Return on investments

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This statement provides details for the current year of the category of other revenues called return on investments. Return on investments consists mainly of interest from loans and advances, dividends from investments, and transfer of profits, as recorded by departments before any adjustments are made. For the purposes of presentation in the financial statements, amounts shown here for foreign exchange accounts and enterprise Crown corporations have been respectively reclassified to net foreign exchange revenues and enterprise Crown corporations and other government business enterprises in Sections 2 and 3 of Volume I and Table 4a of Volume II.

Return on investments
(in dollars)
Description   Amount realized in 2018–2019
Cash and accounts receivable
Department of Employment and Social Development
Interest on bank deposits   271,088
Department of Finance
Subscriptions   737,628,514
Total cash and accounts receivable   737,899,602
Foreign exchange accounts
Department of Finance
International Monetary Fund—Transfer of profits
Loans   6,791,845
Subscriptions   19,903,136
International reserves held in the Exchange Fund Account
Transfer of profits   1,482,022,573
Total foreign exchange accounts   1,508,717,554
Loans, investments and advances
Enterprise Crown corporations and other government business enterprises
Bank of Canada
Transfer of profits   1,169,241,687
Business Development Bank of Canada
Dividends 69,700,000  
Interest 299,315,269  
Subtotal   369,015,269
Canada Development Investment Corporation
Dividends 114,000,000  
Interest 144,228,192  
Subtotal   258,228,192
Canada Lands Company Limited
Dividends   10,000,000
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Dividends 3,680,000,000  
Interest 323,500,822  
Subtotal   4,003,500,822
Export Development Canada
Dividends   1,010,000,000
Farm Credit Canada
Dividends 364,000,000  
Interest 414,081,466  
Subtotal   778,081,466
Royal Canadian Mint
Dividends   10,000,000
Other government business enterprises
Other than interest
Department of Transport
Belledune Port Authority 184,340  
Halifax Port Authority 2,079,936  
Hamilton Port Authority 1,102,257  
Montréal Port Authority 4,496,464  
Nanaimo Port Authority 241,064  
Oshawa Port Authority 42,355  
Port Alberni Port Authority 83,449  
Prince Rupert Port Authority 3,039,468  
Québec Port Authority 1,603,589  
Saguenay Port Authority 79,357  
Saint John Port Authority 841,934  
Sept-Îles Port Authority 471,694  
St. John's Port Authority 158,537  
Thunder Bay Port Authority 75,706  
Toronto Port Authority 3,004,339  
Trois-Rivières Port Authority 201,306  
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 7,492,987  
Windsor Port Authority 33,524  
Subtotal   25,232,306
Total enterprise Crown corporations and other government business enterprises   7,633,299,742
National governments including developing countries
Department of Finance
International Development Assistance
National Governments—Ukraine   7,060,000
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
International Development Assistance
Loans to developing countries   16,914,571
Services and commitment charges on loans to developing countries   11
Total national governments including developing countries   23,974,582
International organizations
Department of Finance
International Monetary Fund
Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust   2,801,140
Other loans, investments and advances
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Dividends on investments   10,360
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canadian Dairy Commission—Interest   1,030,777
Hog Industry Loan Loss Reserve Program   1,463,417
Department of Employment and Social Development
Interest on Canada apprentice loans   4,362,401
Interest on Canada student loans   846,902,027
Payments received for discounted portion of loans   3,778,012
Department of Finance
Federal-provincial fiscal arrangements   58,944
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada   35,158
Investments Fund from PPP Canada Inc.   12,049,236
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Personnel posted abroad   204,095
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Council for Yukon First Nations—Elders   4,816
First Nations in British Columbia   635,831
Native claimants   363,726
Stoney Band perpetual loan   11,689
Department of Indigenous Services Canada
Indian Economic Development Guaranteed Loans Program   14,973
On-Reserve Housing Guaranteed Loans Program   110,168
Department of Industry
Interest on loans receivable   15,255,599
Export Development Canada (Canada Account)
Development of export trade—Interest   30,509,214
Office of Infrastructure of Canada
Accrued interest on loan receivable   14,097
Total other loans, investments and advances   916,814,540
Total loans, investments and advances   8,576,890,004
Other accounts
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Interest on bank deposits   5,878
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Interest on mission bank accounts   116,565
Department of National Defence
Interest earned from funds on deposit with suppliers/banks   1,115,392
Interest on loans to employees posted abroad   233,903
Security deposit (outside Canada posting)   3,514
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Loans and advances to persons posted abroad—Interest   10,730
Total other accounts   1,485,982
Total return on investments   10,824,993,142
Summary
Dividends   5,257,710,360
Interest   2,860,313,212
Transfer of profits   2,677,959,241
Other   29,010,329
Total   10,824,993,142

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