National Anti-Fraud Strategy
Current status: Open
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In Budget 2025, the government committed to protect Canadians from fraud by developing Canada's first-ever whole-of-government National Anti-Fraud Strategy.
This consultation seeks feedback on proposed measures for a National Anti-Fraud Strategy designed to enhance anti-fraud efforts across Canada's financial and telecommunications sectors, as well as digital platforms. This work is being led by the Department of Finance Canada, in collaboration with other federal departments and agencies.
The consultation seeks views and feedback on:
- Establishing a multi‑sector anti‑fraud framework with new and enhanced requirements for federally regulated financial institutions, telecommunications service providers, and digital platforms to prevent, detect and disrupt fraud and to respond to fraud losses when they occur;
- Empowering Canadians to act against fraud; and,
- Supporting law enforcement efforts to combat fraud.
We also invite interested parties to submit any additional comments or feedback relevant to the scope of this consultation. Send us your official documentation by email or by mail, by April 28, 2026.
Send us an email
Send an email to consumer.consommateur@fin.gc.ca with "National Anti-Fraud Strategy Consultation" as the subject line.
Participate by mail
Judith Hamel
Financial Sector Policy Branch
Department of Finance Canada
James Michael Flaherty Building
90 Elgin St
Ottawa ON K1A 0G5
Who is the focus of this consultation?
This engagement process provides all interested members of the public the opportunity to provide input on this topic.
What's next?
Comments received from the consultation will be assessed and used to inform policy recommendations to the government.
Privacy
Those providing comments are asked to indicate clearly the name of the individual or the organization that should be identified as having made the submission. In order to respect privacy and confidentiality, please advise when providing your comments whether you:
- consent to the disclosure of your comments in whole or in part;
- request that your identity and any personal identifiers be removed prior to publication; or
- wish that any portions of your comments be kept confidential (if so, clearly identify the confidential portions).
Information received through this comment process is subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act. Should you indicate that your comments, or any portions thereof, be considered confidential, the Department of Finance will make all reasonable efforts to protect this information.
Related links
- National Anti-Fraud Strategy Discussion Paper
- Chapter 4: Protecting Canada's sovereignty and security | Budget 2025 (see Combatting Financial Fraud)
- Minister Champagne takes aim at financial scams and abuse, announces Anti-Fraud Strategy and new Financial Crimes Agency