E-Filing Data Exchange Specification

• Index of Individual Form Schema Updated — 2024-03-11
• Getting Started
• Organization of the Schema
• Co-Filing of Forms
• Specific Rules for Phase 2 Forms
• Specific Rules for Phase 3 Forms
• Changes for Phase 2 revision 2003-11 (2004-06-12)
• Changes for Phase 3 revision 2004-09 (2005-06-04)
• Minor change on Form 78 (2005-11-04)
• Minor changes on Form 10, 13, 13PD, 13S, 14, and 78 (2006-08-25)
• Minor changes on Form 13, 13PD, 13S, 14 (2007-12-18)
• Minor changes on Form 12, 12PD, 12S, 13, 13PD, and 13S (2008-03-18)
• Minor changes on Form 12, 12PD, and 12S (2008-04-11)
• Revisions to Form 31 (2008-06-27)
• Minor revisions to Form 31 (2008-07-18)
• Changes for Chapter47 Bill C36 revision 2008-06 (2009-09-18)
• Minor changes on Form 12, 12PD, 12S, 13, 13PD, 13S, 14, and 49 (2009-11)
• Directive 5R3: Schedule 3 - Annual Banking Report (ABR) (2009-11-20)
• Directive 8R9 (2010-08)
• Changes on Form 21-31-52-82-Directive 6Ra, Directive 8R9, 6R3 and text corrections (2010-08)
• Directive 8R11: Changes to Form 31 and Form 79 (2010-12)
• Directive 8R12: Updates to Form 10 and Form 49 (2011-03)
• Remittance Advice (REMADV)
• Minor changes on EIS revision 2011-12 (2011-09-26)
• Correction to the schema documentation for Form 79.
  Changes to Form 10, 29, 30, 33, 34, 38, 40, 40.1, 41, 43, 43.1, 44.1, and 92 to support joint Division I proposals. (2011-12)
• Minor changes on French EIS revision 2012-09 (2012-09)
• Addition of Bankrupt Discharge Status - Mediation Conditions Met
• Directive 8R14: Updates to Form 60, 63, and 68 and discontinuation of Form 67 (2013-09)
• Addition of Debtor Compliance Referral Program form (2013-12)
• Addition of Debtor Compliance Referral fields to form EIS (2014-06) and minor change to schema for Form 79
• Addition of support for Initial Filings of Bankruptcy Orders
  
• Removal of Debtor Compliance Referral Program form
• Directive No. 33, Trustee Designation and Advertising and Directive No. 8R16, Updates to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act Forms (2016-04)
• Changes to REMADV remittance advice schema - Addition of validation to Remittance fields (2016-06-24)
• Update to Form EIS version (2017-04) - Addition of debtor e-mail address fields
• Minor Changes to SRD schemas
• Directive 1R4: Counselling in Insolvency Matters (2018-10)
• Directive 1R5: Counselling in Insolvency Matters (2020-01)
• Directive 1R6: Counselling in Insolvency Matters (2020-04)
• Directive 8R17: The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act Forms (2020-09)
• Note Directive 8R18 is on hold and will not be put into force on March 31, 2021
• A new page has been added with a table of all the calculations for the Consumer Price Indices for the Service Fees Act
• New Directive 8R19: The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act Forms (2021-03)
• Minor correction to the EIS schema for Directive 8R19
• Several debtor related fields have been moved into the <Estate> section of the EIS
• Directive No. 1R7, Counselling in Insolvency Matters, Directive No. 6R5, Assessment of an Individual Debtor, Changes to Form14, and changes to support e-filing of a Div II proposal by a debtor who already has an ongoing Div II Proposal (2022-04)
• Directive 821: The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act Forms (2024-07)New — 2024-02-08
• Minor corrections to Form 65 and changes to rendered stylesheets on EIS and directive6Ra for Directive 8R21

History

• Phase 1 (2002-12-09): Summary Administrations.
• Phase 2 (2004-06-12): Adding support for Division II Proposals.
• Phase 3 (2005-06-04): Adding support for Ordinary Administrations, Notices of Intention, and Division I Proposals.
• Phase 4 (2009-09-18): Changes to support the requirements of Chapter 47 Bill C36.

Notes:

As with any on-going process, there is the possibility that there may be slight changes to these schema, but these schema have been approved and basically should remain as defined here.

Before jumping into the individual schema definitions, read the getting started page for background information and tips on how to read the diagrams.