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

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Utilities — Statement of changes in financial position, selected seasonally adjusted items and selected financial ratios
Table summary
This table displays the statement of changes in financial position, selected seasonally adjusted items, percentage change of selected seasonally adjusted items and selected financial ratios. The row headers provide information on the different accounts or items in this tabulation. The column headers provide a quarterly breakdown for the five quarters covered in this tabulation. The values are reported in either millions of dollars or in percentages.
  Third quarter 2012 Fourth quarter 2012 First quarter 2013 Second quarter 2013 Third quarter 2013
  millions of dollars
Statement of changes in financial position  
Cash from operating activities 1,051 4,414 1,836 3,327 -96
Net profit 559 681 1,101 635 769
Non-cash items 1,047 3,716 683 2,494 -800
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 865 869 936 918 948
Future income tax 65 -3 22 23 11
Working capital -776 -111 208 637 -223
Other non-cash items 892 2,962 -483 916 -1,536
Prior period cash transactions -555 16 51 198 -65
Cash from financing activities 1,951 1,116 -241 2,245 982
Increase in deposits 0 0 0 0 0
Borrowings from affiliates 497 333 -254 -133 48
Borrowings from non-affiliates 679 348 327 1,165 375
Loans and other borrowings 447 233 465 341 274
Bankers' acceptances and paper 602 -135 -206 538 -126
Bonds and debentures -368 252 65 285 228
Mortgages -1 -2 3 1 -1
Equity 775 435 -315 1,214 560
Total cash available 3,002 5,530 1,595 5,572 886
Applications  
Cash applied to investment activities 383 2,823 270 1,048 -956
Investments in affiliates -24 3,162 261 1,081 -1,135
Portfolio investments 99 -27 -3 -17 -9
Loans 307 -312 12 -15 188
Mortgage loans 0 0 0 0 0
Non-mortgage loans 307 -312 12 -15 188
Cash applied to fixed assets 2,017 2,273 503 3,911 4,261
Cash applied to dividends 576 585 527 561 579
Total applications of cash 2,976 5,681 1,301 5,519 3,884
Increase or decrease in cash 26 -151 294 53 -2,999
Selected seasonally adjusted items  
Operating revenue 12,613 12,940 13,067 13,963 13,539
Operating profit 1,134 1,096 1,183 1,310 1,484
Profit before extraordinary gains 685 614 798 908 895
Net profit 685 614 798 908 895
Percentage change of selected seasonally adjusted items  
Operating revenue -5.5 2.6 1.0 6.9 -3.0
Operating expenses -5.8 3.2 0.3 6.5 -4.7
Operating profit -3.2 -3.4 7.9 10.7 13.3
Selected financial ratios  
Profit margin (%) 9.0 8.5 9.0 9.4 11.0
Return on equity (%) 8.9 7.3 9.4 10.2 9.8
Debt to equity (ratio) 1.325 1.306 1.302 1.271 1.244
Return on capital employed (%) 6.2 5.5 6.6 7.0 6.7
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.
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