borrowing (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Cost of Borrowing (Banks) Regulations
- Credit Business Practices (Banks, Authorized Foreign Banks, Trust and Loan Companies, Retail Associations, Canadian Insurance Companies and Foreign Insurance Companies) Regulations
- Deposit Type Instruments Regulations
- Disclosure of Charges (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Disclosure of Charges (Banks) Regulations
- Disclosure of Interest (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Disclosure of Interest (Banks) Regulations
- Disclosure on Account Opening by Telephone Request (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Disclosure on Account Opening by Telephone Request (Banks) Regulations
- Disclosure on Continuance Regulations (Federal Credit Unions)
- Distributing Bank and Distributing Bank Holding Company Regulations
- Electronic Documents (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Entity Associated with a Foreign Bank Regulations
- Entity Member of Group Regulations
- Equity of a Bank or a Bank Holding Company Regulations
- Exchange Rate (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Exempt Classes of Foreign Banks Regulations
- Exempt Debt Obligation Transactions (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Exemption for Public Notices or Documents (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Exemption from Approval for Certain Investments in Intragroup Service Entities (Bank Act) Regulations
- Exemption from Restrictions on Investments (Banks, Bank Holding Companies and Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Factoring Entity Regulations
- Federal Credit Union Conversion Regulations
- Finance Entity Regulations
- Financial Consumer Protection Framework Regulations [Not in force]
- Financial Leasing Entity Regulations
- Foreign Bank Representative Offices Regulations
- Form of Proxy (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Going-Private Transaction (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Guidelines Respecting Control in Fact for the Purpose of Section 377.2 of the Bank Act
- Guidelines Respecting Control in Fact for the Purpose of Subsection 377(1) of the Bank Act
- Information Processing Activities (Banks and Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Information Technology Activities (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Information Technology Activities (Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Information Technology Activities (Banks) Regulations
- Information Technology Activities (Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Insider Reports (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Insurance Business (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Insurance Business (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Investment Limits (Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Investment Limits (Banks) Regulations
- Manner of Calculation (Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Material Banking Group Percentage Regulations
- Meetings and Proposals (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Minority Investment (Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Minority Investment (Banks) Regulations
- Mortgage Insurance Business (Banks, Authorized Foreign Banks, Trust and Loan Companies, Retail Associations, Canadian Insurance Companies and Canadian Societies) Regulations
- Mortgage Insurance Disclosure (Banks, Authorized Foreign Banks, Trust and Loan Companies, Retail Associations, Canadian Insurance Companies and Canadian Societies) Regulations
- Name Use (Affiliates of Banks or Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Name use (Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Name Use in Securities-related Transactions (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Negative Option Billing Regulations
- Notice of Branch Closure (Banks) Regulations
- Notices of Deposit Restrictions (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Notices of Uninsured Deposits Regulations (Banks)
- Prepaid Payment Products Regulations
- Prescribed Deposits (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Prescribed Deposits (Banks without Deposit Insurance) Regulations
- Prescribed Products Regulations
- Principal Protected Notes Regulations
- Prohibited Activities Respecting Real Property (Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Prospectus (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Prospectus (Federal Credit Unions) Regulations
- Protection of Assets (Banks) Regulations
- Public Accountability Statements (Banks, Insurance Companies, Trust and Loan Companies) Regulations
- Public Inquiries into Objections (Banks), Rules Governing Proceedings at
- Public Inquiry (Authorized Foreign Banks) Rules
- Registered Products Regulations
- Registration of Bank Special Security Regulations
- Regulatory Capital (Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Regulatory Capital (Banks) Regulations
- Related Party Transactions (Banks) Regulations
- Resident Canadian (Banks) Regulations
- Sales or Trades (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Securities Dealing Restrictions (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Securities Dealing Restrictions (Banks) Regulations
- Security Certificate Transfer Fee (Banks, Bank Holding Companies, Insurance Companies and Insurance Holding Companies) Regulations
- Shared Premises Regulations (Banks)
- Specialized Financing (Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Specialized Financing (Banks) Regulations
- Specialized Financing (Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Subsidiaries Holding Bank Shares (Banks) Regulations
- Subsidiaries that Hold Bank Holding Company Shares Regulations
- Supervisory Information (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Supervisory Information (Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Supervisory Information (Banks) Regulations
- Support Orders and Support Provisions (Banks and Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations
- Total Assets for Supervisability and Public Holding Requirements (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations
- Use of the Word “Bank” by Non-financial Businesses (Excluded Entities) Regulations
Repealed regulations made under this Act
- Complaint Information (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations [Repealed]
- Complaint Information (Banks) Regulations [Repealed]
- Index-linked Deposits Interest Disclosure Regulations [Repealed]
- Insider Reports Exemptions (Banks) Regulations [Repealed]
- Insider Reports Regulations [Repealed]
- Material Percentage Regulations [Repealed]
- Name Use (Affiliates of Banks, or Bank Holding Companies, that Are Not Widely Held) Regulations [Repealed]
- Name Use (Foreign Banks) Regulations [Repealed]
- Prospectus (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations [Repealed]
- Prospectus Exemptions (Bank Holding Companies) Regulations [Repealed]
- Prospectus Exemptions (Banks) Regulations [Repealed]
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