Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Canada
Canada: Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets was 16.1% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Canada, 1998–2020
Source: Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Canada is 16.1%, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Canada peaked at 16.2% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 10.6%, in 1998.
That places Canada 110th out of 141 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Canada, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 10.6% | — |
| 1999 | 11.7% | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 11.9% | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 12.3% | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 12.4% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 13.4% | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 13.3% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 12.9% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 15.4% | +19.4% |
| 2007 | 14.8% | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 12.2% | -17.6% |
| 2009 | 14.7% | +20.5% |
| 2010 | 15.6% | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 15.9% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 16.2% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 14.3% | -11.3% |
| 2014 | 14.2% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 14.2% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 14.8% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 15.2% | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 15.3% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 16.1% | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.1% | 10.6% | 11.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.3% | 11.9% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 14.2% | 16.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.1% | 16.1% | 16.1% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Canada
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 85,674 current LCU per person (2008)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.83 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2008)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 20.77 % change on previous year (2008)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 71.85 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 91.73 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 91.73 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 91.73 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,202 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Canada?
- Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets in Canada was 16.1% in 2020, according to Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 16.2% in 2012.
- What is the lowest bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6% in 1998.
- How does Canada rank for bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets?
- Canada ranks 110th out of 141 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Soundness Indicators Database (fsi.imf.org), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Reported by IMF staff. Note that due to differences in national accounting, taxation, and supervisory regimes, these data are not strictly comparable across countries.