Official release series Bank of Canada rate announcement
When is the next Bank of Canada rate announcement?
The Bank of Canada calendar puts the next Bank of Canada rate announcement at 9:45 AM EDT on Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026. Every one of the 8 dated entries lands at 9:45 AM Eastern, on a monthly interval, across the run from Jan 28, 2026 to Dec 9, 2026.
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- Los Angeles 6:45 AM Wednesday
- Denver 7:45 AM Wednesday
- Chicago 8:45 AM Wednesday
- New York 9:45 AM Wednesday
- London 2:45 PM Wednesday
- Frankfurt 3:45 PM Wednesday
- Mumbai 7:15 PM Wednesday
- Tokyo 10:45 PM Wednesday
- Sydney 11:45 PM Wednesday
What it measuresBank of Canada rate announcement, in one paragraph
The Bank of Canada rate announcement states the target for the overnight rate, the policy rate that anchors the cost of short-term Canadian-dollar borrowing. The Bank publishes eight fixed announcement dates each year and releases the decision at 09:45 Eastern Time.
What JMM reads first
The decision is only half the event. Read the statement for what changed in the Bank’s inflation and growth balance, then compare that language with the prior statement. Four meetings also carry a Monetary Policy Report, and those are the dates when the forecast path matters as much as the rate itself.
The series it carries Where bank of canada target for the overnight rate stands right now
This series sits at the August 2026 reference period, read straight from the Bank of Canada public API on the collection run below. The reference period is the month a value describes, not the day it was published.
Bank of Canada target for the overnight rate
V390792.25 percent, August 2026
- Previous reference period
- 2.25 in August 2026
- Change between them
- 0 percentage points
- JMM retrieval
- Aug 12, 2026, 9:17 PM EDT
Measured scheduleHow the Bank of Canada rate announcement calendar behaves
- Interval between entries
- A median of 42 days, with most entries close to it.
- Entries per year across the span
- 8.1 over Jan 28, 2026 to Dec 9, 2026
- Release time
- 9:45 AM Eastern on every one of the 8 entries, which resolves to 2 different UTC times across daylight saving.
- Usual weekday
- Wednesday on 8 of 8 entries
- Widest interval in the run
- 56 days, between Sep 2, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026
Every dated entry8 Bank of Canada rate announcement dates on record
Bank of Canada rate announcement dates in 2026 8 dates , 3 still ahead
| Date | Time (ET) | Weekday | Status | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:45 AM | Wednesday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 9:45 AM | Wednesday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 9:45 AM | Wednesday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 9:45 AM | Wednesday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 9:45 AM | Wednesday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 9:45 AM | Wednesday | Scheduled | Open event | |
| 9:45 AM | Wednesday | Scheduled | Open event | |
| 9:45 AM | Wednesday | Scheduled | Open event |
Scheduled is still ahead of the last collection. Published has a separate official receipt; Awaiting receipt has only the source schedule.
2026 schedule of policy interest rate announcements
Bank of Canada
Schedule source. Dates retain its timezone; Published appears only after JMM captures a separate release receipt. The calendar download uses these same records.