Key dates and reminders

Deadlines

  • By February 28, 2024 or April 30, 2024

    Within 120 days of the member’s fiscal year-end, members must submit audited and Board approved end-of-year financial statements, with comparisons to the preceding year’s statements, to CDIC, according to section 15(1) of the CDIC Deposit Insurance Policy By-lawAt that time, members must also supply CDIC with a current list of all their subsidiaries and affiliates and a current list of all their directors and officers, along with titles, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers. Submissions are to be provided by email to members@cdic.ca.

  • Months of March and April 2024

    Under the CDIC Act and CDIC Co-Owned and Trust Deposit Disclosure By-law, member institutions are required each year, during the month of March, to provide notifications to trustees and Professional Trustees. Notifications must meet CDIC requirements and should set out details including: the information trustees and Professional Trustees must provide or update; the manner of provision; and the consequences of failing to provide that information. Additionally, member institutions are required to notify Nominee Brokers each April to provide CDIC with updated attestations and contact information via the Nominee Broker Portal. Template notifications developed by CDIC with the input of the Canadian Bankers Association can be found on CDIC’s Legislation and By-laws page.

  • By April 30, 2024

    Members must provide the completed Differential Premiums Form for the 2024 premium year.

  • By July 15, 2024

    Member institutions must provide their completed Return of Insured Deposits (RID) submission and related premium payment for the 2024 premium year by July 15th, 2024. (Note: members may either pay the full premium amount for the premium year by July 15th, 2024, or pay in two equal installments, the first due by July 15th, 2024, and the second due by December 15th, 2024).

  • By July 15, 2024

    Pursuant to subsection 10(c) of the CDIC Deposit Insurance Information By-law, member institutions must provide CDIC with an up-to-date list of all the trade names they use for eligible deposit taking activities, along with their Return of Insured Deposits submission. For more information about this requirement, please consult the Deposit Insurance Information By-law: Information Bulletin.

  • By July 15, 2024

    Pursuant to section 11(3) of the CDIC Deposit Insurance Information By-law, member institutions must provide CDIC with an up-to-date list of eligible deposit products that are sold by the member, along with their Return of Insured Deposits submission.

  • Beginning on October 1, 2024

    Pursuant to the CDIC Eligible Financial Contracts By-law, member institutions must incorporate the stay provisions of the CDIC Act into the contractual provisions of the prescribed class of Eligible Financial Contracts entered into, amended or renewed on or after October 1, 2024, where the counterparty is other than a CDIC member institution, a G-SIB, or an affiliate of such institution (subject to certain exceptions). Please consult the CDIC Eligible Financial Contracts By-law and the CDIC Act for more details about this requirement.

  • By December 15, 2024

    Members must submit their second premium installment by December 15th, 2024, if applicable.

Important Reminders

DSR Compliance Pretesting services

Members are hereby informed that CDIC will not be providing pretesting services for deposit data extracts until further notice.

Changes to Trade Names

Pursuant to Subsection 10(d) of the CDIC Deposit Insurance Information By-law, member institutions must provide CDIC with notice of any new trade name to be used in the course of its deposit-taking activities relating to deposits eligible to be insured by the Corporation, within 15 days of usage. Notice is to be provided by email to members@cdic.ca.

Changes to Directors and Officers

Pursuant to section 18 of the CDIC Deposit Insurance Policy By-law, members must notify CDIC without delay of any material changes to the information provided in accordance with sections 15 of the By-law, including any changes to the members’ directors and officers. Notice of any such change must be provided by email to members@cdic.ca.

Notification in respect of Important Transactions

Pursuant to section 17 of the CDIC Deposit Insurance Policy By-law, member institutions must notify CDIC of important transactions, including any proposed change in control, proposed amalgamation or merger, and/or proposed transfers of all or substantially all liabilities. Notice is to be provided by email to members@cdic.ca.

Notice of Material Change (DSIBs)

Pursuant to section 6 of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Resolution Planning By-law, a Domestic Systemically Important Bank (DSIB) must notify CDIC as soon as feasible after the occurrence of a change in a bank group’s legal structure, business, operations, critical functions, critical shared services or material legal entities, or in the laws and regulations applicable to the bank group, that would require one or more amendments to the bank’s resolution plan. Examples of a material change may include an acquisition of an entity that meets the thresholds for a material legal entity, or reorganization of shared services that impacts cross-border execution of the resolution strategy. Notice is to be provided by email to members@cdic.ca.