---
id: "ca_bank_account"
kind: "pattern"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["finances"]
country: ["CA"]
langs: ["en", "fr"]
quality: 75
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ca_bank_account"
---

# Canadian bank account number (`ca_bank_account`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Number of a bank account held in Canada. Microsoft Purview looks for seven or twelve digits.

- Pattern of: `bankaccount`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances)
- Countries: Canada (CA)
- Languages: English (en), French (fr)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:\d{7}|\d{12})$
```

## Mappings

- purview: `Canada bank account number`

## Supported by tools

- `amazonmacie`
- `azureailanguage`
- `microsoftpurview`
- `nightfall`
- `snowflake`

## Sources

- doc: <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sit-defn-canada-bank-account-number>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: examples, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/ca_bank_account.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/CA/finances/ca_bank_account.yaml>