Country · North America

Canada

Check who the institutions in Canada are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. One tracked register covers Canada, FINTRAC’s Money Services Business Registry, so institutions without a BIC appear where it lists them.

4,501
Institutions
Active · plus 4,325 inactive
573
Hold a BIC
13% of institutions
4,005
On a tracked register
89% of institutions
654
LEI mapped
15% of institutions
5
ECB-supervised
5 significant, 0 less significant

Canada at a glance

Every row is the same 4,501 institutions, split by one attribute

Type

  • Crypto 2,441 · 54%
  • Money service business 1,475 · 33%
  • Financial institution 403 · 9%
  • Payments & e-money 105 · 2.3%
  • Other 77 · 1.7%

Identification

Regulation level

LEI

  • LEI mapped 654 · 15%
  • No LEI mapped 3,847 · 86%
View as table
AttributeInstitutionsShare
Type
Crypto2,44154%
Money service business1,47533%
Financial institution4039%
Payments & e-money1052.3%
Non-financial corporate621.4%
Credit institution150.3%
Identification
BIC only49611%
BIC and a register licence771.7%
Register only, no BIC3,92887%
Regulation level
Prudential licence150.3%
AML registration only4,00589%
Not on a tracked register48111%
LEI
LEI mapped65415%
No LEI mapped3,84786%

An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.

BIC data as at 23 September 2026 · Registers retrieved 25 September 2026

Institutions in Canada

The first 25 of 4,501 institutions in Canada, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Canada.

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See the 4,325 institutions marked inactive →

Regulation and supervision

One tracked register covers Canada, retrieved 25 September 2026. Of the 4,501 institutions here, 4,005 are on it. By regulation level: 15 prudentially supervised, 4,005 registered for AML only, 481 not on a tracked register.

Registers covering Canada

Institutions in Canada holding an active licence or registration on each register

RegisterPublisherInstitutions hereOf which hold a BICInactiveAs at
Money Services Business RegistryFINTRAC-MSBFinancial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)4,005774,34125 September 2026

Institutions that hold a BIC and are on a tracked register

Their register licences are shown on their page

See all 77 institutions that hold a BIC and are on a tracked register →

Supervisors

Authorities named on the ECB list and on the active licences of institutions here

AuthorityBasisInstitutions
FINTRACLicences on the tracked registers4,005
FinCENLicences on the tracked registers14

Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere

97 institutions registered in other countries give Canada as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register. 14 institutions in Canada also hold licences registered in other countries; they count here only.

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Groups and systemic importance

Institutions in Canada belong to 21 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 24 corporate groups in the directory here. For 96 institutions here, GLEIF records a parent in another country.

Largest other groups

GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country

Groups headquartered here

Largest of 24, by legal entities in the directory

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Parents abroad

Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent)

GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control.

Payments and connectivity

Of the 573 institutions in Canada that hold a BIC, 26.7% are connected to Swift and 9 are Swift GPI members, as at 23 September 2026. Network data does not exist for the 3,928 that do not hold a BIC.

Connection to Swift

Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory

  • Connected to Swift153 · 26.7%
  • Reverse billing189 · 33%
  • Passive participant (no connection)231 · 40.3%

A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network.

Payment schemes

Institutions that hold a BIC, reachable in each scheme

Swift GPI members
9 institutions
Swift GPI members, live
7 institutions
See all 9 Swift GPI members →

Trading venues

36 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category

  • Systematic internaliserSINT23
  • Not specifiedNSPD9
  • Alternative trading systemATSS2
  • OtherOTHR2

All BIC codes in Canada

Look up any of the 802 BIC codes registered in Canada: the head offices and branch codes of the 573 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.

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Where branch codes cluster

Branch codes by city, top 8

  • Toronto128
  • Montreal33
  • Mississauga21
  • Vancouver21
  • Winnipeg8
  • Calgary6
  • Halifax3
  • Levis2

Other countries in North America

The directory has pages for 3 other countries and territories in North America.

BermudaSt. Pierre & MiquelonUnited States

Sources & method

Each institution counts once, in one country: the BIC country when it holds a BIC, otherwise the country of the register that lists it. Licences in other countries are shown on its page.

Sanctions listings are matched on the BIC and on the LEI mapped to it, so they cover institutions that hold a BIC only. Institutions without a BIC are not screened. Always screen against the official lists.

Read the methodology →

Sources for this page

  • Swift ISO 9362 BIC directory—institutions and branch codes, mapped to LEIs through the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. As at 23 September 2026
  • Money Services Business Registry—Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) · register ↗ retrieved 25 September 2026
  • ECB list of supervised entities · ECB ↗ published 20 August 2026
  • FSB 2025 list of global systemically important banks · FSB ↗ published 27 November 2025
  • GLEIF relationship records (Level 2)—accounting consolidation as reported to GLEIF · about Level 2 data ↗ as at 25 September 2026

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