See below for a chart of current and past yields of Canadian Treasury Bills: Canadian treasury bill yields The monetary policy of the central bank of the issuing country largely determines its rates. The yield is still low for the majority of these bills, given that central banks have been pursuing a low-interest rate policy since the 2008 financial crisis. At the time of publication in 2022, this trend appears to be reversing. Treasury bonds are low-risk investments since these securities are 100% guaranteed by the governments. As a result, their yield is also very low. While there are more profitable investment products, what attracts investors to Treasury bills is above all the security they provide. Noted that if an investor resells a T-bill before its maturity, the return to which they were entitled will not be fully paid out.