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

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Statement of changes in financial position, selected seasonally adjusted items and selected financial ratios
  Fourth quarter 2009 First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 Third quarter 2010 Fourth quarter 2010
  millions of dollars
Statement of changes in financial position  
Cash from operating activities 355 1,597 1,459 786 1,137
Net profit 672 987 688 195 591
Non-cash items -205 635 775 611 551
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 706 832 840 911 982
Future income tax 80 10 45 49 21
Working capital -934 259 -124 -397 -756
Other non-cash items -57 -466 14 49 304
Prior period cash transactions -113 -25 -4 -19 -4
Cash from financing activities 158 -922 736 1,778 365
Increase in deposits 0 0 0 0 0
Borrowings from affiliates -228 -273 -277 755 104
Borrowings from non-affiliates 152 -424 640 930 -138
Loans and other borrowings 381 -368 65 584 162
Bankers' acceptances and paper -225 -232 84 377 10
Bonds and debentures -2 174 490 -29 -308
Mortgages -2 3 1 -1 -2
Equity 234 -225 373 93 399
Total cash available 513 674 2,195 2,564 1,502
Applications  
Cash applied to investment activities -126 -59 -67 179 -154
Investments in affiliates 5 -26 66 45 32
Portfolio investments 8 -175 -7 2 -2
Loans -139 142 -126 132 -184
Mortgage loans 0 0 0 0 0
Non-mortgage loans -139 142 -126 132 -184
Cash applied to fixed assets 339 562 1,995 1,836 922
Cash applied to dividends 491 421 371 493 518
Total applications of cash 705 923 2,299 2,508 1,285
Increase or decrease in cash -193 -249 -104 57 217
Selected seasonally adjusted items  
Operating revenue 14,926 15,697 14,788 15,445 16,070
Operating profit 1,224 1,321 1,343 1,256 1,318
Profit before extraordinary gains 660 760 784 337 573
Net profit 660 760 784 337 573
Percentage change of selected seasonally adjusted items  
Operating revenue 6.4 5.2 -5.8 4.4 4.0
Operating expenses 7.0 4.9 -6.5 5.5 4.0
Operating profit 0.4 7.9 1.7 -6.5 4.9
Selected financial ratios  
Profit margin (%) 8.2 8.4 9.1 8.1 8.2
Return on equity (%) 8.6 9.5 9.7 4.2 7.0
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.075 1.014 1.009 1.065 1.038
Return on capital employed (%) 5.4 7.1 8.6 4.8 5.2
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.