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Section III – Supplementary Information

Financial Highlights

INAC


($ thousands)
  % Variance 2009–10 2008–09
At end of Year (March 31) — Condensed Statement of Financial Positions
Total Assets 2.6 955,949 931,432
Total Liabilities 14.0 16, 857, 141 14,781,462
Total Equity -14.8 (15, 901, 192) (13,850,030)
Total 2.6  955, 949  931, 432 
For the Year (Ended March 31) —Condensed Statement of Financial Operations
Total Expenses 25.5 9, 263, 960 7,380,656
Total Revenues -28.2 204,575 284,981
Net Cost of Operations 27.7 9, 059, 385  7,095,675 

The difference between Planned Spending and Total Authorities primarily reflects incremental funding provided for out-of-court settlements, the operating budget carry-forward and compensation adjustments. The difference between Total Authorities and Actual Spending primarily reflects operating resources to be carried forward to 2010–2011.

 

Assets by Type

Total assets were $955.9 million at the end of 2009–2010, which came to an increase of $24.5 million (2.6 percent) over the previous year’s total assets of $931.4 million. Loans made up 78.1 percent of total assets at $746.7 million. Accounts and interest receivable of $131.3 million represented 13.7 percent of total assets, while non-financial assets of $77.9 million represented approximately 8.2 percent of total assets.

Assets by Type Pie Chart

Liability by Type

Total liabilities were $16.9 billion at the end of 2009–2010, which came to an increase of $2.1 billion (14.0 percent) over the previous year’s total liabilities of $14.8 billion. The allowance for claims and litigation represents the largest portion of liabilities at $12.1 billion or 71.5 percent of total liabilities. Other significant liabilities include environmental liabilities of $1.9 billion (11.3 percent), accounts payable of $1.1 billion (6.7 percent), trust accounts of $1.1 billion (6.4 percent), and settled claims in the amount of $538 million (3.2 percent).

Liability by Type Pie Chart

Revenues

Total revenues amounted to $204.6 million for 2009–2010, representing a 28.2-percent decrease over the previous year’s revenue of $285.0 million. Resource royalties, earned pursuant to contracts or regulations such as the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Mining Regulations, the Frontier Lands Petroleum Royalty Regulations and the Norman Wells Project profits represent the most significant source of revenue, accounting for $186.9 million or 91.3 percent of total revenues. Other sources of revenue include interest on loans in the amount of $9.4 million (4.6 percent).

Revenues Pie Chart

Expenses

Total expenses were $9.3 billion in 2009–2010, representing a 25.5-percent increase over the previous year’s expenses of $7.4 billion. Transfer payments, the majority to Aboriginal people and Aboriginal organizations, amounted to $5.8 billion or 63.0 percent of total expenses. Other significant expenses include claims and litigation of $1.6 billion accounted 17.6 percent, salaries and employee benefits totalled $0.5 billion, accounting for 5.5 percent of total expenses, professional services of $0.4 billion accounted for 4.0 percent of total expenses, court awards and other settlements of $0.4 billion accounted for 3.9 percent and environmental liabilities of $0.3 billion accounted for 3.6 percent.

Expenses Pie Chart

 

Financial statements can be found at: www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/arp/pubs/fnst10/fnst10-eng.asp

 

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency Financial Highlights

The financial statements for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency can be found at: www.north.gc.ca/aa/smr10/smr10-eng.asp.

($ thousands)
  % Variance 2009–10 2008–09
At end of Year (March 31) — Condensed Statement of Financial Operations
Total Assets 0 11.8 n/a
Total Liabilities 0 12.4 n/a
Total Equity 0 (0.6) n/a
Total   23.6 n/a
For the Year (Ended March 31) — Condensed Statement of Financial Operations
Total Expenses 0 41.0 n/a
Total Revenues 0 0 n/a
Net Cost of Operations 0 41.0  n/a

The difference between Total Authorities and Actual Spending primarily reflects operating resources to be carried forward to 2010–2011 or beyond.

Assets by Type

Total assets were $11.8 million at the end of 2009–2010.  Financial assets due from Consolidated Revenue Fund made up 99.2 percent of total assets at $11.7 million. Tangible capital assets, made up 0.8 percent at $0.1 million.

Assets by Type Pie Chart

Liability by Type

Total liabilities were $12.4 million at the end of 2009–2010. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities represent the largest portion of liabilities at $11.8 million or 95.2 percent of total liabilities. Employee severance benefits made up 4.8 percent at $0.6 million.

Liability by Type Pie Chart

Revenues

No revenues for 2009-2010.

Expenses

Total expenses were $41.0 million in 2009–2010. Transfer payments to
Aboriginal organizations, territorial governments and institutions, and non profit organizations, amounted to $31.8 million or 77.6 percent of total expenses. Salaries and employee benefits totalled $6.7 million, accounting for 16.3 percent of total expenses, while professional and special services expenses of $1.2 million accounted for 2.9 percent. Other expenses made up 3.2 percent of total expenses.

Expenses Pie Chart

 

List of Tables

The following tables are located on the Treasury Board Secretariat website at www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/st-ts-eng.asp:

  • Sources of Respendable and Non-Respendable Revenue;
  • User Fees/External Fees;
  • Details on Transfer Payment Programs;
  • Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits; and
  • Internal Audits
  • Evaluations.
  • Green Procurement

Information on INAC’s performance related to the following horizontal initiatives can be found on the Treasury Board Secretariat website at www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/2009-2010/index-eng.asp:

  • Urban Aboriginal Strategy;
  • First Nations Water and Wastewater Action Plan;
  • Labrador Innu Comprehensive Healing Strategy;
  • International Polar Year; and
  • Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program.

 

Contact for Further Information

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
10 Wellington Street, North Tower
Gatineau, Quebec
Mailing Address: Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H4
Internet: www.ainc-inac.gc.ca
E-mail: webmaster@ainc-inac.gc.ca

General and Statistical Inquiries, and Publication Distribution
E-mail: Infopubs@ainc-inac.gc.ca
Tel. (toll-free): 1-800-567-9604
TTY (toll-free): 1-866-553-0554

Departmental Library
Tel.: (819) 997-0811
E-mail: Reference@ainc-inac.gc.ca

Media Enquiries – Communications
Tel.: (819) 953-1160

Canadian Polar Commission
Suite 1710, Constitution Square
360 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7X7
Internet: www.polarcom.gc.ca
E-mail: mail@polarcom.gc.ca
Tel.: (613) 943-8605
Toll-free: 1-888-765-2701

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Mail: Indian and Northern Affairs
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
10 Wellington Street, North Tower
Gatineau, Quebec
Mailing Address: Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H4
Internet: www.cannor.gc.ca
Email: InfoNorth-InfoNord@CanNor.gc.ca
Tel. (toll-free): 1-800-567-9604
TTY (toll-free): 1-866-553-0554

 


[Footnotes]

  1. For more information on the mandate, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/index-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  2. For more information about the OFI, please see www.ainc-inac.info/ai/ofi/index-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  3. For more information on INAC’s role in the North, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nth/index-eng. (return to source paragraph)

  4. For more information about the mandate of the Canadian Polar Commission, please see www.polarcom.gc.ca/content.php?doc=6 (return to source paragraph)

  5. The deferral for specific claims in 2009–2010 was the result of delays outside INAC’s control. When settlements are reached, settlement funds are transferred only after ratification by the First Nation(s) and then by the Minister. A number of specific claims were not ratified in time and one high-value claim was delayed by an action brought before the Court. In 2009–2010, INAC met its target to deliver 100% of planned spending for specific claims, paying a total of $19,572,081 to First Nations for all 12 specific claims that were ratified (for more details). (return to source paragraph)

  6. For the 2009–2010 Report on Plans and Priorities, please see www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2009-2010/inst/ian/ian00-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  7. For the Federal Framework on Aboriginal Economic Development, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ecd/ffaed1-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  8. For more information, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/mr/nr/m-a2006/02766bka-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  9. For Neil McCrank’s report, please see www.reviewboard.ca/upload/ref_library/1217612729_ri08-eng.pdf. (return to source paragraph)

  10. For information on the signing of the Inuit Education Accord, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/mr/nr/j-a2009/nr000000271-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  11. The National Economic Development Committee for Inuit Nunangat is a joint federal–Inuit committee established to collaboratively manage economic development policy and program development and implementation. (return to source paragraph)

  12. For the Aboriginal Funding Tool, please see www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/eng/funding.html. (return to source paragraph)

  13. For a profile of Canada’s Aboriginal population, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/arp/es/0809/dpr/dem-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  14. For more information on the McIvor decision, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/br/is/vor-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  15. For more information on the Secure Certificate of Indian Status program, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/br/is/scs/index-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  16. For more progress reports on Aboriginal and northern projects, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/arp/bg09/index-eng.asp#rpts. (return to source paragraph)

  17. For more information on INAC’s Indian Government Support Programs, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ap/gov/igsp/index-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  18. For more information on self-government, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/al/ldc/ccl/pubs/sg/sg-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  19. For more information on the B.C. Treaty Process, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/mr/is/bctp-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  20. For more information on final agreements, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/al/ldc/ccl/fagr/index-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  21. For the evaluation of Indian Government Support Programs, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ap/gov/igsp/pfe/pfe-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  22. For the evaluation report, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ap/gov/igsp/pfe/pfe-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  23. For the text of the proposal, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ap/gov/igsp/index-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  24. For more information on specific claims, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/al/ldc/spc/pubs/pamp/pamp-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  25. For the response, please see www.parl.gc.ca/39/2/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/abor-e/rep-e/response05-e.pdf. (return to source paragraph)

  26. For information on the elementary and secondary education audit, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/arp/aev/pubs/au/ese/ese-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  27. For information on the post-secondary education audit, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/arp/aev/pubs/au/psep/psep-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  28. INAC’s reported First Nation high school and post-secondary graduation rates differ from the Community Well-Being Index outcomes because they are taken from different years (2007–2008 and 2008–2009), and are not aggregated into a single score. Moreover, these rates are derived from INAC’s nominal roll and the National Post-Secondary Education Database, not the Census. (return to source paragraph)

  29. For information on this research on alternative delivery mechanisms, please see http://educationalpolicy.org/publications/pubpdf/INAC.pdf. (return to source paragraph)

  30. For information on this research on updating the Aboriginal university education programming inventory, please see www.aucc.ca/_pdf/english/reports/2010/aboriginal_report_e.pdf. (return to source paragraph)

  31. For more information on INAC’s social programs can be obtained at: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/hb/sp/index-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  32. For more information on the EPFA, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/mr/nr/m-a2009/bk000000439-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  33. For the Income Assistance Program Evaluation, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/arp/aev/pubs/ev/eiap07/eiap07-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  34. For more information on Bill C-3, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/br/is/vor-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  35. For more information on the Framework, please see www.ainc-inac.com/ecd/ffaed-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  36. For more information on the evaluation of INAC’s economic development programs, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/arp/aev/pubs/ev/ecdev/ecdev-eng.asp#sec6. (return to source paragraph)

  37. For more information on Aboriginal financial institutions, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ecd/ab/abc/brf/h_ab00155-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  38. A loan loss reserve is a financial instrument that offsets a portion of a commercial lender’s potential losses and creates an incentive for the financial institution to provide loans to businesses that would otherwise fall below the lender’s standard for acceptable risk. (return to source paragraph)

  39. For more information on:
    • the 2009–2010 assessment of First Nation water and wastewater systems, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/enr/wtr/nawws-eng.asp;
    • the legislative framework, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/enr/wtr/h2o/index-eng.asp; and
    • First Nations water and wastewater, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/enr/wtr/index-eng.asp.
    (return to source paragraph)

  40. For more information on the Northern Strategy, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/mr/is/n-strat-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  41. For more information about the review of the Food Mail Program, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/mr/nr/j-a2009/nr000000301-eng.asp. For the summative evaluation report of the Food Mail Program, please see www.ainc-inac.com/ai/arp/aev/pubs/ev/fmp/fmp-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  42. For the Tromsø Declaration, please see http://arctic-council.org/filearchive/Tromsoe%20Declaration-1..pdf. (return to source paragraph)

  43. For more information on Canada’s circumpolar activities, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nth/cl/index-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  44. For more information on the Food Mail Program pilot projects, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nth/fon/pubs/ac/ac-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  45. For Neil McCrank’s report, please see www.reviewboard.ca/upload/ref_library/1217612729_ri08-eng.pdf. (return to source paragraph)

  46. For more on the UAS, visit www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/ofi/uas/index-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  47. The Regional Federal Councils comprise the senior officials for the federal departments and agencies in each province and territory. For more information, see www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/fcer-cfre/rfc-cfr/rfc-cfr-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  48. For detailed reporting against expected results provided in INAC’s 2009-10 Report on Plans Priorities, please visit www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/arp/es/0910/dpr/is-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)

  49. For more information on CEAP Aboriginal and northern investments, please see www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/arp/bg09/ano-eng.asp. (return to source paragraph)