As of last October, The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says it’s been sitting on a pile of more than 10 million uncashed cheques. The CRA says its unclaimed cheques — exactly 10,279,770 at last count — are valued at $1,752,004,000. The CRA has a whole web page devoted to uncashed cheques. The simplest way is to log into your account (conveniently called My Account) and look for the “uncashed cheques” link on the overview page. Since 2020, when the online system for uncashed cheques was set up, Canadians have received 4,960,380 cheques valued at just over $1.8 billion.

Source: National Post January 09, 2026 20:25 UTC