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Bank of Canada Confirms 8 Rate Decision Dates for Next Year
The Bank of Canada has published its complete schedule of policy interest rate announcements for 2027, giving mortgage brokers and their clients a full planning horizon for the year ahead, alongside reconfirmed dates for the final three decisions of 2026.
The central bank’s overnight rate currently sits at 2.25%, where it has remained for six consecutive decisions, making the 2027 calendar release a particularly consequential one for professionals navigating a prolonged hold environment.
The eight 2027 announcement dates fall on January 27, March 3, April 28, June 2, July 21, September 8, October 27, and December 8. All announcements will take place at 09:45 ET.
The Bank also reconfirmed that the three remaining 2026 decisions will occur on September 2, October 28, and December 9.
As in previous years, the Monetary Policy Report (MPR) — the Bank’s quarterly assessment of the inflation outlook and Canadian economic conditions — will be released alongside the January, April, July, and October announcements.
Those four dates carry added significance for market participants and brokers because they include the Bank’s updated economic projections, offering a fuller picture of where Governing Council sees the rate path heading.
What the calendar means for brokers
For mortgage professionals, the schedule is more than an administrative formality. It is the framework around which client conversations about rate risk and renewal strategy are built.
Brokers who stay ahead of each announcement date are better positioned to guide clients through fixed-versus-variable decisions at critical junctures, a skill that has grown in importance as the Canadian mortgage renewal wave continues to move through the system.
Brokers can track the full Bank of Canada decision-making calendar, including the schedule of Business Outlook Survey releases and Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations, directly through the Bank’s website.
The Bank also published its 2027 release dates for the Business Outlook Survey and the Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations — two closely watched sentiment indicators that signal whether business confidence and household spending expectations are shifting.
Those surveys are scheduled for January 18, April 19, July 12, and October 18 in 2027, all at 11:30 ET. The Financial Stability Report will be published on May 18 at 10:00 ET.
A hold environment stretching into 2027
Sal Guatieri, director and senior economist at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto, previously told Canadian Mortgage Professional that the Bank appeared in no rush to move rates in either direction.
“Today it does look like the Bank of Canada is on hold for the foreseeable future,” he said.
“There are of course risks on both sides to that call. If the trade war ends up causing further harm to our economy, the Bank may need to cut rates. But at the same time, the Iran conflict and the resulting rise in oil prices could push inflation higher and the Bank of Canada may need to respond to that.”
Claire Fan, senior economist at RBC Economics, has maintained that the Bank of Canada will hold rates steady through the balance of 2026 before hiking modestly in 2027, contingent on a sustained economic recovery and stable inflation.
That view is broadly consistent with the consensus across Canada’s major financial institutions, most of which do not forecast a rate change before well into next year.
Leah Zlatkin, a licensed mortgage broker and LowestRates.ca expert, previously noted that “we’ve moved into a much more normalized rate environment,” adding that “there’s no clear signal that rates are heading materially lower.”
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