Department of Finance Canada

Department of Finance Canada

Ministère des Finances Canada
Department overview
Formed	July 1, 1867
Type	Department responsible for Economic and Fiscal Policy Economic Development and Corporate Finance Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Financial Sector Policy International Trade and Finance Tax Policy Corporate Services
Jurisdiction	Canada
Employees	1,000
Ministers responsible	Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Finance Mona Fortier, Associate Minister of Finance
Website	www.fin.gc.ca

Department of Finance Canada (Template:Lang-fr) operates under the Minister of Finance. Its purpose is to ensure a healthy Canadian economy by developing policies of sound economic management and providing expert advice to the government.

The department is headquartered in the James Michael Flaherty building in downtown Ottawa at the corner of Elgin and Albert.

Branches and sub-agencies

The Department is divided into several branches:

• Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch
• Economic Development and Corporate Finance Branch
• Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch
• Financial Sector Policy Branch
• International Trade and Finance Branch
• Tax Policy Branch
• Law Branch
• Corporate Services Branch
• Consultations and Communications Branch

Some of the sub-agencies under the Department include:

• Bank of Canada
• CPP Investment Board
• Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
• Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
• Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
• Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Canada Development Investment Corporation
• Royal Canadian Mint
• PPP Canada

Related legislation

Acts and legislations under the Department:

• Income Tax Act
• Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
• Customs Act
• Customs Tariff Act
• Excise Act
• Excise Tax Act
• Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act
• Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act
• Payment Clearing and Settlement Act
• Financial Administration Act
• Special Import Measures Act
• Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act

External links

• Department of Finance Canada