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 Dividents/Interests Amount realized in 2019–2020
Cash and accounts receivable
Department of Employment and Social Development
Interest on bank deposits   307,570
Department of Finance
Interest on bank deposits   771,739,967
Total cash and accounts receivable   772,047,537
Foreign exchange accounts
Department of Finance
International Monetary Fund—Transfer of profits
Loans   3,954,458
Subscriptions   26,334,707
International reserves held in the Exchange Fund Account
Transfer of profits   2,283,254,157
Total foreign exchange accounts   2,313,543,322
Loans, investments and advances
Enterprise Crown corporations and other government business enterprises
Bank of Canada
Transfer of profits   1,322,563,352
Business Development Bank of Canada
Dividends 128,400,000  
Interest 371,536,357  
Subtotal   499,936,357
Canada Lands Company Limited
Dividends   30,000,000
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Dividends 1,515,000,000  
Interest 302,952,952  
Subtotal   1,817,952,952
Export Development Canada (Canada Account)
Interest   261,382,783
Farm Credit Canada
Dividends 394,800,000  
Interest 512,942,127  
Subtotal   907,742,127
Ridley Terminals Inc
Dividends   128,984,953
Royal Canadian Mint
Dividends   40,000,000
Other government business enterprises
Other than interest
Department of Transport
Belledune Port Authority 179,356  
Halifax Port Authority 2,111,657  
Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority 1,319,588  
Montreal Port Authority 4,628,826  
Nanaimo Port Authority 205,083  
Port Alberni Port Authority 79,477  
Prince Rupert Port Authority 3,337,414  
Saguenay Port Authority 95,644  
Saint John Port Authority 869,324  
Sept-Îles Port Authority 695,418  
St John's Port Authority 173,906  
Thunder Bay Port Authority 73,640  
Trois-Rivières Port Authority 224,413  
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 8,039,032  
Windsor Port Authority 35,420  
Subtotal   22,068,198
Total enterprise Crown corporations and other government business enterprises   5,030,630,722
National governments including developing countries
Department of Finance
International Development Assistance
National Governments—Ukraine   4,954,247
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
International Development Assistance
Loans to developing countries   30,102,841
Total national governments including developing countries   35,057,088
International organizations
Department of Finance
International Monetary Fund
Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust   3,335,947
Other loans, investments and advances
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Dividends on investments   9,455
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canadian Dairy Commission—Interest   1,595,063
Hog industry loan loss reserve program   1,571,074
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Stoney Band perpetual loan   8,774
Department of Employment and Social Development
Interest on Canada apprentice loans   4,313,306
Interest on Canada student loans   754,515,261
Payments received for discounted portion of loans   3,355,635
Department of Finance
Federal-provincial fiscal arrangements   58,944
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada   99,220
Investments Fund from PPP Canada Inc.   7,766,578
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Personnel posted abroad   283,225
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
First Nations in British Columbia   109,857
Native claimants   45,021
Stoney Band perpetual loan   2,914
Department of Indigenous Services
Indian Economic Development Guaranteed Loans Program   16,234
On-Reserve Housing Guaranteed Loans Program   97,427
Department of Industry
Interest on loans receivable   16,570,496
Export Development Canada (Canada Account)
Development of export trade—Interest   17,933,557
Total other loans, investments and advances   808,352,041
Total loans, investments and advances   5,877,375,798
Other accounts
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Interest on bank deposits   7,968
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Interest on mission bank accounts   38,037
Department of National Defence
Interest earned from funds on deposit with suppliers/banks   4,039,766
Interest on loans to employees posted abroad   316,120
Security deposit (outside Canada posting)   696
Ridley Terminals Inc
Interest   304,814
Other   27,477
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Loans and advances to persons posted abroad—Interest   9,616
Total other accounts   4,744,494
Total return on investments   8,967,711,151
Summary
Dividends   2,237,194,408
Interest   3,068,958,759
Transfer of profits   3,636,106,674
Other   25,451,310
Total   8,967,711,151

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