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Guarantees, Commitments and Pledged Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2025
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Schedule of Various Guarantees and Indemnifications |
(a) | Guarantees
The Bank enters into various types of guarantees and indemnifications in the normal course of business. Guarantees represent an undertaking to another party to make a payment to that party when certain specified events occur. The various guarantees and indemnifications that the Bank provides with respect to its customers and other third parties are presented below:
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
As at October 31 ($ millions) |  | Maximum potential amount of future payments (1) |  |  | Maximum potential amount of future payments (1) |
Standby letters of credit and letters of guarantee |  | $ | 86,016 |  |  | $ | 62,966 |
Liquidity facilities |  |  | 8,611 |  |  |  | 7,665 |
Indemnifications |  |  | 95 |  |  |  | 791 |
(1) | The maximum potential amount of future payments represents those guarantees that can be quantified and excludes other guarantees that cannot be quantified. As many of these guarantees will not be drawn upon and the maximum potential amount of future payments listed above does not consider the possibility of recovery under recourse or collateral provisions, the above amounts are not indicative of future cash requirements, credit risk, or the Bank’s expected losses from these arrangements.
Summary of Other Indirect Commitments |
As at October 31 ($ millions) |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Commercial letters of credit |  | $ | 836 |  |  | $ | 1,049 |
Commitments to extend credit (1) |  |  | 275,504 |  |  |  | 272,793 |
Securities lending |  |  | 78,548 |  |  |  | 58,477 |
Securities purchase and other commitments |  |  | 821 |  |  |  | 844 |
Total |  | $ | 355,709 |  |  | $ | 333,163 |
(1) | Includes liquidity facilities, and excludes commitments which are unconditionally cancellable at the Bank’s discretion at any time.
Summary of Carrying Value Of Pledged Assets and Details of Related Activities |
As at October 31 ($ millions) |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Assets pledged to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank of Canada (1) |  | $ | 274 |  |  | $ | 229 |
Foreign governments and central banks (1) |  |  | 2,066 |  |  |  | 2,020 |
Clearing systems, payment systems and depositories (1) |  |  | 2,200 |  |  |  | 2,460 |
Assets pledged in relation to exchange-traded derivative transactions |  |  | 5,715 |  |  |  | 5,334 |
Assets pledged in relation to over-the-counter derivative transactions |  |  | 33,785 |  |  |  | 25,487 |
Assets pledged as collateral related to securities borrowing and lending |  |  | 195,208 |  |  |  | 149,669 |
Assets pledged in relation to covered bond program (Note 14) (2) |  |  | 44,832 |  |  |  | 47,560 |
Assets pledged in relation to other securitization programs (Note 14) |  |  | 8,045 |  |  |  | 4,022 |
Assets pledged under CMHC programs (Note 13) |  |  | 15,627 |  |  |  | 18,392 |
Other |  |  | 424 |  |  |  | 228 |
Total assets pledged |  | $ | 308,176 |  |  | $ | 255,401 |
Obligations related to securities sold under repurchase agreements |  |  | 174,010 |  |  |  | 174,335 |
Total (3) |  | $ | 482,186 |  |  | $ | 429,736 |
(1) | Includes assets pledged in order to participate in clearing and payment systems and depositories, or pledged to have access to the facilities of central banks in foreign jurisdictions.
(2) | Excludes mortgages related to covered bonds held by the Bank or used for securities lending transactions.
(3) | Includes assets that have been received from counterparties through normal course of business in securities financing and derivative transactions.

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