Bank of Canada Decisions & Mortgage Rate Context Archive

Bank decisions by year

Follow published Bank of Canada rate decisions by year and open the Greater Sudbury housing and mortgage-rate context recorded for each announcement date.

The Bank sets its policy interest rate; lenders set their own mortgage products and pricing. Open a decision date for the Canadian economic reasoning and the Greater Sudbury planning context available at that time.

Decision period Pages What the period contains
2015–2019 40 Low-rate holds, two 2015 cuts and the 2017–2018 tightening cycle
2020 10 Emergency cuts, market support and early recovery decisions
2021–2022 16 Extended 0.25% holds followed by the 2022 tightening cycle
2023–2026 30 Peak-rate decisions, easing and 2026 holds through September 2

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015