Total central bank assets (USD billion) - Canada - BIS - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Central bank total assets (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Canada, the total assets held by the central bank stood at 168.62 USD billion in October 2025, compared to 170.24 in September 2025. This constitutes a reduction of 0.95 percent.
Sample. There are 970 records in the monthly time series displayed in the plot above. The period covered by the series stretches from January 1945 to October 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics we computed on the entire sample: assets reached their lowest level of 1.82 billion US dollars in September 1946; they reached their maximum of 455.78 in February 2021; they were equal on average to 41.97.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar billion |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 179.73 |
| 2025-09-30 | 170.24 |
| 2025-10-31 | 168.62 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total central bank assets in USD, adjusted to be comparable across time and countries |
| Country | Canada |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Assets (balance-sheet item) |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollar billion |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Level (adjusted for breaks) |
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