Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions

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financial regulatory authority independent federal agency

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is Canada’s federal regulator responsible for overseeing banks and other federally regulated financial institutions to ensure their safety and soundness.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions canonical	6
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada)	4
Department of Insurance (Canada)	1
OSFI	1
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)	1
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1167968 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Context triple: [TD Bank, regulatoryAuthority, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions]

A. Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) is Germany’s integrated financial regulator overseeing banks, financial services institutions, insurance companies, and securities markets.
B. Ontario Securities Commission
The Ontario Securities Commission is the provincial regulatory agency responsible for overseeing and enforcing securities laws and protecting investors in Ontario, Canada.
C. Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council is a U.S. interagency body that prescribes uniform principles, standards, and reporting forms for the examination and supervision of financial institutions.
D. Office of Financial Institutions
The Office of Financial Institutions is a U.S. Treasury Department unit responsible for developing policy and oversight related to banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions.
E. Office of Thrift Supervision
The Office of Thrift Supervision was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for chartering, regulating, and supervising savings associations and their holding companies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Target entity description: The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is Canada’s federal regulator responsible for overseeing banks and other federally regulated financial institutions to ensure their safety and soundness.

A. Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) is Germany’s integrated financial regulator overseeing banks, financial services institutions, insurance companies, and securities markets.
B. Ontario Securities Commission
The Ontario Securities Commission is the provincial regulatory agency responsible for overseeing and enforcing securities laws and protecting investors in Ontario, Canada.
C. Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council is a U.S. interagency body that prescribes uniform principles, standards, and reporting forms for the examination and supervision of financial institutions.
D. Office of Financial Institutions
The Office of Financial Institutions is a U.S. Treasury Department unit responsible for developing policy and oversight related to banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions.
E. Office of Thrift Supervision
The Office of Thrift Supervision was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for chartering, regulating, and supervising savings associations and their holding companies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	financial regulatory authority ⓘ independent federal agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Canada ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Bank of Canada ⓘ Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation ⓘ Department of Finance Canada ⓘ Financial Consumer Agency of Canada ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
doesNotRegulate	provincially regulated financial institutions ⓘ securities markets ⓘ
formedBy	Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act ⓘ linked to: Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
hasChiefExecutiveTitle	Superintendent of Financial Institutions ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ⓘ linked to: Ottawa
hasMainResponsibility	promoting safety and soundness of federally regulated financial institutions ⓘ protecting rights and interests of depositors, policyholders and pension plan members ⓘ prudential regulation ⓘ prudential supervision ⓘ
hasOffice	Montreal, Quebec, Canada ⓘ Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ linked to: Toronto Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ⓘ linked to: Vancouver
inception	1987 ⓘ
issues	guidelines for capital adequacy ⓘ guidelines for liquidity adequacy ⓘ prudential regulatory guidance ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalForm	independent agency of the Government of Canada ⓘ
legalJurisdiction	Parliament of Canada ⓘ
monitors	financial condition of federally regulated financial institutions ⓘ funding and solvency of federally regulated private pension plans ⓘ
motto	Building a resilient financial system ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government of Canada ⓘ linked to: Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
partOf	federal financial sector regulatory framework of Canada ⓘ federal public service of Canada ⓘ
precededBy	Department of Insurance (Canada) ⓘ linked to: Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Office of the Inspector General of Banks (Canada) ⓘ
regulates	banks ⓘ federal credit unions ⓘ federally incorporated insurance companies ⓘ federally regulated loan companies ⓘ federally regulated private pension plans ⓘ federally regulated trust companies ⓘ
reportsTo	Minister of Finance (Canada) ⓘ linked to: Minister of Finance
sector	financial regulation ⓘ
shortName	OSFI ⓘ linked to: Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
supervises	domestic systemically important banks in Canada ⓘ
website	https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

TD Bank → regulatoryAuthority → Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions ⓘ

Rogers Bank → regulatoryJurisdiction → Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) ⓘ