OSFI · Authentication Profile

Osfi Authentication

Authentication

OSFI runs two entirely separate surfaces with two different auth models: an anonymous READ surface (its data on Canada's Open Government Portal) and a gated WRITE/FILING surface (the Regulatory Reporting System behind Bank of Canada Connect).

OSFI secures its APIs with none and portal-login across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

InsuranceCanadaRegulatorLife InsuranceProperty and CasualtyFinancial RegulationPrudential SupervisionOpen DataRisk DataMarket InfrastructureBankingBasel IIICapital AdequacyRegulatory ReportingPensions
Methods: none, portal-login Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in:

Security Schemes

anonymous none
bank-of-canada-connect portal-login

Source

Authentication Profile

osfi-authentication.yml Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-25'
method: searched
source: live probes of https://open.canada.ca/data/en/api/3/action and https://connect-connexion.bank-banque-canada.ca
  on 2026-07-25; https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/open-government-osfi-financial-data
description: 'OSFI runs two entirely separate surfaces with two different auth models: an anonymous READ
  surface (its data on Canada''s Open Government Portal) and a gated WRITE/FILING surface (the Regulatory
  Reporting System behind Bank of Canada Connect).'
summary:
  types:
  - none
  - portal-login
  api_key_in: []
  oauth2_flows: []
  public_read_requires_credentials: false
schemes:
- name: anonymous
  type: none
  surface: public data — CKAN 3 Action API over OSFI's Open Government datasets
  base_url: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/api/3/action
  sources:
  - live probe 2026-07-25
  detail: 'No API key, no token, no registration, no referer restriction. Every action in conventions/osfi-conventions.yml
    returned 200 unauthenticated. CKAN supports an Authorization: <api-token> header for authenticated
    actions, but none of the OSFI read actions need it.'
  verified: true
- name: bank-of-canada-connect
  type: portal-login
  surface: regulatory filing — Regulatory Reporting System (RRS)
  url: https://connect-connexion.bank-banque-canada.ca/igw/apps/ami/portal/login
  http_status: 401
  detail: Human login only. Accounts are provisioned by a Local Registration Authority at the filing institution.
    No developer-facing auth documentation, no client-credentials flow, no mTLS profile, no published
    token endpoint.
  programmatic: false
  verified: true
well_known:
  openid_configuration:
    url: https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/.well-known/openid-configuration
    status: 404
  oauth_authorization_server:
    url: https://open.canada.ca/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
    status: 404
  note: No OIDC or OAuth discovery document is published on any OSFI or portal host.
docs: https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/open-government-osfi-financial-data