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 2017–2018
Cash and accounts receivable
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Interest on bank deposits   1,090
Department of Employment and Social Development
Interest on bank deposits   154,304
Department of Finance
Interest on bank deposits   418,105,369
Total cash and accounts receivable   418,260,763
Foreign exchange accounts
Department of Finance
International Monetary Fund—Transfer of profits
Loans   6,120,683
Subscriptions   8,465,903
International reserves held in the Exchange Fund Account
Transfer of profits   1,712,718,559
Total foreign exchange accounts   1,727,305,145
Loans, investments and advances
Enterprise Crown corporations and other government business enterprises
Bank of Canada
Transfer of profits   950,670,227
Business Development Bank of Canada
Interest   147,578,808
Canada Development Investment Corporation
Dividends   91,000,000
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Dividends 5,675,000,000  
Interest 402,851,799  
Subtotal   6,077,851,799
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Export Development Canada—Dividends   969,000,000
Farm Credit Canada
Dividends 308,300,000  
Interest 221,297,568  
Subtotal   529,597,568
Royal Canadian Mint
Dividends   64,200,000
Other government business enterprises
Other than interest
Belledune Port Authority 172,623  
Halifax Port Authority 1,908,664  
Hamilton Port Authority 985,407  
Montréal Port Authority 4,259,086  
Nanaimo Port Authority 190,755  
Oshawa Port Authority 32,257  
Port Alberni Port Authority 97,278  
Prince Rupert Port Authority 3,128,241  
Québec Port Authority 1,519,933  
Saguenay Port Authority 66,109  
Saint John Port Authority 768,423  
Sept-Îles Port Authority 188,691  
St. John's Port Authority 159,614  
Thunder Bay Port Authority 77,608  
Toronto Port Authority 3,483,363  
Trois-Rivières Port Authority 147,794  
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 6,931,113  
Windsor Port Authority 31,359  
Subtotal   24,148,318
Total enterprise Crown corporations and other government business enterprises   8,854,046,720
National governments including developing countries
Department of Finance
International Development Assistance
National Governments—Ukraine   6,959,726
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
International Development Assistance
Loans to developing countries   3,945,413
Services and commitment charges on loans to developing countries   218
Total national governments including developing countries   10,905,357
International organizations
International Finance Corporation
Canada Climate Change Program   3,140,622
Global Agricultural and Food Security Program   866,526
International Monetary Fund
Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust   1,545,694
Total International organizations   5,552,842
Other loans, investments and advances
Loans, investments and advances
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Dividends on investments   7,432
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Personnel posted abroad   164,661
Subtotal   172,093
Other
Canadian Dairy Commission
Interest   643,004
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Hog Industry Loan Loss Reserve Program   1,274,593
Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Interest on assistance and transportation loans   237,225
Department of Employment and Social Development
Interest on Canada apprentice loans   1,575,832
Interest on Canada student loans   727,892,816
Payments received for discounted portion of loans   4,004,258
Department of Finance
Federal-provincial fiscal arrangements   58,944
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada   43,167
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Council for Yukon First Nations—Elders   23,108
First Nations in British Columbia   713,380
Indian Economic Development Guaranteed Loans Program   7,049
Native claimants   669,552
On-Reserve Housing Guaranteed Loans Program   722,002
Stoney Band perpetual loan   11,688
Department of Indigenous Services Canada
Indian Economic Development Guaranteed Loans Program   5,282
On-Reserve Housing Guaranteed Loans Program   66,185
Department of Industry
Interest on loans receivable   13,584,531
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans' Land Act Fund—Advances   76
Export Development Canada (Canada Account)
Development of export trade   22,134,310
Office of Infrastructure of Canada
Accrued interest on loan receivable   3,416
Dividend related to the dissolution of PPP Canada Inc   3,405,250
Subtotal   777,075,668
Total other loans, investments and advances   777,247,761
Total loans, investments and advances   9,647,752,680
Other accounts
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Interest on mission bank accounts   71,208
Department of National Defence
Interest earned from funds on deposit with suppliers/banks   33,395
Interest on loans to employees posted abroad   147,098
Security deposit (outside Canada posting)   1,174
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Loans and advances to persons posted abroad   8,565
Total other accounts   261,440
Total return on investments   11,793,580,028
Summary
Dividends   7,110,912,682
Interest   1,976,539,179
Transfer of profits   2,677,975,372
Other   28,152,794
Total   11,793,580,027
A blank cell means there is no available data.

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