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Section III: Supplementary Information

Financial Highlights, Charts and Graphs

The financial highlights presented in this Departmental Performance Report are intended to serve as a general overview of the department’s financial position and operations. These unaudited consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accrual accounting principles and are therefore different from the information published in the Public Accounts of Canada, which are prepared with appropriation-based reporting. The detailed unaudited financial statements of the department can be found at Office of the Chief Financial Officer.

The charts below illustrate the March 31, 2011, ending balances for each major financial statement grouping, along with the corresponding change from the previous fiscal year, restated.

Condensed Statement of Financial Position
As at March 31, 2011 ($ millions)

	% Change	2010-11	2009-10
Total Assets	+5%	1,570	1,497
Total Liabilities	+8%	529	488
Equity of Canada	+3%	1,041	1,009
Total	+5%	1,570	1,497

Assets

The department’s total assets rose by $73 million (5 percent) to $1,570 million as at March 31, 2011, compared to $1,497 million as at March 31, 2010. The department’s total financial assets were $318 million or 20 percent of total assets, while the total non-financial assets were $1,251 million or 80 percent of total assets. The increase is mainly attributed to a $45-million increase in tangible capital assets to $1,214 million from $1,169 million (the department owns all Canadian diplomatic and consular properties abroad), a $20-million increase in accounts receivable and advances to $96 million from $76 million, and a $14-million increase in cash due from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to $215 million from $201 million, offset by a $10-million decrease in prepaid expenses to $32 million from $42 million.

Asset Breakdown

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Liabilities

The department’s total liabilities rose by $41 million (8 percent) to $529 million as at March 31, 2011, compared to $488 million as at March 31, 2010. The increase is mainly due to a $34-million increase to $306 million from $272 million in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, mostly due to timing differences between when a good or service was received at March 31 and when the payment is issued in the next fiscal year.

Liability Breakdown

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Condensed Statement of Financial Position
For the year ended March 31, 2011 ($ millions)

	% Change	2010-11	2009-10
Total Expenses	+7%	3,047	2,853
Total Revenues	-6%	429	458
Net Cost of Operations	+9%	2,618	2,395

Expenses

Forty-four percent of the department’s expenses went to Diplomacy and Advocacy, and 75 percent of this program activity’s funds represent grant and contribution payments. Operating expenses increased due to the need to strengthen security at missions, claims against the Crown, and the government’s response to international crises.

Canada’s International Platform covers common service operations at missions and operations at headquarters. The expenditures under these program activities decreased, mainly due to one-time funding received in 2009-10 for the Canadian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Passport Canada’s expenses decreased as a result of a slight decline in the number of passports issued, which resulted in lower costs. Expenses allocated to International Policy Advice and Integration increased, primarily due to expenses incurred in relation to hosting the G-8 and G-20 summits. International Commerce and Internal Services expenditures changed due to an internal realignment of costs as a result of changes to the Program Activity Architecture. Expenses related to Consular Affairs remained relatively constant compared to last year.

Expenses by Program Activity

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Revenues

The department’s revenues comprise mostly Passport Canada’s passport issuances and Consular Affairs’ consular and related fees. Fewer passports were issued in 2010-11 (4.4 million) compared to 2009-10 (4.7 million) due to the implementation in June 2009 of Phase II of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (expansion of the passport requirement for U.S. entry to all land and sea border crossings). Thus, the decrease in the department’s revenues is mainly attributed to the decrease in passport issuances.

Revenues by Program Activity

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Financial Statements

The financial statements may be found at Office of the Chief Financial Officer.

List of Supplementary Information Tables

All electronic supplementary information tables listed in the 2010-11 Departmental Performance Report can be found on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s website.

• Sources of Respendable and Non-Respendable Revenue
• User Fees Act
  • Access to Information
  • International Experience Canada
  • Export/Import Permit Fees
  • Consular Services
  • Specialized Consular Services
  • Passport Canada
  • Total User Fees
• Transfer Payment Programs
  • Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program
  • Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Contributions under the Global Partnership Program for the Destruction, Disposal and Securing of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction and Related Expertise
  • Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Global Commerce Support Program
  • Global Peace and Security Fund and Its Component Programs
  • Grants and Contributions in Aid of Academic Relations
  • International Atomic Energy Agency
  • International Criminal Court
  • International Labour Organization
  • International Organisation of La Francophonie
  • Investment Cooperation Program
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization Civil Administration
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
  • Organization of American States
  • Payments in Lieu of Taxes on Diplomatic, Consular and International Organizations’ Property in Canada
  • Projects and Development Activities Resulting from Francophonie Summits
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
  • United Nations Organization
  • World Health Organization
  • World Trade Organization
• Up Front Multi-Year Funding
  • Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
  • Centre for International Governance Innovation
  • Forum of Federations
• Horizontal Initiatives
• Green Procurement
• Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits
• Internal Audits and Evaluations

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Section IV: Other Items of Interest

Organizational Contact Information

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Tel.: 1-800-267-8376 toll-free in Canada
or 613-944-4000 in the National Capital Region and outside Canada
TTY: 613-944-9136
Fax: 613-996-9709
Web: www.international.gc.ca

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Enquiries Service
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2
Email: enqserv@international.gc.ca
Media Services: 613-995-1874
Fax: 613-995-1405

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Passport Canada, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Gatineau, QC K1A 0G3
Tel.: 1-800-567-6868 toll-free in Canada and the United States
TTY: 819-997-8338 or 1-866-255-7655
Web: www.ppt.gc.ca

DFAIT’s Portfolio

Canadian Commercial Corporation
50 O’Connor Street, Suite 1100
Ottawa, ON K1A 0S6
Tel.: 1-800-748-8191 toll-free in Canada
or 613-996-0034 in the National Capital Region and outside Canada
Fax: 613-995-2121
Web: www.ccc.ca

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International Joint Commission (Canadian Sector)
234 Laurier Avenue West, 22nd Floor
Ottawa, ON K1P 6K6
Tel.: 613-947-1420
Reception: 613-995-2984
Fax: 613-993-5583
Web: www.ijc.org

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Canadian International Development Agency
200 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, QC K1A 0G4
Tel.: 1-800-230-6349 toll-free in Canada
or 819-997-5456 in the National Capital Region and outside Canada
Fax: 819-953-6088
Web: www.acdi-cida.gc.ca

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Rights & Democracy: International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
1001 de Maisonneuve Boulevard East, Suite 1100
Montreal, QC H2L 4P9
Tel.: 514-283-6073 or 1-877-736-3833
Fax: 514-283-3792
Web: www.ichrdd.ca

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Export Development Canada
151 O’Connor Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 1K3
Tel.: 613-597-8523
TTY: 1-866-574-0451
Fax: 613-298-3811
Web: www.edc.ca

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International Development Research Centre
150 Kent Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 0B2
Postal Address: P.O. Box 8500
Ottawa, ON K1G 3H9
Tel.: 613-236-6163
Fax: 613-238-7230
Web: www.idrc.ca

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Roosevelt Campobello International Park
459 Route 774
Welshpool, NB E5E 1A4
Tel.: 506-752-2922
Fax: 506-752-6000
Web: www.fdr.net/index.html

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National Capital Commission
90 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 5A1
Tel.: 613-239-5000 or 1-800-465-1867 (toll-free)
TTY: 613-239-5090 or 1-866-661-3530 (toll-free)
Fax: 613-239-5063
Web: www.canadascapital.gc.ca

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• ¹ Exceeded: More than 100% of the expected level of performance; Met all: 100% of the expected level of performance; Mostly met: 80% to 99% of the expected level of performance; Somewhat met: 60 to 79% of the expected level of performance; Not met: Less than 60% of the expected level of performance.

• ² Excluding revenues credited to the vote. In certain specific situations, Parliament authorizes departments or agencies to spend revenues generated from their operations, but these revenues are not presented in the planned spending figures.

• ³ Note that EDC’s figures include budgetary and non- budgetary items and that the Canada Account financial information is not included in the department’s financial statements (see Financial Highlights in Section 3).

• ⁴ Surge capacity was required to host the G-8 and G-20 summits, resulting in 219 temporary FTEs under PA 1.2.

• ⁵ The variance of $68.1 million between planned spending ($248.5 million) and authorities ($180.4 million) under the International Commerce program activity was mainly due to changes in how certain commerce-related expenditures were accounted for under the department’s Program Activity Architecture. These changes included a transfer of $23 million for the Investment Cooperation Program and $11.1 million for the Softwood Lumber Agreement funding to the Diplomacy and Advocacy program activity, and an allocation of nearly $30 million to other program activities.

• ⁶ Actual spending reflects prepayments to loans as well as other regular repayments netted against a loss in foreign exchange revaluation—see information on Canada's Economic Action Plan—Canada Account, section 1.7.

• ⁷ In 2010-11, Passport Canada generated revenues of $269.5 million and spent $286.3 million to deliver its program. The net cost of the program was $16.8 million. The total authorities of $132.9 million were derived from a previous surplus as well as drawdown authority approved by Parliament. Passport Canada, through the revolving-fund mechanism, carries over these authorities to cover projected future deficits as well as to continue the implementation of the ePassport in 2011-12 and 2012-13.

• ⁸ The variance of $65.2 million between the planned spending ($87.4 million) and the actual spending ($156.2 million) is mainly attributable to changes in how expenditures are accounted for under the department’s PAA.

• ⁹ Figures for EDC (Canada Account) are presented in Section 1.6 (Summary of Performance) and Section 2.2.1 (International Commerce).

• ¹⁰ Full program activity descriptions are included in the 2010-11 Main Estimates

• ¹¹ Surge capacity was required to host the G-8 and G-20 summits, resulting in 219 temporary FTEs.

• ¹² The term “consular” describes the services that a country provides for its citizens abroad. These services are clearly established in the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, to which Canada is a signatory.

• ¹³ In 2010-11, Passport Canada generated revenues of $269.5 million and spent $286.3 million to deliver its program. The net cost of the program was $16.8 million. The total authorities of $132.9 million are derived from a previous surplus as well as drawdown authority approved by Parliament. Passport Canada, through the revolving-fund mechanism, carries over these authorities to cover projected future deficits as well as to continue the implementation of the ePassport in 2011-12 and 2012-13.

• ¹⁴ In 2010-11, the 32 partners consisted of 24 federal departments and agencies, two Crown corporations, four provincial governments and two other governments.

• ¹⁵ Common services are the infrastructure, staff and services required to maintain Canada’s representation abroad: the provision and maintenance of office space; official residences and staff quarters; the hiring and support of locally engaged staff; and the management of financial and personnel administration, contract services, information management and technology, security, and transportation services.

• ¹⁶ Survey results are based on 706 respondents (9 percent). As per last year’s analysis, the neutral percentage has been counted as positive. Clients are federal departments and agencies, Crown corporations, provincial governments and foreign governments.

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