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Table 7-2
Utilities — Statement of changes in financial position, seasonally adjusted data and financial ratios

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Statement of changes in financial position, seasonally adjusted data and financial ratios
  Second quarter 2008 Third quarter 2008 Fourth quarter 2008 First quarter 2009 Second quarter 2009
  millions of dollars
Statement of changes in financial position  
Cash from operating activities 1,866 -722 1,017 1,552 1,318
Net profit 599 622 1,006 541 521
Non-cash items 1,309 -1,234 6 960 817
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 617 635 617 621 633
Future income tax 57 -85 -6 6 29
Working capital 378 -595 58 591 164
Other non-cash items 257 -1,189 -662 -259 -9
Prior period cash transactions -42 -109 5 52 -21
Cash from financing activities 1,088 2,001 1,274 -113 -40
Increase in deposits 0 0 0 0 0
Borrowings from affiliates 413 762 313 -390 -108
Borrowings from non-affiliates 516 1,301 585 92 -368
Loans and other borrowings 206 827 -130 -387 -650
Bankers' acceptances and paper -328 371 533 -26 -341
Bonds and debentures 809 169 205 553 622
Mortgages -171 -66 -23 -47 0
Equity 160 -62 376 184 436
Total cash available 2,955 1,279 2,291 1,439 1,278
Applications  
Cash applied to investment activities 508 423 672 -254 -13
Investments in affiliates 571 428 661 -273 8
Portfolio investments -54 10 8 9 -22
Loans -9 -14 2 11 2
Mortgage loans 0 0 0 0 -2
Non-mortgage loans -9 -14 2 11 4
Cash applied to fixed assets 1,306 535 1,021 506 197
Cash applied to dividends 399 297 574 465 291
Total applications of cash 2,213 1,255 2,267 717 476
Increase or decrease in cash 741 24 24 721 802
Selected items, seasonally adjusted  
Operating revenue 17,470 17,814 17,218 15,027 13,778
Operating profit 1,239 1,237 1,133 932 1,135
Profit before extraordinary gains 700 686 747 -64 525
Net profit 700 686 747 -64 525
Percentage change of selected items  
Operating revenue (S.A.) 0.0 2.0 -3.3 -12.7 -8.3
Operating expenses (S.A.) -0.2 2.1 -3.0 -12.4 -10.3
Operating profit (S.A.) 2.4 -0.2 -8.4 -17.8 21.9
Selected financial ratios  
Profit margin (%) 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.2 8.2
Return on equity (%) 9.5 9.3 10.0 -0.8 6.9
Debt to equity (ratio) 0.928 0.993 1.006 0.994 0.972
Return on capital employed (%) 6.9 6.4 6.6 3.6 4.8
Note(s):
-  A common (generic) financial statement presentation format is used for all industries and for aggregate totals. As a result, some financial series that do not apply to certain industries will be shown with zero values.
-  All data in this table are unadjusted unless otherwise specified.
-  Figures may not add due to rounding.