Information on copyright, reproduction of government symbols, use of official languages, and disclaimer.

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Terms of Use

Unless otherwise stated the copyright and any other rights in the contents of the material available through this website, including any images and text, are owned by the Bank of Canada.

Content on this website is produced and/or compiled by the Bank of Canada for the purpose of providing users with access to information about the activities of the Bank. Subject to section 2, the Bank permits you to copy, distribute and transmit its website content under the following terms:

1.1 Attribution
You must attribute the Bank of Canada as the source of the content, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests that the Bank endorses you or your use of the content.

1.2 Accuracy
You must exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of any content you reproduce.

1.3 Use of Content: Notice Requirement
If You provide content from this website through paid services or incorporate any content in documents for sale (regardless of the medium), You must inform any prospective purchaser, prior to its distribution or sale, that said content was obtained from this website and that such information is available on this website free of charge.

2. Reproduction of Government Symbols

The official symbols of the Government of Canada, including the "Canada" wordmark, the Arms of Canada, and the flag symbol may not be reproduced, whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes, without written authorization. Request for authorization from the Treasury Board Secretariat may be addressed to:

Federal Identity Program
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
300 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R5

3. Official Languages

The Bank of Canada observes the Official Languages Act, and is committed to ensuring information and services on this site are available in both English and French. Note, however, that in most instances research papers are published only in the official language in which they were originally written. In such instances an abstract of the paper is provided in the other official language. This practice is approved by the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages.

Disclaimer

The information on this website is provided for general reference purposes only. While every effort is made to ensure that the site is up to date and accurate, the Bank of Canada accepts no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content or for any loss which may arise from reliance on information contained in this website.

You acknowledge that your use of the information and data, including rates and statistics, provided through this website is at your sole and own risk. Under no circumstances shall the Bank of Canada, its employees, directors, officers, agents, vendors or licensors involved in creating, producing or delivering this site or content found on this site be liable for any loss, injury, claim, liability or damage of any kind resulting in any way from: (a) any content or material downloaded from this website; (b) any links provided on this website; (c) any errors in, or omissions from, the data found on this website; (d) the unavailability or delay of any such data; or (e) your use of the data found on this website or any conclusions you draw from it, regardless of whether you received any assistance from the Bank of Canada or its employees with regard to such data. Under no circumstances is the Bank of Canada liable to you for any amount.

The Bank of Canada provides no warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose, title, quality or non-infringement of any service or information contained on the website in any form or manner whatsoever.

Links to other sites are provided for your convenience. The Bank of Canada accepts no responsibility or liability for the content of those sites or of any external site which links to this site.

Visitors should also be aware that information offered by non-Bank of Canada sites to which the website links may not be subject to the Privacy Act, the Official Languages Act and may not be accessible to persons with disabilities. The information offered may be available only in the language(s) used by the websites in question and visitors should research the privacy policies of the websites before providing personal information.