Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
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The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is Canada’s federal regulator responsible for overseeing banks and other federally regulated financial institutions to ensure their safety and soundness.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1167968 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Context triple: [TD Bank, regulatoryAuthority, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions]
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A.
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) is Germany’s integrated financial regulator overseeing banks, financial services institutions, insurance companies, and securities markets.
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B.
Ontario Securities Commission
The Ontario Securities Commission is the provincial regulatory agency responsible for overseeing and enforcing securities laws and protecting investors in Ontario, Canada.
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C.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council is a U.S. interagency body that prescribes uniform principles, standards, and reporting forms for the examination and supervision of financial institutions.
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D.
Office of Financial Institutions
The Office of Financial Institutions is a U.S. Treasury Department unit responsible for developing policy and oversight related to banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions.
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E.
Office of Thrift Supervision
The Office of Thrift Supervision was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for chartering, regulating, and supervising savings associations and their holding companies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Target entity description: The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is Canada’s federal regulator responsible for overseeing banks and other federally regulated financial institutions to ensure their safety and soundness.
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A.
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) is Germany’s integrated financial regulator overseeing banks, financial services institutions, insurance companies, and securities markets.
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B.
Ontario Securities Commission
The Ontario Securities Commission is the provincial regulatory agency responsible for overseeing and enforcing securities laws and protecting investors in Ontario, Canada.
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C.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council is a U.S. interagency body that prescribes uniform principles, standards, and reporting forms for the examination and supervision of financial institutions.
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D.
Office of Financial Institutions
The Office of Financial Institutions is a U.S. Treasury Department unit responsible for developing policy and oversight related to banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions.
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E.
Office of Thrift Supervision
The Office of Thrift Supervision was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for chartering, regulating, and supervising savings associations and their holding companies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
financial regulatory authority
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independent federal agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Canada ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
Bank of Canada
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Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation ⓘ Department of Finance Canada ⓘ Financial Consumer Agency of Canada ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| doesNotRegulate |
provincially regulated financial institutions
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securities markets ⓘ |
| formedBy |
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act
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| hasChiefExecutiveTitle | Superintendent of Financial Institutions ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation |
Ottawa
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surface form:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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| hasMainResponsibility |
promoting safety and soundness of federally regulated financial institutions
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protecting rights and interests of depositors, policyholders and pension plan members ⓘ prudential regulation ⓘ prudential supervision ⓘ |
| hasOffice |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Toronto ⓘ
surface form:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vancouver ⓘ
surface form:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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| inception | 1987 ⓘ |
| issues |
guidelines for capital adequacy
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guidelines for liquidity adequacy ⓘ prudential regulatory guidance ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalForm | independent agency of the Government of Canada ⓘ |
| legalJurisdiction | Parliament of Canada ⓘ |
| monitors |
financial condition of federally regulated financial institutions
ⓘ
funding and solvency of federally regulated private pension plans ⓘ |
| motto | Building a resilient financial system ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
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surface form:
Government of Canada
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| partOf |
federal financial sector regulatory framework of Canada
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federal public service of Canada ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Department of Insurance (Canada)
Office of the Inspector General of Banks (Canada) ⓘ |
| regulates |
banks
ⓘ
federal credit unions ⓘ federally incorporated insurance companies ⓘ federally regulated loan companies ⓘ federally regulated private pension plans ⓘ federally regulated trust companies ⓘ |
| reportsTo |
Minister of Finance
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surface form:
Minister of Finance (Canada)
|
| sector | financial regulation ⓘ |
| shortName |
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
OSFI
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| supervises | domestic systemically important banks in Canada ⓘ |
| website | https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Description of subject: The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is Canada’s federal regulator responsible for overseeing banks and other federally regulated financial institutions to ensure their safety and soundness.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada)
this entity surface form:
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada)
this entity surface form:
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada)
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
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shortName
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Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
OSFI
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
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formedBy
→
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
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precededBy
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Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Department of Insurance (Canada)
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
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collaboratesWith
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Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
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regulator
→
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
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this entity surface form:
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada)
Finance portfolio (Canada)
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includesAgency
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Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
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this entity surface form:
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)