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 Section 2 and Section 3 of Volume I and Table 4a of Volume II.

Table 1:Return on investments
(in dollars)
Description Dividends/Interests Amount realized in 2024–2025
Cash and accounts receivable
Department of Employment and Social Development
Interest on bank deposits   712,410
Department of Finance
Interest on bank deposits   818,087,635
Department of Health
Interest on bank deposits   2,100,042
Total cash and accounts receivable   820,900,087
Foreign exchange accounts
Department of Finance
International Monetary Fund—Transfer of profits
Loans   21,361,372
Subscriptions   172,195,395
International reserves held in the Exchange Fund Account
Transfer of profits   4,149,340,135
Total foreign exchange accounts   4,342,896,902
Loans, investments and advances
Enterprise Crown corporations and other government business enterprises
Business Development Bank of Canada
Dividends 337,000,000  
Interest 1,195,063,088  
Subtotal   1,532,063,088
Canada Development Investment Corporation
Interest   748,446,561
Canada Housing Trust—Canada Mortgage Bonds
Interest   731,888,151
Canada Lands Company Limited
Dividends   11,000,000
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Dividends 145,000,000  
Interest 620,662,863  
Subtotal   765,662,863
Farm Credit Canada
Dividends 690,000,000  
Interest 1,478,536,959  
Subtotal   2,168,536,959
Royal Canadian Mint
Dividends   1,000,000
Other government business enterprises
Other than interest
Department of Transport
Belledune Port Authority 197,927  
Halifax Port Authority 2,804,286  
Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority 2,244,344  
Montreal Port Authority 4,913,561  
Nanaimo Port Authority 371,437  
Port Alberni Port Authority 116,077  
Prince Rupert Port Authority 3,616,924  
Quebec Port Authority 3,159,269  
Saguenay Port Authority 145,832  
Saint John Port Authority 1,297,563  
Sept-Îles Port Authority 1,591,541  
St John's Port Authority 194,883  
Thunder Bay Port Authority 95,864  
Toronto Port Authority 3,625,115  
Trois-Rivières Port Authority 425,125  
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 9,575,857  
Windsor Port Authority 48,110  
Subtotal   34,423,715
Total enterprise Crown corporations and other government business enterprises   5,993,021,337
International organizations
Department of Finance
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)—Hybrid Capital
Interest   1,297,424
International Development Association
Interest   9,823,630
International Monetary Fund—Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust
Interest   110,453,235
Total International organizations   121,574,289
Other loans, investments and advances
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canadian Dairy Commission—Interest   1,698,574
Unconditionally repayable contributions and Hog Industry Loan Loss Reserve Program   2,436,358
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Inuit loan fund   3,922
Department of Employment and Social Development
Interest on Canada apprentice loans   6,139
Interest on Canada student loans   14,056,516
Payments received for discounted portion of loans   913,300
Department of Finance
Federal-provincial fiscal arrangements   58,944
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada   367,553
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada   12,354
Optional Services   369,209
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Canadian Commercial Corporation—Dividends   10,000,000
Interest earned on bank accounts in missions   94,936
Interest on loans and advances to Missions abroad   15,876,493
Interest on loans and advances to personnel posted abroad   363,248
Interest on portfolio investments   441,411
Interest on unconditionally repayable contributions   11,432,931
Department of Indigenous Services
Indian Economic Development Guaranteed Loans Program   19,200
Reserve Housing Guaranteed Loans Program   56,132
Department of Industry
Interest on loans receivable   13,472,973
Export Development Canada (Canada Account)
Canada Emergency Business Account—Interest   237,033,865
Development of export trade—Interest   78,323,100
Total other loans, investments and advances   387,037,158
Total loans, investments and advances   6,501,632,784
Other accounts
Department of National Defence
Interest earned from funds on deposit with suppliers/banks   1,092,472
Interest on loans to employees posted abroad   464,804
Security deposit (outside Canada posting)   1,837
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Interest on bank deposits   16,232
Public Health Agency of Canada
Interest earned from funds on deposit with supplier   2,690,998
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Loans and advances to persons posted abroad—Interest   969
Total other accounts   4,267,312
Total return on investments   11,669,697,085
Summary
Dividends   1,194,000,000
Interest   6,097,463,168
Transfer of profits   4,342,896,902
Other   35,337,015
Total   11,669,697,085

Table 1 notes

General notes:

  • A blank cell means there is no available data.

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