Supporting Documentation: Deposits at Financial Institutions (Bank Statement Data)

Further Details on Data Content

Please note that any exceptions or precisions to the field definitions provided in the data dictionary that are specific to this dataset are outlined below.

Financial-Institution-Number-Numéro-institution-financière

This field identifies the financial institution number associated with the transaction. A complete list of financial institutions and their corresponding numbers can be found on the Payments Canada website. Financial institution numbers are expressed as 4-digit numbers with leading zeros as necessary. Numbers greater than 0900 represent foreign financial institutions that are no longer actively used by the Receiver General. This field may contain erroneous data that does not conform to the standard.

Financial-Institution-Transaction-Type-Code-Code-du-type-de-transaction-de-l'institution-financière

The following table outlines commonly used financial institution transaction types.
FI_ACCTD_TXN_CD English description
ADBNK Adjustment - Bank Initiated
ADBPS Adjustment - Bill Payment Service
ADEDI Adjustment - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Deposit
ADPAD Adjustment - Preauthorized Debit
ADPOS Adjustment - Point of Sale
CBBPS Charge Back - Bill Payment Service
CBDEP Charge Back - Deposit
CBEDI Charge Back - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Deposit
CBPAD Chargeback - Preauthorized Debit
CBPOS Chargeback - Point of Sale
CI Collection Item
CMBNK Credit Memo - Bank
DEP Deposit
DEPAD Deposit - Adjustment
DEPCC Deposit - Credit Card
DEPDC Deposit - Debit Card
DEPDD Deposit - Direct Deposit
DEPFP Deposit - Foreign Purchase
DEPWT Deposit - Wire Transfer
DMBNK Debit Memo - Bank
DPEDI Deposit - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
DPPAD Deposit - Preauthorized Debit
EA Adjustment - Non-Tax
ER Error
IT Deposit - Invalid Transaction
RECOV Salary/Benefit Recovery
RG Adjustment - Receiver General (RG) Initiated
TLBOC Transfer to the Bank of Canada

Authorization-Number-Numéro-autorisation

In most cases this field identifies the unique number (8 digits) associated with a Banking Facility, which regroups transaction by depositing office location.

On occasion, however, this field may be left blank or even contain erroneous information provided by the financial institution. Any transactions containing blanks or non-digit characters within this field should be ignored.

GBS-Control-Number-Numéro-de-contrôle-du-SBG

Upon reconciliation and approval of a given day's deposits, the Government Banking System assigns a unique control number to each department's transactions for that day. The control number displayed within this field is composed of the Julian date, followed by a sequential number.

On occasion however, for transfers of funds to the Bank of Canada or transactions received in error this field may contain blanks.

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