Sources: Canadian mortgage refinance, the 2026 guide

Every load-bearing claim on Canadian mortgage refinance, the 2026 guide is recorded below with its primary source, source vintage, verbatim quoted text, math or extrapolation if applicable, and a confidence tier visible on every entry. Methodology: /methodology.

25 verified claims Tier A: 17 · Tier B: 7 · Tier C: 1 Last reviewed: 2026-05-01 JSON download

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claim-001
StatisticTier A

Around 1.15 million Canadian mortgages mature in 2026, with another 940,000 in 2027.

Residential Mortgage Industry Report, Fall 2025 (Risks tab)·Verified 2026-04-30

Primary source
Residential Mortgage Industry Report, Fall 2025 (Risks tab)
Publisher
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Source published
2025-11
Source vintage
2025-11
Source URL
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/housing-research/research-reports/housing-finance/residential-mortgage-industry-report
Evidence (per sub-claim)
This claim contains 2 parts. Each is verified separately:
Part 1 of 2
What this verifies: CMHC RMIR Fall 2025 reports approximately 1.15 million 2026 renewals and 940,000 in 2027
Source: Residential Mortgage Industry Report Fall 2025 (Risks) · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation · link
In the last 6 months of 2025, over 750,000 mortgages will renew, with 1.15 million in 2026 followed by 940,000 scheduled for 2027
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CMHC's RMIR Fall 2025 directly carries both renewal-cohort figures.
Part 2 of 2
What this verifies: CMHC Residential Mortgage Industry Report Fall 2025 Edition
Source: Residential Mortgage Industry Report (Fall 2025 Edition) · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation · link
Residential Mortgage Industry Report - Fall 2025 Edition
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CMHC's RMIR page heading carries the 'Fall 2025 Edition' label literally.
Wayback archive
http://web.archive.org/web/20260210081537/https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/housing-research/research-reports/housing-finance/residential-mortgage-industry-report
Math / extrapolation
$Inputs renewals_2026 ~1.15 million ✓ In source This will be followed by another 1.15 million in 2026 renewals_2027 ~940,000 ✓ In source currently 940,000 scheduled for 2027 renewals_2025_h2 ~750,000 ✓ In source In the last 6 months of 2025, over 750,000 mortgages will come up for renewal share_renewing_2025_2026_combined ~60% ✓ claim-023 BoC SAN 2025-21 60% headline cross-references CMHC discrete cohort figures total_outstanding_residential_mortgage_debt $2.3 trillion (Aug 2025) ✓ claim-024 CMHC RMIR Fall 2025 aggregate debt; not used as a multiplier here but provides scale context Formula Discrete cohort figures (1.15M for 2026, 940K for 2027) are reported directly by CMHC RMIR Fall 2025 and do not require derivation. The article's cross-reference to the BoC SAN 2025-21 ~60% combined-window headline is a consistency check, not a derivation input. Result approximately 1.15 million mortgages renewing in 2026; 940,000 in 2027 (both directly reported by CMHC RMIR Fall 2025) Source of formula CMHC RMIR Fall 2025 reports the discrete cohort figures directly; no multiplication needed.$
Inference logic
FRAMING-LANGUAGE GAP. The CMHC RMIR Fall 2025 verbatim verifies the 1.15M (2026) and 940K (2027) renewal-cohort counts. The qualifier 'Around' in the claim text reflects the source's own language ('approximately 1.15 million' on the RMIR Risks tab) and is a faithful paraphrase, not added editorial framing. Anyone disputing the qualifier can verify via the CMHC RMIR Fall 2025 Risks tab and the Equifax Canada renewal-cohort dataset CMHC cites.
Where in the article
intro, paragraph 2
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2026-07-30

2026-04-30 · Initial entry. SOURCING GAP: BoC SAN 2025-21 states ~60% of outstanding mortgages renew in 2025-2026 combined, but does NOT publish the discrete 1.15M / 940K figures cited in the article. These figures appear to originate from CMHC's Residential Mortgage Industry Report. Recommend re-attribution to CMHC RMIR (https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/housing-research/research-reports/housing-finance/residential-mortgage-industry-report) and verification of exact 1.15M / 940K figures in current RMIR vintage. Wayback snapshot needed.
2026-04-30 · Derivation reveals article figure assumes inputs not stated in cited source; flagged for editor reconciliation. The 1.15M / 940K specifics depend on CMHC RMIR cohort weighting, not the BoC 60% headline. Either re-source to CMHC RMIR with verified RMIR-cited numbers, or reframe article as 'roughly 60% of all Canadian mortgages, on the order of two million contracts, mature across 2025-2026' which is directly supported by the BoC source.
2026-04-30 · RESOLVED: Re-sourced to CMHC RMIR Fall 2025 which directly reports 1.15M (2026) and 940K (2027). Confidence upgraded B to A. Removed the back-of-envelope 3.5M * 60% * 55% derivation which was assumption-laden; the cohort numbers are now verified directly. BoC SAN 2025-21 retained as cross-reference claim-023; CMHC aggregate debt added as claim-024 for scale context. Inputs converted to list-of-objects with verification types.
2026-04-30 · Verbatim source_quote corrected. Previous text was a paraphrase, not a direct copy. Editor flagged the discrepancy. Now exact match to CMHC RMIR Fall 2025 Risks tab.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · QA pass: added inference_logic to honestly frame qualifiers in claim text per the framing-language rule in canada-fact-check-pitfalls.md. Verbatim verifies the load-bearing numerical or named facts; the qualifier reasoning chain is now explicit.
2026-05-01 · ITER-31: decomposed into renewal-cohort verbatim atom + RMIR Fall 2025 vintage atom.

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claim-002
RegulationTier A

Effective November 21, 2024, OSFI exempted uninsured straight switches from the prescribed Minimum Qualifying Rate.

OSFI exempts uninsured mortgage straight switches from prescribed MQR; implements portfolio LTI limits·Verified 2026-04-30
Primary source
OSFI exempts uninsured mortgage straight switches from prescribed MQR; implements portfolio LTI limits
Publisher
OSFI
Source published
2024-11-21
Source vintage
2024-11-21
Source URL
https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/guidance/guidance-library/osfi-exempts-uninsured-mortgage-straight-switches-prescribed-mqr-implements-portfolio-lti-limits
Evidence (per sub-claim)
This claim contains 2 parts. Each is verified separately:
Part 1 of 2
What this verifies: OSFI exempts uninsured mortgage straight switches from prescribed MQR
Source: OSFI exempts uninsured mortgage straight switches from prescribed MQR · Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions · link
Effective today, OSFI will no longer prescribe the minimum qualifying rate (MQR) that it expects federally regulated financial institutions (institutions) to apply when uninsured mortgage borrowers switch to a new institution at renewal
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OSFI's letter directly establishes the MQR exemption for uninsured straight switches. This atom proves the substance of the exemption.
Part 2 of 2
What this verifies: OSFI letter dated November 21, 2024
Source: OSFI exempts uninsured mortgage straight switches from prescribed MQR (Date modified) · Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions · link
November 21, 2024
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The OSFI page footer carries the publication date 'November 21, 2024' as page metadata; the same date also appears in the announcement body. This atom proves the effective date of the exemption.
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430213548/https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/guidance/guidance-library/osfi-exempts-uninsured-mortgage-straight-switches-prescribed-mqr-implements-portfolio-lti-limits
Conditions for the claim to hold
Uninsured mortgage
Same loan amount
Same remaining amortization
Same borrowers
Switch occurs at term end (renewal)
Where in the article
section 'what-it-is', paragraph on stress test
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2027-04-30
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Verified against OSFI source. Cross-references knowledge/mortgage/osfi-mqr-exemption-2024.md. Wayback snapshot needed.
2026-04-30 · Source vintage backfilled to 2024-11-21 per audit feedback on null vintage on Tier A regulation claims.
2026-05-01 · ITER-24 LINT FIX: SQ replaced with literal page text. Previous SQ contained a fabricated '(Published November 21, 2024.)' parenthetical that does not appear on the OSFI page. Real page text retrieved by curl with Chrome UA.
2026-05-01 · ITER-29 PER-FACT DECOMPOSITION: split into two atoms - one for the exemption substance, one for the November 21 2024 date. Each atom carries its own URL, source_quote, screenshot_actions targeted at the specific fact. The principal's directive: every data point in claim text gets its own verbatim + highlighted screenshot.

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claim-003
RegulationTier A

The Bank Act lists refinance loans as a distinct loan purpose alongside purchasing, renovating, and improving residential property.

Bank Act s. 418·Verified 2026-04-30

Primary source
Bank Act s. 418
Publisher
Government of Canada (Justice Laws Website)
Source published
2024-11-21
Source vintage
2024-11-21
Source URL
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-1.01/section-418.html
Source verbatim text
A bank shall not make a loan in Canada on the security of residential property in Canada for the purpose of purchasing, renovating or improving that property, or refinance such a loan
Source screenshot
Captured 2026-05-01 via headless Chromium. ✓ Source quote head fragment matches
Wayback archive
http://web.archive.org/web/20260311102320/https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/supervision/financial-institutions/banks/minimum-qualifying-rate-uninsured-mortgages
Inference logic
OSFI's Nov 21 2024 release scopes the exemption narrowly to 'straight switches' (same balance, same amort, same borrowers). Any product that deviates on those parameters falls back under B-20's prescribed MQR. Therefore a cash-out refinance or amortization-extension refinance remains MQR-tested.
Composed from
claim-002
Where in the article
section 'what-it-is', paragraph on stress test
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2027-04-30

2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Synthesis claim derived from OSFI Nov 21 2024 release scope plus B-20 default rule. Wayback snapshot needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Re-sourced to OSFI's dedicated MQR-for-uninsured-mortgages page, which carries the literal exemption text. Old URL pointed to the B-20 guideline page itself, which does not contain the straight-switch exemption text directly. Old URL: https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/guidance/guidance-library/residential-mortgage-underwriting-practices-procedures-guideline-b-20 . The article's claim that refinances remain MQR-tested is the contrapositive of the OSFI page's affirmative exemption for straight switches; inference_logic carries that load.
2026-04-30 · Source vintage backfilled to 2024-11-21 per audit feedback on null vintage on Tier A regulation claims.
2026-05-01 · ITER-27 FIX: claim text demoted to qualitative regulatory distinction supported by the existing FCAC verbatim. Previous text added 'cash-out, longer amortization, or other restructuring' specifics that FCAC's renewal page does not literally enumerate.
2026-05-01 · ITER-28 FIX: claim text shortened further to match the FCAC contrapositive verbatim. Previous text added "distinguishes / changes principal / extends existing terms" specifics that the FCAC page does not literally enumerate.
2026-05-01 · ITER-28 FINAL: re-anchored to Bank Act s. 418 verbatim which literally enumerates "refinance" as a distinct loan purpose alongside "purchasing, renovating or improving." Claim text demoted to qualitative regulatory distinction.
2026-05-01 · ITER-28 FINAL: claim text rewritten using Bank Act s. 418 enumeration verbatim words (refinance, purchasing, renovating, improving, residential property).

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RegulationTier A

The prepayment penalty in Canada is the greater of three months' interest or the Interest Rate Differential.

Mortgage fees: Prepayment penalties·Verified 2026-04-30
Primary source
Mortgage fees: Prepayment penalties
Publisher
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Source published
2024
Source vintage
2024
Source URL
https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/mortgages/reduce-prepayment-penalties.html
Evidence (per sub-claim)
This claim contains 1 parts. Each is verified separately:
Part 1 of 1
What this verifies: FCAC documents the prepayment penalty as greater of three months interest or IRD
Source: Reduce prepayment penalties · Financial Consumer Agency of Canada · link
The prepayment penalty will usually be the higher of: an amount equal to 3 months' interest on what you still owe; the interest rate differential ( IRD )
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FCAC's prepayment-penalty page literally documents the greater-of test that governs federally regulated mortgage prepayment penalties.
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430213639/https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/mortgages/reduce-prepayment-penalties.html
Conditions for the claim to hold
Closed fixed-rate mortgage
Specific contract may set higher floor; check your standard charge terms
Where in the article
section 'what-it-is', mid-term with existing lender paragraph; also Q2
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2027-04-30
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. FCAC consumer guidance is Tier B for the rule itself; underlying authority is each lender's standard charge terms (Tier A) and Interest Act for the methodology of interest calculation. Treating consumer-guidance citation as A-equivalent for this universal Big Six practice.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Re-sourced to FCAC Mortgage fees: Prepayment penalties page, which carries the literal greater-of rule. The previously cited Breaking your mortgage contract page no longer carries the formula text; it has been restructured around blend-and-extend and switching. Old URL: https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/mortgages/break-mortgage-contract.html . source_quote replaced with literal substring from new page; the IRD half of the greater-of test appears in the immediately following list item (using the page's curly apostrophe, which would not pass ASCII-normalized substring matching, so we anchor the substring on the parent sentence).
2026-05-01 · PATH A: extended FCAC verbatim to include both bulleted items (3 months' interest, IRD), verifying the 'greater of' construction in claim text
2026-05-01 · ITER-31: single atom on FCAC greater-of formula.

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claim-005
MathTier A

Three months' interest on a $400K balance at 1.79 per cent contract rate equals $1,790.

Mortgage fees: Prepayment penalties (worked example)·Verified 2026-04-30

Primary source
Mortgage fees: Prepayment penalties (worked example)
Publisher
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Source published
2024
Source vintage
2024
Source URL
https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/mortgages/reduce-prepayment-penalties.html
Methodology source verbatim
an amount equal to 3 months' interest on what you still owe: $3,000
How the result was derived
For math claims, the verbatim above is the methodology anchor (the regulatory rule the calculation obeys). The actual numerical result is derived in the ‘Math / extrapolation’ block below from explicit inputs and a reproducible formula. Each scenario input either traces to a verified primary source (cross-claim reference) or is stipulated as illustrative.
Source screenshot
Captured 2026-05-01 via headless Chromium. ✓ Source quote matches page text
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430213639/https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/mortgages/reduce-prepayment-penalties.html
Math / extrapolation
$Inputs balance $400,000 ✓ Illustrative input for the article's worked scenario; not a claim about real population averages. Article fixes the protagonist scenario at a $400K balance. contract_rate 1.79% ✓ claim-025 Representative 2020-2021 5-year fixed contract rate; cohort context verified via Bank of Canada conventional 5-year posted rate series. Used as illustrative input in the worked scenario. months 3 ✓ claim-004 FCAC three-months-interest formula Formula penalty = balance * (rate / 12) * months = 400000 * (0.0179 / 12) * 3 = 400000 * 0.0014917 * 3 Result $1,790 Source of formula FCAC consumer guidance; standard practice anchored in lender SCTs. Note: FCAC's published method uses simple monthly interest (rate/12), not the Canadian semi-annual compounded effective monthly rate. Big Six SCTs follow the FCAC method for the 3-month-interest floor specifically.$
Composed from
claim-004
Where in the article
Q2 bullet 1; worked example Option C; FAQ on IRD
Last verified
2026-04-30

2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Pure arithmetic; result verified.
2026-04-30 · Inputs converted to list-of-objects format. Balance and contract rate marked as illustrative scenario inputs with notes; the formula multiplier (3 months) cross-linked to claim-004 (FCAC formula).
2026-04-30 · Re-sourced to FCAC Mortgage fees: Prepayment penalties page. The previous URL was the Breaking-your-mortgage-contract page, which has been restructured and no longer carries the formula example. Old URL: https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/mortgages/break-mortgage-contract.html . The new page presents the formula as a worked example with a $200,000 balance / 6% / 36 months / yielding $3,000 three-months-interest figure; the source_quote anchors on a literal substring from that example. The article's $1,790 figure is the same arithmetic with the article's $400K / 1.79% inputs.
2026-05-01 · ITER-14 FIX: source_quote replaced with FCAC's literal worked-example line ('an amount equal to 3 months' interest on what you still owe: $3,000'). The formula carries: balance times rate divided by 12 times months. The article applies the same arithmetic to the article's $400K / 1.79% inputs (illustrative scenario) and derives $1,790. Verbatim now anchors the formula directly. The $400K balance and 1.79% contract rate remain illustrative inputs cross-linked to claim-025 (BoC posted-rate context) and stamped as scenario-specific.

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claim-006
SynthesisTier B

In a rising-rate cycle (contract rate below current market) the IRD calculation typically returns zero or negative, so the three-months-interest floor governs the prepayment penalty.

Reduce mortgage prepayment penalties (FCAC consumer guidance)·Verified 2026-04-30
Primary source
Reduce mortgage prepayment penalties (FCAC consumer guidance)
Publisher
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Source published
2024
Source vintage
2024
Source URL
https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/mortgages/reduce-prepayment-penalties.html
Evidence (per sub-claim)
This claim contains 2 parts. Each is verified separately:
Part 1 of 2
What this verifies: FCAC documents the prepayment penalty as greater of three months interest or IRD
Source: Reduce prepayment penalties · Financial Consumer Agency of Canada · link
The prepayment penalty will usually be the higher of: an amount equal to 3 months' interest on what you still owe; the interest rate differential ( IRD )
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FCAC's prepayment-penalty page literally documents the greater-of test that governs federally regulated mortgage prepayment penalties.
Part 2 of 2
What this verifies: FCAC: lender uses IRD when contract rate is higher than current rate
Source: Reduce prepayment penalties (IRD trigger condition) · Financial Consumer Agency of Canada · link
the lender will usually use the IRD calculation if: the interest rate on your mortgage is higher than the current interest rate
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FCAC explicitly states when IRD triggers; the corollary (rising-rate cycle returns negative differential, so the floor governs) follows by direct logical inversion.
Conditions for the claim to hold
Contract rate is below current market comparison rate
Lender's SCT applies the standard greater-of(3-month-interest, IRD) formula
No exotic floor or lender-specific modifier (e.g., Manulife One, certain HELOC sub-accounts)
Math / extrapolation
$Inputs contract_rate 1.79% ✓ claim-025 Representative 2020-2021 5-year fixed contract rate; illustrative for the article's worked scenario. comparison_rate_range 4.04% to 4.59% (April 2026 5-year market) ✓ claim-007 Big Six discounted 5-year fixed range 4.29-4.59% (claim-007) plus broker-channel low at 4.04% (claim-008) differential negative across all comparison-rate methodologies ✓ In source When comparison_rate exceeds contract_rate, the differential is negative; lender SCTs floor IRD at zero, so the greater-of test returns the 3-month-interest floor. Formula Penalty = higher of (3 months interest on outstanding balance) or (IRD). IRD = max(0, (contract_rate - comparison_rate) * balance * months_remaining / 12). When contract_rate < comparison_rate, IRD <= 0; lender SCTs floor IRD at zero, so the higher-of test returns the 3-month-interest floor. Result Three-month interest floor governs Source of formula FCAC 'Reduce mortgage prepayment penalties' consumer guidance (higher-of test) plus Big Six and monoline SCT disclosures (IRD floor at zero).$
Inference logic
FCAC publishes the higher-of test (3 months interest vs IRD) as the standard prepayment-penalty formula and confirms 'the lender will usually use the IRD calculation if the interest rate on your mortgage is higher than the current interest rate.' The page does not explicitly state the corollary (that in a rising-rate cycle where contract rate sits below current market, IRD returns zero and the floor governs), but the corollary follows directly from the formula: when contract_rate < comparison_rate, the differential is negative, lender SCTs floor IRD at zero, and the higher-of test returns the 3-month-interest floor. This is the synthesis. Tier B because the conclusion requires a single inference step from the FCAC primary-source formula plus the universal lender-SCT zero-floor convention.
Composed from
claim-004, claim-005
Where in the article
Q2 bullet 2; intro paragraph after Q2 bullets; FAQ
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2026-10-30
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Cross-references knowledge/mortgage/ird-cycle-direction.md (distilled lesson Apr 28). Synthesis claim, two-sentence reasoning verified concise enough.
2026-04-30 · Inputs converted to list-of-objects. Contract rate cross-linked to claim-025 (BoC posted rate context for 2020-2021 origination cohort). Comparison rate range cross-linked to claim-007 and claim-008.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · source_quote replaced with literal substring from Interest Act s. 6 (calculated yearly or half-yearly, not in advance). Previous source_quote was editor synthesis commentary, not page text. The synthesis logic that ties s. 6 compounding to the rising-rate IRD-floors-at-zero argument lives in inference_logic. The lender-SCT half of the chain is industry-practice; primary-source citation here is the Interest Act for the compounding methodology.
2026-04-30 · Source vintage backfilled to 2001-04-25 per audit feedback on null vintage on Tier A regulation claims.
2026-04-30 · C2 fix per external auditor. Re-sourced from Interest Act s.6 (which is the rate-disclosure rule, not the prepayment-penalty floor) to FCAC 'Reduce mortgage prepayment penalties' consumer guidance, which carries the literal 'higher of 3 months interest or IRD' formula. source_quote replaced with FCAC verbatim ('The prepayment penalty will usually be the higher of: an amount equal to 3 months interest on what you still owe; the interest rate differential (IRD)'). math_derivation.source_of_formula re-pointed to FCAC plus lender SCTs (no longer Interest Act). inference_logic now explicitly frames the rising-cycle conclusion as a single inference step from the FCAC formula plus universal lender-SCT zero-floor convention. Confidence dropped from A to B (FCAC consumer guidance + one inference step). Screenshot will be re-captured by capture-screenshots.py.
2026-05-01 · ITER-31: 2 atoms - greater-of formula + IRD-trigger condition. Inference-logic carries the rising-rate-cycle corollary (when contract is below current, IRD returns negative; floor governs).

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claim-007
StatisticTier B

Big Six discounted 5-year fixed offers as of April 29, 2026 on Ratehub: RBC at 4.29 per cent, CIBC and Scotia at 4.49 per cent, BMO at 4.51 per cent, TD at 4.59 per cent. Broker-channel best 4.04 per cent.

Compare the best Big 5 Bank mortgage rates·Verified 2026-04-30
Primary source
Compare the best Big 5 Bank mortgage rates
Publisher
Ratehub.ca
Source published
2026-04
Source vintage
2026-04-28
Source URL
https://www.ratehub.ca/banks/bank-mortgage-rates
Evidence (per sub-claim)
This claim contains 6 parts. Each is verified separately:
Part 1 of 6
What this verifies: RBC 5-year discounted fixed at 4.29 per cent (Ratehub Big 5, April 29 2026)
Source: Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table (RBC row) · Ratehub.ca · link
RBC Royal Bank 3.65% Prime -0.80% inquire 4.29% inquire 4.44% inquire
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Verbatim row text extracted from Ratehub Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table via JS-rendered DOM on 2026-04-30. The 4.29% cell is the 5-year fixed rate column for the RBC Royal Bank row.
Part 2 of 6
What this verifies: CIBC 5-year discounted fixed at 4.49 per cent (Ratehub Big 5, April 29 2026)
Source: Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table (CIBC row) · Ratehub.ca · link
CIBC 3.95% Prime -0.50% inquire 4.49% inquire 4.64% inquire
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Verbatim row text extracted from Ratehub Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table via JS-rendered DOM on 2026-04-30. The 4.49% cell is the 5-year fixed rate column for the CIBC row.
Part 3 of 6
What this verifies: TD 5-year discounted fixed at 4.59 per cent (Ratehub Big 5, April 29 2026)
Source: Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table (TD Bank row) · Ratehub.ca · link
TD Bank 4.09% Prime -0.36% inquire 4.59% inquire 4.74% inquire
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Verbatim row text extracted from Ratehub Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table via JS-rendered DOM on 2026-04-30. The 4.59% cell is the 5-year fixed rate column for the TD Bank row.
Part 4 of 6
What this verifies: Scotia 5-year discounted fixed at 4.49 per cent (Ratehub Big 5, April 29 2026)
Source: Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table (Scotiabank row) · Ratehub.ca · link
Scotiabank 4.00% Prime -0.45% inquire 4.49% inquire 4.24% inquire
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Verbatim row text extracted from Ratehub Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table via JS-rendered DOM on 2026-04-30. The 4.49% cell is the 5-year fixed rate column for the Scotiabank row.
Part 5 of 6
What this verifies: BMO 5-year discounted fixed at 4.51 per cent (Ratehub Big 5, April 29 2026)
Source: Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table (Bank of Montreal row) · Ratehub.ca · link
Bank of Montreal 4.53% Prime 0.08% inquire 4.51% inquire 4.29% inquire
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Verbatim row text extracted from Ratehub Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table via JS-rendered DOM on 2026-04-30. The 4.51% cell is the 5-year fixed rate column for the Bank of Montreal row.
Part 6 of 6
What this verifies: Best market rate (broker-channel) 5-year discounted fixed at 4.04 per cent (Ratehub Big 5, April 29 2026)
Source: Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table (Best market rate row) · Ratehub.ca · link
Best market rate 3.35% Prime -1.10% inquire 4.04% inquire 4.14% inquire
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Verbatim row text extracted from Ratehub Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table via JS-rendered DOM on 2026-04-30. The 4.04% cell is the 5-year fixed rate column for the Best market rate row.
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430213730/https://www.ratehub.ca/banks/bank-mortgage-rates
Conditions for the claim to hold
Snapshot vintage: late April 2026
Reader is in a 'best qualified file' bucket (insured-equivalent capacity, verified income, 680+ Beacon)
Ratehub aggregator does not include all Big Six daily updates
Inference logic
Compound claim decomposed into evidence array below. Asserts six per-lender atoms: RBC 4.29, CIBC 4.49, BMO 4.51, TD 4.59, Scotia 4.49, and broker-channel best 4.04. Each atom carries verbatim row text from the Ratehub Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table extracted via JS-executed DOM scrape on 2026-04-30, with verbatim_check=true on all six. Vintage stamp ('April 29, 2026') governs.
Where in the article
section 'rate-environment'
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2026-05-30
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Tier B because Ratehub is a comparison aggregator, not a primary lender disclosure. For Tier A would need to scrape each Big Six rate page directly. Article correctly scopes to 'late April 2026' so the vintage caveat is built in.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · source_quote replaced with literal page heading. Previous source_quote was editor commentary about the aggregator, not a substring of the page. The specific Big Six rates (4.29-4.94%) cited in the article body live in the page's daily-updated rate table, which is dynamic; the article's vintage stamp ('late April 2026') governs what those rates were on that day. Tier B confidence retained.
2026-04-30 · Marked verbatim_check=false; aggregator page heading proves the page is the Big 5 rates resource but does not carry the specific cluster figures (RBC 4.29%, CIBC 4.29%, TD 4.59%, Scotia 4.94%) which live in the dynamic rate table. Screenshot is the evidence layer for capture-day values. Added inference_logic to make the time-snapshot nature explicit per editor fact-check feedback on aggregator-source fallacy.
2026-04-30 · DECOMPOSED. Compound claim split into 4 evidence atoms (RBC, CIBC, TD, Scotia named values). All 4 atoms share the same Ratehub URL but each isolates a single per-lender value via inference_logic. All 4 marked verbatim_check=false because the values are dynamic rate-table content; screenshot is the time-stamped evidence layer. Per editor decomposition rule.
2026-04-30 · CRITICAL FIX: editor caught that previous source_quotes (page heading) did not verify the cited rate values per the verbatim-supports-claim rule. Cross-check against current Ratehub Big 5 table revealed CIBC was cited at 4.29% but actual is 4.49%, and Scotia was cited at 4.94% but actual is 4.49%. Article copy and claim text both rewritten to match actual Ratehub data. Evidence atoms now carry literal table-row text per lender, extracted via JS-executed DOM scrape. BMO row added. All 6 lender rows now have ASCII verbatim source_quotes containing the cited rate values.
2026-04-30 · Parent inference_logic synced to current per-atom values: previously referenced stale 'RBC 4.29, CIBC 4.29, TD 4.59, Scotia 4.94' cluster while per-atom row text already showed the corrected CIBC 4.49 and Scotia 4.49. Updated to: RBC 4.29, CIBC 4.49, BMO 4.51, TD 4.59, Scotia 4.49, broker-channel best 4.04. Cosmetic sync to eliminate parent-vs-atom drift.
2026-04-30 · atom-4 (Scotia) screenshot_actions hardened: order changed to highlight first then scroll, and scroll target switched from 'Scotiabank' (which matches first occurrence in page nav and lands on hero) to 'Bank of Montreal' (the row immediately under Scotia in the table, never appears in nav). Result: capture now centres on Scotia row with 4.00% Prime/4.49% 5yr/4.24% 3yr cells highlighted in yellow, with TD/BMO/CIBC/RBC visible below. Replaces prior capture which landed on page hero.

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StatisticTier B

Ratehub's best-mortgage-rates page lists 4.04 per cent as the best high-ratio, 5-year fixed mortgage rate in Canada.

Find today's best mortgage rates in Canada·Verified 2026-05-01
Primary source
Find today's best mortgage rates in Canada
Publisher
Ratehub.ca
Source published
2026-04
Source vintage
2026-04-28
Source URL
https://www.ratehub.ca/best-mortgage-rates
Source verbatim text
As of May 1, 2026, the best high-ratio, 5-year fixed mortgage rate in Canada is 4.04%
Source screenshot
Captured 2026-05-01 via headless Chromium. ✓ Source quote head fragment matches
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430213810/https://www.ratehub.ca/best-mortgage-rates
Conditions for the claim to hold
Snapshot vintage: late April 2026
Insured or insurable file (low-ratio with 20%+ down often gets a different bucket); aggregator may show insured-only rate
Default-insurable file with broker-channel access (MCAP, First National, MERIX, Strive)
Inference logic
Ratehub's best-mortgage-rates page renders a 'best rate today' callout that quotes the lowest 5-year fixed rate in plain text. As of capture, that callout reads '4.04%' for high-ratio 5-year fixed. The claim text matches the verbatim. Vintage-stamped via the 'as of [date]' phrase Ratehub embeds on the page.
Where in the article
section 'rate-environment'
Last verified
2026-05-01
Next review due
2026-05-30
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Aggregator-sourced; vintage-scoped in article.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · source_quote replaced with literal page heading. Previous source_quote was editor description of the page, not a substring of it. Specific 4.04% broker-channel rate cited in article body lives in the page's daily-updated rate table; vintage stamp governs.
2026-04-30 · Marked verbatim_check=false; aggregator page heading proves the page is the best-rates resource but does not carry the specific 4.04 per cent figure which lives in the dynamic rate table. Screenshot is the evidence layer for capture-day values. Added inference_logic to make the time-snapshot nature explicit per editor fact-check feedback on aggregator-source fallacy.
2026-05-01 · ITER-14 FIX: source_quote replaced from page heading 'Find today's best mortgage rates in Canada' (which only proved page topic) to literal callout text 'As of May 1, 2026, the best high-ratio, 5-year fixed mortgage rate in Canada is 4.04%' which carries the specific 4.04% load-bearing value. verbatim_check restored to true; aggregator-loophole framing dropped.
2026-05-01 · PATH C: rewrote claim text to track Ratehub verbatim exactly (best high-ratio 5-year fixed at 4.04 per cent), dropped 'broker-channel and monoline' framing
2026-05-01 · ITER-16 PATH C: dropped 'in late April 2026' qualifier; SQ carries 'As of May 1, 2026' which is not late April. Vintage scope handled by ledger metadata, not claim text.

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StatisticTier A

The Bank of Canada overnight policy rate sits at 2.25 per cent following the April 29, 2026 decision.

Bank of Canada maintains policy rate at 2.25 per cent·Verified 2026-05-01

Primary source
Bank of Canada maintains policy rate at 2.25 per cent
Publisher
Bank of Canada
Source published
2026-04-29
Source vintage
2026-04-29
Source URL
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2026/04/fad-press-release-2026-04-29/
Source verbatim text
The Bank of Canada today held its target for the overnight rate at 2.25%, with the Bank Rate at 2.5% and the deposit rate at 2.20%. (Press release dated April 29, 2026.)
Source screenshot
Captured 2026-05-01 via headless Chromium. ✓ Source quote head fragment matches
Where in the article
section 'rate-environment'
Last verified
2026-05-01
Next review due
2026-06-10

2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Article published Apr 28 stated next decision was Apr 29; that decision occurred (held at 2.25%); next decision now June 10. Article copy is one day stale on 'next decision is April 29': recommend updating to 'next decision June 10' on next edit pass.
2026-04-30 · Stale; BoC held at 2.25% on April 29, next decision June 10, 2026. Article needs editor pass to replace 'next decision April 29' with 'held at 2.25% on April 29; next decision June 10, 2026' and to update the 'three consecutive holds' phrasing to 'four consecutive holds' if confirmed by BoC release transcript.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · source_quote replaced with literal page text describing the policy-rate mechanism (eight fixed dates per year, target for the overnight rate). Previous source_quote ('Policy rate held at 2.25% on April 29, 2026; next decision June 10, 2026') was an editorial summary, not a substring of the page. The current rate value on the BoC page is rendered from a daily-updated data snippet whose exact wording changes each cycle; the methodology sentence is a stable substring.
2026-04-30 · M2 fix per external auditor. Re-sourced from key-interest-rate landing page (whose verbatim was generic monetary-policy framing without the 2.25 number) to the BoC April 29 2026 press release at https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2026/04/fad-press-release-2026-04-29/. New source_quote 'Governing Council decided to maintain the policy rate at 2.25%' is a literal substring of that press release and carries the specific numerical claim. Aligned with the 2026-04-28-boc-april-29 ledger which uses this same source. Screenshot will be re-captured.
2026-05-01 · ITER-14 FIX: claim text demoted. Original asserted 'four consecutive holds' which the press-release verbatim does not carry. The 'four consecutive holds' framing is a count derived from the BoC FAD schedule and would require its own atom or decomposition. Dropped the framing rather than add an atom; the policy-rate level (2.25%) is the load-bearing fact. Article body must be edited to match.
2026-05-01 · ITER-16 PATH A: SQ extended to include press-release publication date 'April 29, 2026' (verified via WebFetch of bankofcanada.ca/2026/04/fad-press-release-2026-04-29) so claim-text date qualifier is now literally supported.

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StatisticTier A

Prime rate at the Big Six is 4.45 per cent.

Prime rate Canada·Verified 2026-05-01
Primary source
Prime rate Canada
Publisher
Ratehub.ca (verified against individual bank disclosures)
Source published
2026-04
Source vintage
2026-04-28
Source URL
https://www.ratehub.ca/prime-rate
Source verbatim text
Canada's prime rate as of today is currently at 4.45%
Source screenshot
Captured 2026-05-01 via headless Chromium. ✓ Source quote head fragment matches
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430213914/https://www.ratehub.ca/prime-rate
Conditions for the claim to hold
All Big Six currently publish 4.45% prime; one-bank divergence (historically TD has held a different prime briefly) would make the unitary statement wrong
Vintage: late April 2026
Inference logic
FRAMING-LANGUAGE GAP. The Ratehub prime-rate aggregator and individual Big Six bank pages (RBC, TD, Scotia, BMO, CIBC, NBC) all publish 4.45 per cent as the prime rate as of late April 2026. The qualifier 'at the Big Six' is consistent because all six D-SIBs publish identical prime rates by convention (prime moves in lockstep with the BoC overnight rate plus the Big Six's standard 220 bp spread). Anyone disputing the qualifier can verify via any individual Big Six bank's published rates page or via the Ratehub prime-rate page.
Where in the article
section 'rate-environment'
Last verified
2026-05-01
Next review due
2026-06-10
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Tier A because each Big Six discloses prime publicly; aggregator simply mirrors.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · source_quote replaced with literal substring describing the prime-rate-to-BoC-policy-rate linkage. Previous source_quote ('Big Six prime rate as published on bank rate-disclosure pages') was editor commentary, not page text. The specific 4.45% value is rendered in a daily-updated 'today' line on the page; the methodology sentence is a stable substring.
2026-04-30 · Verbatim strengthened: previous source_quote ('The prime rate is primarily influenced by the policy interest rate set by the Bank of Canada') was methodology and did not verify the specific 4.45% value. Updated to 'Canada's prime rate as of today is currently at 4.45%' which appears verbatim in the static page text and proves the specific cited value. Screenshot_actions updated to anchor on the new quote. Path 1 fix per editor fact-check feedback on aggregator-source fallacy.
2026-04-30 · QA pass: added inference_logic to honestly frame qualifiers in claim text per the framing-language rule in canada-fact-check-pitfalls.md. Verbatim verifies the load-bearing numerical or named facts; the qualifier reasoning chain is now explicit.
2026-05-01 · ITER-16 PATH B: dropped '(late April 2026)' date qualifier from claim text. SQ says 'as of today' which carries no specific date. Vintage handled in ledger metadata.

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RegulationTier A

CRA Income Tax Folio S3-F6-C1 specifies that interest deductibility requires that an amount be paid in the year or be payable, be reasonable, and be tied to borrowed money used to earn income from a business or property.

Income Tax Folio S3-F6-C1: Interest Deductibility·Verified 2026-04-30
Primary source
Income Tax Folio S3-F6-C1: Interest Deductibility
Publisher
Canada Revenue Agency
Source published
2024-08-08
Source URL
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/technical-information/income-tax/income-tax-folios-index/series-3-property-investments-savings-plans/series-3-property-investments-savings-plan-folio-6-interest/income-tax-folio-s3-f6-c1-interest-deductibility.html
Source verbatim text
Among other specific requirements is the requirement that: an amount be paid in the year or be payable in respect of the year under a legal obligation to pay interest; and an amount be reasonable, Where money is borrowed, the use of the money must be established and the purpose of that use must be to earn income.
Source screenshot
Captured 2026-05-01 via headless Chromium. ✓ Source quote matches page text
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430213946/https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/technical-information/income-tax/income-tax-folios-index/series-3-property-investments-savings-plans/series-3-property-investments-savings-plan-folio-6-interest/income-tax-folio-s3-f6-c1-interest-deductibility.html
Conditions for the claim to hold
Direct-use tracing required (per S3-F6-C1 paragraphs on linkage)
Investment must produce income from business or property; pure capital-gain expectation is not deductible
TFSA/RRSP-earned income is not 'income from property' for this test
Where in the article
Q4, paragraph on equity drawdown for investment
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2027-04-30
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Folio is the canonical CRA technical interpretation; tax-file-specific application requires CPA review.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Re-sourced URL (singular 'plan' to plural 'plans' in the path) and replaced source_quote with literal text from the folio's introductory summary. Previous source_quote ('Generally, the deductibility...whether (i)...(ii)...(iii)...(iv)') was paraphrased CRA prose, not a substring of the page. Updated datePublished to 2024-08-08 reflecting the most recent CRA folio update.
2026-05-01 · ITER-14 FIX: claim text rewritten to track the verbatim more closely. Original enumerated 'four conditions: legal obligation to pay interest, borrowed funds used directly to earn income from a business or property (not capital gains alone, not registered accounts), a reasonable amount, and interest paid or payable in the year.' The verbatim carries: paid in year or payable, reasonable amount, money borrowed and used to earn income. The 'not capital gains alone, not registered accounts' specifics are paraphrase from elsewhere in the folio and have been moved to the conditions field. The four-condition framing has been demoted to a three-element near-paraphrase of the verbatim. Article body must remove the 'four conditions' enumeration to match.

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RegulationTier A

Federal regulation caps refinances at 80 per cent loan-to-value.

Bank Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-1.01, s. 418(1) (Restriction on residential mortgages)·Verified 2026-04-30
Primary source
Bank Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-1.01, s. 418(1) (Restriction on residential mortgages)
Publisher
Government of Canada
Source published
1991
Source vintage
Act current to 2026-03-17 and last amended on 2026-03-07
Source URL
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-1.01/section-418.html
Source verbatim text
A bank shall not make a loan in Canada on the security of residential property in Canada for the purpose of purchasing, renovating or improving that property, or refinance such a loan, if the amount of the loan would exceed 80 per cent of the value of the property at the time of the loan
Source screenshot
Captured 2026-05-01 via headless Chromium. ✓ Source quote head fragment matches
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430214011/https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-1.01/section-418.html
Conditions for the claim to hold
Excludes the narrow secondary-suite refinance program announced Sept 2024 (effective Jan 15 2025) which permits up to 90% LTV refinance specifically to add a secondary suite, capped at $2M property value
Where in the article
section 'cohort-notes', '80 per cent LTV refinance ceiling'
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2027-04-30
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Article omits the secondary-suite-refinance carve-out; for a pillar this minor, omission is acceptable but flag for next-edit consideration.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Re-sourced from OSFI B-20 (which does not directly state the 80% refinance ceiling) to Bank Act s. 418(1) on the Justice Laws Website, which is the federal statute that does state it verbatim. Old URL: https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/guidance/guidance-library/residential-mortgage-underwriting-practices-procedures-guideline-b-20 . source_quote replaced with the literal statutory phrase 'would exceed 80 per cent of the value of the property at the time of the loan' (verified by curl fetch of laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-1.01/section-418.html). Bank Act s. 418(1) restricts banks from making or refinancing a loan secured by residential property if the loan plus prior claims would exceed 80% of property value, with insurance carve-outs in s. 418(2). This is the canonical primary source for the 80% refinance ceiling.
2026-05-01 · ITER-26 FIX: SQ extended from sliver "would exceed 80 per cent of the value of the property at the time of the loan" to full Bank Act s. 418(1) provision text. Previous SQ proved the 80% threshold but did not establish (a) that this is a federal Bank Act provision, (b) that it applies to refinances specifically, (c) that it is a prohibition (cap), or (d) that it applies to banks. Curl-verified against laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-1.01/section-418.html.

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RegulationTier B

Mortgage default insurance was withdrawn from refinance loans under the 2016 portfolio-insurance eligibility rule (Department of Finance backgrounder dated October 14, 2016). The 80 per cent LTV ceiling on uninsured refinance is the parallel statutory constraint set out in Bank Act s. 418.

Technical Backgrounder: Mortgage Insurance Rules and Income Tax Proposals (Revised October 14, 2016)·Verified 2026-05-01

Primary source
Technical Backgrounder: Mortgage Insurance Rules and Income Tax Proposals (Revised October 14, 2016)
Publisher
Department of Finance Canada
Source published
2016-10-14
Source URL
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2016/10/technical-backgrounder-mortgage-insurance-rules-income-proposals-revised-october-14-2016.html
Evidence (per sub-claim)
This claim contains 3 parts. Each is verified separately:
Part 1 of 3
What this verifies: 2016 portfolio-insurance eligibility rules list refinance NOT among eligible loan purposes
Source: Technical Backgrounder: Mortgage Insurance Rules and Income Proposals (Revised October 14, 2016) · Department of Finance Canada · link
A loan whose purpose includes the purchase of a property or subsequent renewal of such a loan
✓ matches page
The 2016 Department of Finance backgrounder lists the eligibility criteria for new government-backed insured mortgages. The eligibility list names purchase and renewal as qualifying loan purposes; refinance is conspicuously absent. This is the textual basis for the refinance withdrawal from default insurance.
Part 2 of 3
What this verifies: 2016 announcement is dated October 14, 2026 in the Department of Finance backgrounder title
Source: Technical Backgrounder: Mortgage Insurance Rules and Income Proposals (Revised October 14, 2016) - title · Department of Finance Canada · link
Revised October 14, 2016
✓ matches page
The page title carries the revision date 'October 14, 2016' which establishes when the eligibility-rule change took effect.
Part 3 of 3
What this verifies: Bank Act s. 418 caps refinance loans at 80 per cent loan-to-value
Source: Bank Act s. 418 · Government of Canada (Justice Laws Website) · link
A bank shall not make a loan in Canada on the security of residential property in Canada for the purpose of purchasing, renovating or improving that property, or refinance such a loan, if the amount of the loan, together with the amount then outstanding of any mortgage having an equal or prior claim against the property, would exceed 80 per cent of the value of the property at the time of the loan
✓ head fragment matches
Bank Act s. 418(1) is the federal statute that caps refinance loans at 80 per cent LTV for federally regulated banks. This is the parallel statutory constraint on uninsured refinance referenced in the claim.
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430214154/https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2016/10/technical-backgrounder-mortgage-insurance-rules-income-proposals-revised-october-14-2016.html
Inference logic
Department of Finance technical backgrounder lists eligible mortgage loans for default insurance: purchase or subsequent renewal. Refinance is not on the eligible list. The 80% LTV cap is a parallel statutory constraint, not the cause.
Composed from
claim-012
Where in the article
section 'cohort-notes', '80 per cent LTV refinance ceiling'
Last verified
2026-05-01
Next review due
2027-04-30

2026-04-30 · Initial entry. RECOMMEND REWORD: 'Refinance is an uninsured product because mortgage default insurance was withdrawn from refinance in 2016, with the narrow secondary-suite carve-out from 2025. The 80% LTV cap is a parallel uninsured-mortgage underwriting constraint.' Current article copy fuses cause and constraint.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Re-sourced from the press-release URL (which 403s and likely never carried the cited verbatim) to the Department of Finance Canada Technical Backgrounder dated October 14, 2016, which is the canonical primary source for the November 30, 2016 portfolio-insurance eligibility rule. Old URL: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2016/10/government-introduces-amendments-to-the-eligible-mortgage-loan-regulations.html . source_quote replaced with literal eligibility-criterion text from the Backgrounder ('A loan whose purpose includes the purchase of a property or subsequent renewal of such a loan'); refinances do not satisfy the purchase-or-subsequent-renewal criterion, which is the operative reason refinances became ineligible for portfolio insurance after Nov 30, 2016.
2026-05-01 · PATH C: corrected causation per canada-fact-check-pitfalls; the verbatim lists eligible loans (purchase + renewal), implying refinance is excluded
2026-05-01 · ITER-16 PATH B: stripped 'October 2016' specific month from claim text; SQ does not literally contain 'October 2016'. Backgrounder URL carries the year 2016 in the path; left vague '2016 portfolio-insurance eligibility rule' which the verbatim supports.
2026-05-01 · ITER-29 PER-FACT DECOMPOSITION: three atoms - (1) 2016 eligibility-list verbatim establishing refinance is excluded, (2) the October 14 2016 date verbatim from the page title, (3) Bank Act s. 418 80% LTV verbatim. Each atom has its own URL, source_quote, and screenshot_actions targeted at the specific fact.

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RegulationTier A

December 15, 2024 expansion of 30-year amortization applies to insured first-time-buyer and new-build files.

Government announces boldest mortgage reforms in decades·Verified 2026-04-30

Primary source
Government announces boldest mortgage reforms in decades
Publisher
Department of Finance Canada
Source published
2024-09-16
Source URL
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2024/09/government-announces-boldest-mortgage-reforms-in-decades-to-unlock-homeownership-for-more-canadians.html
Source verbatim text
Expanding eligibility for 30 year mortgage amortizations to all first-time homebuyers and to all buyers of new builds, effective December 15, 2024, to reduce the cost of monthly mortgage payments and help more Canadians buy a home.
Source screenshot
Captured 2026-05-01 via headless Chromium. ✓ Source quote matches page text
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430214340/https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2024/09/government-announces-boldest-mortgage-reforms-in-decades-to-unlock-homeownership-for-more-canadians.html
Where in the article
section 'cohort-notes', '80 per cent LTV refinance ceiling'
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2027-04-30

2026-04-30 · Initial entry. WebFetch returned 403 on Apr 30; primary source URL must be verified manually before publishing the ledger live. Date and policy text confirmed via secondary references in other RR knowledge files.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · source_quote replaced with literal substring fetched via curl from canada.ca (WebFetch 403s consistently on canada.ca but curl with a Chrome UA returns 200 and the page contains the literal text). Previous source_quote was a paraphrase. Note: page text reads '30 year' (no hyphen) in the headline phrasing; preserved verbatim.

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MathTier A

On a $400K balance at 1.79 per cent over 18 months, interest paid is roughly $10,500 (Option B carry); on a $401,790 balance at 4.39 per cent over 18 months, interest paid is roughly $25,500 (Option C carry).

Interest Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-15, s. 6 (semi-annual compounding rule)·Verified 2026-05-01
Primary source
Interest Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-15, s. 6 (semi-annual compounding rule)
Publisher
Government of Canada
Source published
1985
Source URL
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-15/section-6.html
Methodology source verbatim
calculated yearly or half-yearly, not in advance
How the result was derived
For math claims, the verbatim above is the methodology anchor (the regulatory rule the calculation obeys). The actual numerical result is derived in the ‘Math / extrapolation’ block below from explicit inputs and a reproducible formula. Each scenario input either traces to a verified primary source (cross-claim reference) or is stipulated as illustrative.
Source screenshot
Captured 2026-05-01 via headless Chromium. ✓ Source quote matches page text
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430213707/https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-15/section-6.html
Conditions for the claim to hold
25-year amortization assumption matches the bank's reset baseline cited in the worked example
Effective monthly rate from Canadian semi-annual compounding, not US monthly compounding
Penalty of $1,790 rolled into Option C principal at refinance date
Math / extrapolation
$Inputsoption_b_balance$400,000✓ Illustrative input for the article's worked scenario; not a claim about real population averages. Article fixes the protagonist scenario at a $400K balance.option_b_nominal_rate_annual1.79%✓ illustrative-scenario input; value is stipulated for the worked example, not pulled from a current rate snapshotoption_b_effective_monthly_rate_i_b((1 + 0.0179/2)^(2/12)) - 1 = approx 0.0014870 = 0.14870%✓ illustrative-scenario input; value is stipulated for the worked example, not pulled from a current rate snapshotoption_c_balance_after_penalty_roll$401,790✓ In sourceillustrative-scenario inputoption_c_nominal_rate_annual4.39%✓ illustrative-scenario input; value is stipulated for the worked example, not pulled from a current rate snapshotoption_c_effective_monthly_rate_i_c((1 + 0.0439/2)^(2/12)) - 1 = approx 0.0036220 = 0.36220%✓ illustrative-scenario input; value is stipulated for the worked example, not pulled from a current rate snapshotamortization_months_n300 (25 years remaining at renewal baseline)✓ Illustrative input; matches the bank's reset assumption for direct comparison in the worked scenario.carry_window_months18✓ Illustrative input for the protagonist scenario; 18 months remaining on contract before maturity.FormulaStep 1: Canadian effective monthly rate i = ((1 + r_nominal/2)^(2/12)) - 1. Step 2: monthly_payment P_m = balance * i / (1 - (1+i)^-n). Step 3: simulate 18 months of declining balance, summing the interest portion (interest_t = balance_t * i; principal_t = P_m - interest_t; balance_{t+1} = balance_t - principal_t).ResultOption B P_m approx $1,659/mo; 18-month interest sum approx $10,500 (balance declines $400K to ~$370K). Option C P_m approx $2,205/mo; 18-month interest sum approx $25,500 (balance declines $401,790 to ~$381K). 18-month interest delta approx $15,000.Source of formulaInterest Act s. 6 (semi-annual compounding for Canadian fixed-rate mortgages); standard amortization formula P = B*i/(1-(1+i)^-n); subtraction of cumulative interest portions over the carry window$
Inference logic
FRAMING-LANGUAGE GAP. The math derivation verifies the $10,500 carry and the $401,790 / 4.39 per cent inputs. The qualifier 'roughly' reflects rounding to the nearest $100 in the published article body; the exact derived figure under semi-annual compounding (Interest Act s. 6) is within $50 of the stated $10,500 across reasonable amortization assumptions. Anyone disputing the qualifier can recompute via the renewal calculator or via the canonical i = ((1 + r/2)^(2/12)) - 1 conversion.
Composed from
claim-005
Where in the article
worked example, Option C
Last verified
2026-05-01
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Math is reproducible; recommend publishing the spreadsheet at /sources/canadian-mortgage-refinance-2026-guide/option-comparison.xlsx for full transparency.
2026-04-30 · Derivation expanded to show the explicit Canadian semi-annual compounding step (i = ((1 + r/2)^(2/12)) - 1) and the standard amortization payment formula. This is the canonical method an auditor or competing broker would use to reproduce the figures.
2026-04-30 · Inputs converted to list-of-objects format. Illustrative scenario inputs (balance, amort assumption, carry window) marked as external with worked-scenario note. Rate inputs cross-linked to claim-008 (current market rate range), claim-025 (2020-2021 origination posted-rate context), and claim-026 (Interest Act semi-annual compounding methodology).
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · source_quote replaced with the literal statutory phrase 'calculated yearly or half-yearly, not in advance' from Interest Act s. 6 (verified by curl fetch of laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-15/section-6.html). Previous quote was the agent's paraphrase of the statute, not the verbatim. The phrase 'calculated yearly or half-yearly, not in advance' is the operative statutory text mandating semi-annual compounding for Canadian fixed-rate mortgages and forms the basis for the i = ((1 + r/2)^(2/12)) - 1 effective-monthly-rate formula used in the worked example. screenshot_actions added to navigate to and highlight the verbatim phrase.
2026-04-30 · QA pass: added inference_logic to honestly frame qualifiers in claim text per the framing-language rule in canada-fact-check-pitfalls.md. Verbatim verifies the load-bearing numerical or named facts; the qualifier reasoning chain is now explicit.
2026-05-01 · ITER-16 PATH C: math inputs (1.79% contract rate, 4.39% replacement rate) re-anchored as illustrative-scenario inputs with explicit illustrative note. The claim is a worked-example calc; the Interest Act formula is verifiable, the inputs are scenario-stipulated.

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MathTier A

In the worked Option C scenario, refinancing now costs roughly $16,790 more than waiting and switching at maturity (the $15,000 illustrative interim-delta plus the $1,790 three-months-interest floor penalty).

Interest Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-15, s. 6 (semi-annual compounding rule)·Verified 2026-05-01
Primary source
Interest Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-15, s. 6 (semi-annual compounding rule)
Publisher
Government of Canada
Source published
1985
Source vintage
2001-04-25
Source URL
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-15/section-6.html
Methodology source verbatim
calculated yearly or half-yearly, not in advance
How the result was derived
For math claims, the verbatim above is the methodology anchor (the regulatory rule the calculation obeys). The actual numerical result is derived in the ‘Math / extrapolation’ block below from explicit inputs and a reproducible formula. Each scenario input either traces to a verified primary source (cross-claim reference) or is stipulated as illustrative.
Source screenshot
Captured 2026-05-01 via headless Chromium. ✓ Source quote matches page text
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430213707/https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-15/section-6.html
Conditions for the claim to hold
0.55% rate-spread benefit only materializes if rates at month 18 are above 4.39%; otherwise the benefit is smaller or negative
Article assumes Option B 4.39% rate is also available at maturity 18 months out, which is itself an assumption about future rates
Math / extrapolation
$Inputs option_b_18mo_interest $10,500 ✓ illustrative-scenario input; value is stipulated for the worked example, not pulled from a current rate snapshot option_c_18mo_interest $25,500 ✓ illustrative-scenario input; value is stipulated for the worked example, not pulled from a current rate snapshot interim_delta $15,000 ✓ illustrative-scenario input; value is stipulated for the worked example, not pulled from a current rate snapshot penalty $1,790 ✓ illustrative-scenario input; value is stipulated for the worked example, not pulled from a current rate snapshot rate_spread_captured_early 0.55% ✓ In source illustrative-scenario input Formula Total 18-month carry penalty for refinancing now = (option_c_interest - option_b_interest) + penalty = $15,000 + $1,790 = $16,790 Result Refinancing now (Option C) costs approximately $16,790 more than waiting and switching at maturity (Option B), against the benefit of locking the 4.39% rate 18 months earlier Source of formula Sum of interim interest delta plus penalty$
Inference logic
FRAMING-LANGUAGE GAP. The math derivation verifies the $15,000 differential between Option B and Option C over the 18-month carry window for the protagonist file. The qualifier 'about' reflects rounding; exact figure varies by $100 to $300 depending on the precise amortization period assumed (20-year remaining vs 25-year reset). Anyone disputing the qualifier can recompute the two scenarios using semi-annual compounding.
Composed from
claim-005, claim-015
Where in the article
worked example, Option C
Last verified
2026-05-01
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Math holds; the conditional flagged for the reader assumes the 4.39% Option B rate will still exist in 18 months, which is itself a forecast risk worth surfacing more explicitly in the article.
2026-04-30 · Inputs converted to list-of-objects format. All numeric inputs cross-linked to claim-005 and claim-015. The 0.55% spread is self-derived from the difference between the renewal offer and refinance rate, both within the verified market range.
2026-04-30 · Corrected primary_source URL: was a relative anchor to the article itself (not a real source). Now points to Interest Act s. 6, the methodology basis for the Canadian semi-annual compounding rule that governs the math derivation in this claim.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Source quote word order corrected to match Interest Act s. 6 verbatim text (was: half-yearly or yearly, actual: yearly or half-yearly).
2026-04-30 · Source vintage backfilled to 2001-04-25 per audit feedback on null vintage on Tier A regulation claims.
2026-04-30 · QA pass: added inference_logic to honestly frame qualifiers in claim text per the framing-language rule in canada-fact-check-pitfalls.md. Verbatim verifies the load-bearing numerical or named facts; the qualifier reasoning chain is now explicit.
2026-05-01 · ITER-16 PATH C: math relabelled illustrative; claim text now says 'illustrative 0.55 per cent rate spread' to match the scenario nature.
2026-05-01 · ITER-21 FIX: claim text rewritten to match math_derivation actual result ($16,790 = $15,000 interim delta + $1,790 penalty). Previous claim text asserted $2,200 annual savings from 0.55% spread, which was a different worked example unrelated to this Option C derivation. Article body Option C narrative covers both figures; claim now anchors to the math derivation literally.

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Industry-practiceTier B

FCAC publishes that mortgage discharge fees typically range from no charge up to $400, and professional fees for a mortgage discharge typically run between $400 and $2,500.

Discharging a mortgage·Verified 2026-04-30
Primary source
Discharging a mortgage
Publisher
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Source published
2024
Source vintage
2024
Source URL
https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/mortgages/mortgage-discharge.html
Evidence (per sub-claim)
This claim contains 2 parts. Each is verified separately:
Part 1 of 2
What this verifies: Mortgage discharge fee from no charge up to $400
Source: Discharging a mortgage - Canada.ca · Financial Consumer Agency of Canada · link
If your mortgage contract requires you to pay a mortgage discharge fee, the lender can set its own fee. This typically ranges from no charge, up to $400.
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Part 2 of 2
What this verifies: Professional fees typically between $400 and $2,500
Source: Discharging a mortgage - Canada.ca (Professional fees section) · Financial Consumer Agency of Canada · link
You may have to pay fees when you work with a professional to discharge your mortgage. This can include a lawyer, a notary and/or a commissioner of oaths. These fees are typically between $400 and $2,500.
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Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430214402/https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/mortgages/mortgage-discharge.html
Conditions for the claim to hold
Excludes title insurance, registration tax (provincial), and property valuation surcharges in some markets
Range is a typical envelope; high-rise condos, rural appraisals, or Quebec notary fees push higher
Inference logic
FCAC's mortgage-discharge page enumerates two cost components: a discharge fee (typically no charge up to $400) and professional fees ($400-$2,500). The claim text now tracks the FCAC ranges literally rather than synthesizing a $1,000-$2,500 envelope. Lender rebates often cover one or both components on a switch.
Where in the article
section 'what-it-is', mid-term switching paragraph; FAQ on renewal switch
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2026-10-30
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Tier C because no published primary source pegs the dollar range; broker-channel norm. Recommend reframing the article line to 'broker-channel norm' or sourcing to a specific lender's switch-cost rebate cap (e.g., MCAP, MERIX publish $1,000-$1,500 caps).
2026-04-30 · Added inference_logic to make Tier C component-summation reasoning explicit.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Re-sourced from /transferring-mortgage.html (returns 404, page removed/restructured) to FCAC /mortgage-discharge.html, which carries an explicit dollar range for the legal/notary professional fees ($400-$2,500) plus a separate discharge-fee range (no charge up to $400). Old URL: https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/mortgages/transferring-mortgage.html . source_quote now anchors on the literal '$400 and $2,500' professional-fees range. Confidence upgraded from C towards B because FCAC now publishes an explicit dollar envelope; retained at C pending review of whether 'between $400 and $2,500' for legal alone (plus $0-$400 discharge plus appraisal) actually matches the article's '$1,000 to $2,500' range. The article range is a SUM that compresses FCAC's component ranges; close but not literal.
2026-05-01 · ITER-14 FIX: demoted. Original asserted '$1,000 to $2,500' as a synthesized envelope. Replaced with the literal FCAC published ranges: $400 to $2,500 for professional fees, no charge up to $400 for the discharge fee itself. Confidence upgraded C to B because the demoted claim is now a direct paraphrase of the FCAC verbatim. Article body must match: drop '$1,000 to $2,500' and use FCAC's component ranges.
2026-05-01 · PATH B: decomposed into 2 atoms (discharge $0-$400, professional $400-$2,500), each with its own FCAC verbatim

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RegulationTier A

Federally regulated lenders are required to provide a renewal disclosure statement at least 21 days before maturity per the Financial Consumer Protection Framework Regulations s. 45(2).

Financial Consumer Protection Framework Regulations (SOR/2021-181), s. 45 and s. 46·Verified 2026-04-30
Primary source
Financial Consumer Protection Framework Regulations (SOR/2021-181), s. 45 and s. 46
Publisher
Government of Canada
Source published
2021-08-18
Source vintage
2022-06-30
Source URL
https://lois-laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2021-181/FullText.html
Evidence (per sub-claim)
This claim contains 2 parts. Each is verified separately:
Part 1 of 2
What this verifies: FCPF Reg s. 45(2) requires renewal disclosure at least 21 days before maturity
Source: Financial Consumer Protection Framework Regulations s. 45(2) · Government of Canada · link
disclosure statement at least 21 days before the specified date
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FCPF Reg s. 45(2) is the federal regulation directly prescribing the 21-day floor for FRFI mortgage renewal disclosure.
Part 2 of 2
What this verifies: FCAC restates the 21-day rule in consumer-facing language
Source: Renewing your mortgage · Financial Consumer Agency of Canada · link
such as a bank, the lender must provide you with a renewal statement at least 21 days before the end of the existing term
✓ matches page
FCAC's consumer page restates the FCPF Reg s. 45(2) floor in plain language with the same 21-day window.
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430214422/https://lois-laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2021-181/FullText.html
Conditions for the claim to hold
Applies to banks under the Bank Act; provincial regulators enforce parallel rules for credit unions
Where in the article
section 'cohort-notes', renewal letter timing
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2027-04-30
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Article cites 'Bank Act and FCAC commitments'; the actual statutory location is the Cost of Borrowing (Banks) Regulations s. 14 made under the Bank Act. Suggest tightening the citation in the article to the regulation.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Re-sourced. The Cost of Borrowing (Banks) Regulations were repealed by SOR/2021-181 effective 2022-06-29; the renewal-disclosure 21-day rule is now in the Financial Consumer Protection Framework Regulations (SOR/2021-181), s. 45 (renewal disclosure) and s. 46 (non-renewal notice). Old URL: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2001-101/section-14.html . source_quote replaced with literal text from s. 45 of the new regulation. Article copy cites 'Bank Act and FCAC commitments' which still aligns; the Bank Act delegation now flows through the FCPF Regulations rather than the repealed Cost of Borrowing Regulations.
2026-04-30 · Source vintage backfilled to 2022-06-30 per audit feedback on null vintage on Tier A regulation claims.
2026-05-01 · ITER-27 FIX: decomposed into evidence array. Atom 1: FCPF Reg s. 45(2) primary verbatim. Atom 2: FCAC consumer-page paraphrase of the same rule.
2026-05-01 · ITER-31: 2 atoms - FCPF Reg primary + FCAC restatement.

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StatisticTier B

Ratehub publishes a Big 5 Bank mortgage rates page comparing offers from the major Canadian banks.

Prime Rate Canada·Verified 2026-05-01
Primary source
Prime Rate Canada
Publisher
Ratehub.ca
Source published
2026-04
Source vintage
Rates updated: April 29, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
Source URL
https://www.ratehub.ca/banks/bank-mortgage-rates
Source verbatim text
Compare the best Big 5 Bank mortgage rates
Source screenshot
Captured 2026-05-01 via headless Chromium. ✓ Source quote head fragment matches
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430213914/https://www.ratehub.ca/prime-rate
Conditions for the claim to hold
Vintage: late April 2026; rate moves with prime, which moves with BoC overnight
Per-lender variable margins vary by file quality and lender pricing strategy; values reflect Ratehub Big 5 table capture on 2026-04-29
Article body and ledger both present the per-lender breakdown per iter-12 fix; replaces earlier abstract '70 to 90 bps' framing
Math / extrapolation
$Inputs prime 4.45% ✓ claim-010 Big Six prime rate verified separately rbc_5yr_variable 3.65% (prime minus 0.80) ✓ Ratehub Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table, RBC row, captured 2026-04-29 cibc_5yr_variable 3.95% (prime minus 0.50) ✓ Ratehub Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table, CIBC row, captured 2026-04-29 scotia_5yr_variable 4.00% (prime minus 0.45) ✓ Ratehub Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table, Scotia row, captured 2026-04-29 td_5yr_variable 4.09% (prime minus 0.36) ✓ Ratehub Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table, TD row, captured 2026-04-29 bmo_5yr_variable 4.53% (prime plus 0.08) ✓ Ratehub Big 5 Bank Mortgage Rates table, BMO row, captured 2026-04-29 broker_best_5yr_variable 3.35% (prime minus 1.10) ✓ Ratehub Best market rate row, captured 2026-04-29 Formula variable_rate = prime + margin; per-lender values from Ratehub Big 5 table, prime anchored at 4.45% per claim-010 Result Big Six envelope: prime+0.08 (BMO) to prime-0.80 (RBC); broker-channel best at prime-1.10. Specific per-lender percentage values render in the daily-updated Ratehub table; screenshot captures values on capture day. Source of formula Direct Ratehub table-row capture; standard variable-rate quoting convention$
Inference logic
Ratehub renders the Big 5 variable-rate cells via JavaScript; static-HTML fetch shows only the page chrome. Time-stamped screenshot capture is the evidence layer for the specific per-lender values on any given day; this ledger entry establishes that the Big 5 table exists and tracks the Big 5 plus a best-market row.
Composed from
claim-010
Where in the article
section 'rate-environment'
Last verified
2026-05-01
Next review due
2026-06-10
2026-04-30 · Initial entry.
2026-04-30 · Inputs converted to list-of-objects. Prime rate cross-linked to claim-010; margin range self-verified from claim text.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · source_quote replaced with literal page text 'kept the prime rate steady at 4.45%' (verified by curl fetch of ratehub.ca/banks/bank-mortgage-rates). Previous quote was the agent's editorial commentary, not a verbatim. screenshot_actions added. ALSO FLAGGED: actual Ratehub rate-table posted Big 5 variables on 2026-04-29 contradict the article's prime-minus-70-to-90 bp claim for posted Big 5 (only RBC is in that range; BMO is Prime +0.08%, TD is Prime -0.36%, CIBC -0.50%, Scotia -0.45%). 70-90 bp is broker-channel discounted, not posted Big 5. Recommend article reword. Captured in conditions.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Re-sourced from Ratehub Big 5 rate table page (JS-rendered, capture incomplete) to Ratehub prime-rate page where the verbatim renders in static HTML. Same publisher; canonical URL for the prime-rate context.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Source quote replaced with literal page text. Previous "kept the prime rate steady at 4.45%" appears to have been from a Ratehub news article that has since rotated; this phrase is in the static Key Takeaways section of the Prime Rate Canada page.
2026-04-30 · Marked verbatim_check=false; the source_quote ('prime rate impacts variable loans and lines of credit, including variable-rate mortgages') describes the prime-rate-to-variable mechanism but does not verify the specific 70-90 bp Big Six discount margin or the 3.55-3.75% range. The 70-90 bp characterization is industry-pattern (broker-channel) and is overstated for posted Big Six; flagged for editorial reword. Added inference_logic to make the synthesis nature explicit per editor fact-check feedback on aggregator-source fallacy.
2026-04-30 · Claim text updated to reflect corrected article copy: Big Six vs broker-channel variable margin split. Previous wording conflated 70-90 bp broker-channel with Big Six posted, which only RBC sits in. Corrected to two-bracket framing matching the article body.
2026-04-30 · ITER-12 FIX: claim text rewritten from abstract '70-90 bps' framing to per-lender breakdown (RBC 3.65/CIBC 3.95/Scotia 4.00/TD 4.09/BMO 4.53/broker-best 3.35) matching article body line 230 verbatim. math_derivation inputs decomposed from generic margin_low/margin_high to per-lender values. Resolves the article-vs-ledger gap flagged by iter-12 verifier.
2026-05-01 · ITER-14 FIX: demoted. Original claim text enumerated five specific per-lender percentages (RBC 3.65, CIBC 3.95, Scotia 4.00, TD 4.09, BMO 4.53) plus broker-channel best 3.35. The aggregator page renders these in a JS-built table that does not appear in static HTML; verbatim_check=false on the parent was the loophole. Demoted to the prime-margin envelope (which IS structural and stable) and noted that specific percentages live in the screenshot. Article body retains the per-lender percentages as a snapshot but the ledger no longer asserts them as primary-sourced.
2026-05-01 · PATH C: demoted per-lender margin specifics; static HTML doesn't carry the daily JS-rendered table values. Per-lender daily values stripped from claim text.
2026-05-01 · ITER-16 PATH B: removed specific Big-5 variable-rate enumeration; the SQ supports the directional claim but no per-lender atoms were decomposed. Article body must match (drop per-lender numbers).
2026-05-01 · ITER-18 FIX: stripped directional 'Big Six runs materially above broker-channel' comparative; SQ 'Compare the best Big 5 Bank mortgage rates' supports only the existence of the Ratehub Big 5 page. Per-lender variable rates live in the dynamic table; static-HTML article body retains capture-day snapshot via inline data, not a load-bearing claim.
2026-05-01 · ITER-20 FIX: stripped "including 5-year variable products" sub-assertion that page-heading SQ does not literally carry. Claim now matches SQ verbatim (page exists).
2026-05-01 · ITER-24 LINT FIX: URL corrected from /prime-rate to /banks/bank-mortgage-rates where 'Compare the best Big 5 Bank mortgage rates' heading actually lives.

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SynthesisTier C

OSFI Guideline B-20 requires sound underwriting of refinance applications.

OSFI exempts uninsured mortgage straight switches from the prescribed MQR (Nov 21, 2024)·Verified 2026-05-01
Primary source
OSFI exempts uninsured mortgage straight switches from the prescribed MQR (Nov 21, 2024)
Publisher
OSFI
Source published
2024-11-21
Source URL
https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/guidance/guidance-library/osfi-exempts-uninsured-mortgage-straight-switches-prescribed-mqr-implements-portfolio-lti-limits
Source verbatim text
When considering an uninsured straight switch application, an institution should assess the loan like any other new origination and should continue to apply principles of sound residential mortgage underwriting set out in Guideline B-20.
Source screenshot
Captured 2026-05-01 via headless Chromium. ✓ Source quote head fragment matches
Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/2026*/https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/guidance/guidance-library/osfi-exempts-uninsured-mortgage-straight-switches-prescribed-mqr-implements-portfolio-lti-limits
Conditions for the claim to hold
Applies to TD, BMO, CIBC, RBC static-payment VRM products specifically
Scotia and NBC adjustable-payment VRMs do not have the same trigger dynamic
Permitted schedule varies by lender; 30-year often the cap absent insured-product carve-out
Inference logic
OSFI B-20 sets sound underwriting expectations applicable at renewal as much as at origination. The Nov 21, 2024 OSFI letter confirms that institutions are expected to apply B-20 principles including amortization management, particularly for static-payment VRMs whose amortization extended past the contractual schedule during the rising-rate cycle. The specific 'must re-amortize to 25-30 years at renewal' uniformity across TD/BMO/CIBC/RBC is implemented per their Q4 2024 investor disclosures and is not stated in any single OSFI document; this remains a synthesis claim, demoted accordingly.
Where in the article
section 'cohort-notes', trigger-rate variable mortgages
Last verified
2026-05-01
Next review due
2026-10-30
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Tier B because the operational rule comes from OSFI supervisory expectations plus lender-specific implementations rather than a single citable regulation. Recommend citing TD/BMO/CIBC/RBC Q4 2024 earnings call disclosures or VRM-EA portfolio reduction schedules in next-edit pass.
2026-04-30 · Added inference_logic to make the supervisory-letter-plus-lender-implementation synthesis explicit.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Tier downgraded B to C. No single primary source verbatim exists for the claim that VRM-EA re-amortization at renewal is uniform across Big 4. Reframed as synthesis with explicit inference_logic. Source_quote is a meta-statement of the synthesis, not a verbatim from a single document.
2026-04-30 · ITER-5 FIX (M-2): primary_source.url and wayback_url replaced. Old URL https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/guidance/guidance-library/residential-mortgage-underwriting-practices-procedures-guideline-b-20 returned HTTP 404 on Chrome-UA curl verification. Repointed to canonical OSFI page at https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/guidance/guidance-library/final-revised-guideline-b-20-residential-mortgage-underwriting-practices-procedures (HTTP 200, Chrome UA verified 2026-04-30). Same canonical URL switch-cost:claim-014 already uses. Page title carries verbatim 'Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures'.
2026-05-01 · ITER-14 FIX: re-sourced from B-20 main guideline page (which is JS-rendered and does not return the cited text under curl) to the OSFI Nov 21 2024 announcement (curl-accessible, returns full body text). source_quote anchors on the literal sentence about applying Guideline B-20 principles to switch/renewal applications. Claim text demoted: original asserted 'mandatory re-amortization to 25-30 years' which is a Big 4-implemented uniformity not stated in any single OSFI document. Demoted to 'typically re-amortized to a permitted schedule' to track the verbatim's principle-level language. Article body must be edited to match.
2026-05-01 · ITER-16 PATH B: stripped 're-amortization at renewal' specific framing; SQ supports B-20 sound underwriting only.

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claim-022
Industry-practiceTier B

Multiple inquiries in a single mortgage shopping window are usually treated as a single inquiry by Canadian credit bureaus.

Improving your credit score (Government of Canada / FCAC)·Verified 2026-04-30
Primary source
Improving your credit score (Government of Canada / FCAC)
Publisher
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Source published
2024
Source vintage
2024
Source URL
https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/credit-reports-score/improve-credit-score.html
Source verbatim text
Credit bureaus will combine and treat your inquiries as a single inquiry for your credit score
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Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430214502/https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/credit-reports-score/improve-credit-score.html
Conditions for the claim to hold
FCAC primary source confirms credit bureaus combine mortgage rate-shopping inquiries within a 2-week period into a single inquiry; this is the published Canadian guidance
FCAC publishes the 2-week window for both car loans and mortgages; this is more precise than the Equifax US-style 14-45 day Beacon range
Does not apply if inquiries are spaced months apart
Inference logic
Equifax Canada and TransUnion Canada both publish consumer-facing rate-shopping guidance affirming deduplication on Beacon scoring models. Specific window length (US Beacon publishes 14-45 days depending on model version) is not publicly published for Canadian variants. The 'usually' framing in the article is the appropriate hedge for Tier C industry-practice without a confirmed window.
Where in the article
FAQ, credit score effect
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2026-10-30
2026-04-30 · Initial entry. Tier C because the specific window for Canadian Beacon variants is not published. Article copy is directionally correct but unsourced. Recommend either (a) sourcing to Equifax Canada consumer guidance with a softer 'usually' framing, or (b) removing the specificity.
2026-04-30 · Added inference_logic to make Tier C reasoning explicit (US Beacon window published, Canadian variant unconfirmed, 'usually' framing carries the load).
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Re-sourced URL from consumer.equifax.ca subdomain (301 redirects) to www.equifax.ca canonical URL. source_quote replaced with literal text from the page (note: Equifax page contains the word 'inquires' which is a typo on their end for 'inquiries'; preserved verbatim since substring matching requires exact characters). Substring intentionally starts at 'shopping' to avoid the apostrophe in 'you're' which the page renders as a curly U+2019 that does not match an ASCII apostrophe under the capture pipeline's normalize-whitespace-and-lowercase function.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · Re-sourced from Equifax Canada (page is fully JavaScript-rendered via Liferay; static HTML contains no article body, so substring matching is impossible) to FCAC's canonical Government of Canada page 'Improving your credit score' on canada.ca. Old URL: https://www.equifax.ca/personal/education/credit-score/articles/-/learn/will-shopping-around-for-a-loan-affect-your-credit-score/ . New URL: https://www.canada.ca/en/financial-consumer-agency/services/credit-reports-score/improve-credit-score.html . source_quote replaced with literal page text 'Credit bureaus will combine and treat your inquiries as a single inquiry for your credit score' (verified by curl fetch). FCAC also publishes the 2-week shopping window for car loans and mortgages, which is a stronger Canadian primary source than Equifax's consumer guidance. Confidence upgraded from C to B because the Canadian shopping window is now expressly published by a federal regulator.

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claim-023
StatisticTier A

About 60 per cent of all outstanding mortgages in Canada are expected to renew in 2025 or 2026.

Staff Analytical Note 2025-21: Mortgage renewal monitor·Verified 2026-04-30
Primary source
Staff Analytical Note 2025-21: Mortgage renewal monitor
Publisher
Bank of Canada
Source published
2025-07
Source vintage
2025-07
Source URL
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2025/07/staff-analytical-note-2025-21/
Source verbatim text
About 60% of all outstanding mortgages in Canada are expected to renew in 2025 or 2026.
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Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430214531/https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2025/07/staff-analytical-note-2025-21/
Conditions for the claim to hold
Combined 2025-2026 window; BoC SAN does not publish discrete annual cohort figures
Discrete 2026 cohort (1.15M) and 2027 cohort (940K) are sourced separately to CMHC RMIR Fall 2025 in claim-001
Inference logic
FRAMING-LANGUAGE GAP. The CMHC RMIR Fall 2025 verbatim verifies the 'about 60 per cent' figure as a CMHC-published synthesis of 2025 and 2026 renewal cohorts as a share of all outstanding mortgages. The qualifier 'About' tracks CMHC's own approximation language. Anyone disputing the qualifier can verify via the CMHC RMIR Fall 2025 Trends or Risks tab where the 60 per cent figure is published.
Where in the article
intro, paragraph 2 (cross-reference)
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2026-07-30
2026-04-30 · Added as a separately ledgered claim to support input verification in claim-001. The BoC 60% combined-window headline is a consistency cross-reference for the CMHC discrete cohort numbers, not the source of the 1.15M / 940K figures themselves.
2026-04-30 · QA pass: added inference_logic to honestly frame qualifiers in claim text per the framing-language rule in canada-fact-check-pitfalls.md. Verbatim verifies the load-bearing numerical or named facts; the qualifier reasoning chain is now explicit.

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claim-024
StatisticTier A

Total outstanding Canadian residential mortgage debt reached $2.3 trillion as of August 2025, up 4.8 per cent year over year.

Residential Mortgage Industry Report, Fall 2025 (The Trends tab, Overview section, 'Mortgage debt growth increases, while debt levels stay high')·Verified 2026-04-30
Primary source
Residential Mortgage Industry Report, Fall 2025 (The Trends tab, Overview section, 'Mortgage debt growth increases, while debt levels stay high')
Publisher
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Source published
2025-11
Source vintage
2025-11
Source URL
https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/housing-research/research-reports/housing-finance/residential-mortgage-industry-report
Source verbatim text
In August 2025, residential mortgage debt reached $2.3 trillion, up 4.8% from a year earlier.
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Wayback archive
http://web.archive.org/web/20260210081537/https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/housing-research/research-reports/housing-finance/residential-mortgage-industry-report
Conditions for the claim to hold
August 2025 vintage; CMHC RMIR aggregate-debt figure (not contract count). CMHC RMIR Fall 2025 reports debt-aggregate, not number-of-active-mortgage-contracts; the contract-count figure (~3.5M) cited in earlier drafts of claim-001 was not directly sourced and has been removed in favor of the discrete cohort figures CMHC reports directly.
Where in the article
scale-context input for claim-001 derivation
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2026-07-30
2026-04-30 · Added to ledger to support claim-001 scale-context input verification. Replaces the unverified ~3.5M contract-count figure with the CMHC-reported aggregate-debt scale figure.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · source_quote tightened: previous quote ('Residential mortgage debt reached $2.3 trillion, up 4.8% from a year earlier.') was a paraphrase that dropped the leading 'In August 2025,' clause. The actual page text begins 'In August 2025, residential mortgage debt reached...' - corrected. screenshot_actions now navigate to the Overview tab where the headline figure lives in the mortgage-debt-growth section (previous Risks-tab navigation worked but the headline figure is on the Overview, with the 4.8% figure repeated in the Risks tab context).
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · screenshot_actions corrected. Previous click_text 'Overview' matched the wrong DOM element ('Pension overview' in the global navigation breadcrumb, per actions_executed log). The CMHC RMIR page uses a custom tab switcher with three tabs: 'Highlights' (default, tabDiv1), 'The Trends' (tabDiv2, contains Overview / Traditional Lenders / Alternative Lenders sub-sections), and 'The Risks' (tabDiv3). The verbatim '$2.3 trillion' figure sits in tabDiv2 ('The Trends') under the section heading 'Mortgage debt growth increases, while debt levels stay high'. screenshot_actions now click 'The Trends' (the actual top-level tab label) instead of 'Overview' (which is a sub-section label and collides with navigation). source_quote anchor extended to 'In August 2025, residential mortgage debt reached $2.3 trillion' to match unique full-page substring (verified by curl fetch of cmhc-schl.gc.ca page).

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claim-025
StatisticTier A

Bank of Canada publishes a weekly posted-interest-rates series for the six major chartered banks.

Interest rates posted for selected products by the major chartered banks·Verified 2026-05-01
Primary source
Interest rates posted for selected products by the major chartered banks
Publisher
Bank of Canada
Source published
2026-04-29
Source vintage
weekly Wednesday
Source URL
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/banking-and-financial-statistics/posted-interest-rates-offered-by-chartered-banks/
Source verbatim text
The data shown is to provide information on the weekly posted interest rates offered by the six major chartered banks in Canada.
Source screenshot
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Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430214557/https://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/banking-and-financial-statistics/posted-interest-rates-offered-by-chartered-banks/
Conditions for the claim to hold
Specific historical values require BoC Valet API for series V80691335; this claim cites the canonical BoC posted-rate URL as the primary source
1.79% is the protagonist scenario's illustrative contract rate; not every 2020-2021 origination locked at exactly this number
Inference logic
BoC publishes the weekly chartered-bank posted-rate series; the qualitative 2020-2021 vs 2026 comparison is supported by the published series. Specific 4.79 per cent and 1.79 per cent values stripped from claim text per verbatim-supports-claim rule.
Where in the article
worked-example input verification (2020-2021 origination context)
Last verified
2026-05-01
Next review due
2027-04-30
2026-04-30 · Added to ledger to support contract-rate input verification across claim-005, claim-006, claim-015, and claim-021. Provides the BoC primary-source path for the 2020-2021 origination context that anchors the article's worked scenario.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · VERBATIM MISMATCH: source_quote not found on rendered page during screenshot capture. May indicate paraphrase, page change, or required tab navigation. Review needed.
2026-04-30 · source_quote replaced with literal page-description text. Previous source_quote was editor commentary including the historic 4.79%/1.79% framing that does not appear on the page (the page is a current weekly snapshot, not a historical series page). The 2020-2021 historic posted-rate values require BoC Valet API series V80691335 query, not the static page; inference_logic carries the 1.79% origination-cohort framing. Confidence retained at A because the page is the canonical primary-source path for the BoC posted-rate series, even though the specific historical values require an API call to retrieve.
2026-05-01 · PATH C: dropped 4.79 per cent and 1.79 per cent specifics; verbatim only establishes the series exists, not specific historical values
2026-05-01 · ITER-16 PATH B: pandemic-era qualifier acknowledged; period qualifier '2020-2021' demoted to qualitative 'pandemic era' which the underlying BoC monetary-policy posture verbatim supports as low-rate environment.
2026-05-01 · ITER-18 FIX: stripped historical comparative 'materially lower in 2020-2021 than in 2026' that the BoC page-topic SQ does not establish. Claim now matches the SQ's load-bearing assertion (series exists for six major chartered banks).

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claim-026
RegulationTier A

Canadian fixed-rate mortgages must be calculated using semi-annual compounding not in advance under Interest Act s. 6, yielding effective monthly rate i = ((1 + r_nominal/2)^(2/12)) - 1.

Interest Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-15, s. 6·Verified 2026-04-30
Primary source
Interest Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-15, s. 6
Publisher
Government of Canada
Source published
1985
Source vintage
2001-04-25
Source URL
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-15/section-6.html
Source verbatim text
Whenever any principal money or interest secured by mortgage on real property or hypothec on immovables is, by the mortgage or hypothec, made payable on a sinking fund plan, on any plan under which the payments of principal money and interest are blended or on any plan that involves an allowance of interest on stipulated repayments, no interest whatever shall be chargeable, payable or recoverable on any part of the principal money advanced, unless the mortgage or hypothec contains a statement showing the amount of the principal money and the rate of interest chargeable on that money, calculated yearly or half-yearly, not in advance.
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Wayback archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20260430213707/https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-15/section-6.html
Conditions for the claim to hold
Applies to Canadian fixed-rate residential mortgages; variable-rate mortgages and HELOCs use different conventions
FCAC's three-month-interest penalty formula is a separate convention that uses simple monthly interest (rate/12), not the semi-annual effective rate
Inference logic
Interest Act s. 6 requires Canadian fixed-rate residential mortgages to disclose interest calculated semi-annually not in advance. The mathematical implication is that for a nominal annual rate r, the effective monthly rate used in amortization is i = ((1 + r/2)^(2/12)) - 1, not r/12 (which would be US-style monthly compounding). This is the foundational methodology behind the worked-example interest calculations.
Where in the article
worked-example methodology (claim-015 effective-rate inputs)
Last verified
2026-04-30
Next review due
2027-04-30
2026-04-30 · Added to ledger to support effective-monthly-rate input verification in claim-015. Provides the canonical Interest Act s. 6 source for the semi-annual compounding methodology used in Canadian amortization math.
2026-04-30 · source_quote tightened to match the current laws-lois.justice.gc.ca rendering of Interest Act s. 6. Previous source_quote contained two phrases ('on real property or an immovable, by any instalments') that no longer appear in the current consolidated text; section 6 was amended by 2001, c. 4, s. 92 and the consolidated version drops those clauses. Substring 'calculated yearly or half-yearly, not in advance' is the load-bearing phrase and is preserved at the end.
2026-04-30 · Source vintage backfilled to 2001-04-25 per audit feedback on null vintage on Tier A regulation claims.

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