11/07/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/07/2023 15:03
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, P.C., M.P.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
© His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Finance, 2023
Catalogue No. IN3-34E-PDF
ISSN 2562-1734
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I am pleased to present the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)'s report on fees for 2022-23.
The Service Fees Act provides a modern legislative framework that enables cost-effective delivery of services and, through better reporting to Parliament, improves transparency and oversight.
This year's report continues to provide context on each fee, in the spirit of open and transparent fee management. Details include the fee type, the rate of adjustment, the service standard and the performance result.
OSFI is funded through assessments on the financial institutions and private pension plans that it supervises and regulates as well as a user-pay program for legislative approvals and other select services. The user-pay program charges a standard fee for each service based on estimated costs for that type of service. The fees are adjusted annually in accordance with the Service Fees Act.
These fees represent less than 1% of OSFI's total revenue. The remainder of OSFI's costs are recovered through the aforementioned assessments, which are set at an amount to fully recover OSFI's expenses after amounts recovered through the user-pay program.
The total fees (i.e., assessments and user-pay program charges) are consistent with OSFI's estimates at the beginning of the year and OSFI recovered all its costs for 2022-23.
Peter Routledge
Superintendent
This report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act, the low-materiality fees regulations, and subsection 4.2.8 of the Treasury Board Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, contains information about the fees OSFI had the authority to set in fiscal year 2022-23.
The report covers fees that are subject to the Service Fees Act.
For reporting purposes, fees are categorized by fee-setting mechanism. There are three mechanisms:
For fees set by act, regulation or fees notice, the report provides totals for fee groupings, as well as detailed information for each fee. OSFI did not have fees set by contract, market rate or auction.
Although the fees OSFI charges under the Access to Information Act were subject to the Service Fees Act, they are not included in this report. Information on OSFI's access to information fees for 2022-23 is in our annual report to Parliament on the administration of the Access to Information Act on OSFI's website.
In 2022-23, OSFI was subject to the requirements to issue remissions under section 7 of the Service Fees Act and subsection 4.2.4 of the Treasury Board Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities to remit a fee, in whole or in part, to a fee payer when a service standard was deemed not met. OSFI's remission policy and procedures, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, are on the following web page: Policy for Remission of Service Fees.
In 2022-23, OSFI had authority to also issue remissions under its enabling legislation. These remissions may have been for reasons other than not meeting a service standard.
The authority to remit is delegated in the Office of the Superintendent of Financial institutions Act, Section 37.1 (1).
The other sections of this report provide detailed amounts for OSFI's remissions for 2022-23.
The following table presents the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees OSFI had the authority to set in 2022-23, by fee-setting mechanism.
Overall totals for 2022-23, by fee-setting mechanismFee-setting mechanism | Revenue ($) | Cost ($) | Remissions ($) |
Fees set by act, regulation or fees notice | 227,171,224 | 227,171,224 | 0 |
A fee grouping is a set of fees relating to a single business line, directorate or program that a department had the authority to set for those activities.
This section presents, for each fee grouping, the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees OSFI had the authority to set in 2022-23 that are set by the following:
Historically, some fee revenues were recognized on a percentage of completion basis. On April 1, 2022, OSFI adopted the amendments to Canadian Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAS) Section 3400, Revenue ("Section 3400") prospectively. Fee revenues are now recognized when the case is deemed complete. For this reason, the 2022-23 total fee revenue will not necessarily be equal to the number of cases processed (or approved) multiplied by the individual fee amount. Applications processed refers to applications completed with a decision rendered.
Revenue ($) | Cost ($) | Remissions ($) |
21,488 | 21,488 | 0 |
Revenue ($) | Cost ($) | Remissions ($) |
141,973 | 141,973 | 0 |
Revenue ($) | Cost ($) | Remissions ($) |
37,612 | 37,612 | 0 |
Revenue ($) | Cost ($) | Remissions ($) |
99,216 | 99,216 | 0 |
Revenue ($) | Cost ($) | Remissions ($) |
150,543 | 150,543 | These fees were not subject to remissions. |
Revenue ($) | Cost ($) | Remissions ($) |
221,106,953 | 221,106,953 | 0 |
Revenue ($) | Cost ($) | Remissions ($) |
5,613,439 | 5,613,439 | 0 |
This section provides detailed information on each fee OSFI had the authority to set in 2022-23 and that was set by the following:
Superintendent non-deemed approvals except deposit and trust agreements and letters of credit
S1-21 Approval to maintain a representative office of a foreign bank
1999
2008
Processed within 60 calendar days of receipt
No applications decisioned
Material (>$151)
5,164
0
0
April 1, 2024
5,757.82
S1-40 Reservation of a name
1999
2008
Processed within 60 calendar days of receipt
Service standard met for all 5 applications decisioned (100%)
Material (>$151)
860
4,272
0
April 1, 2024
958.89
S2-02 Accreditation of a provincial reinsurer
1999
2008
Processed within 60 calendar days of receipt
Service standard met for all 4 applications decisioned (100%)
Material (>$151)
4,304
17,216
0
April 1, 2024
4,798.92
Ministerial approvals
S1-01 Letters patent of incorporation
1999
2008
Processed within 90 calendar days of receipt
Service standard met for 1 application decisioned (100%)
Material (>$151)
34,423
22,211
0
April 1, 2024
38,381.37
S1-02 Letters patent of continuance
1999
2008
Processed within 90 calendar days of receipt
Service standard met for 1 application decisioned (100%)
Material (>$151)
34,423
34,423
0
April 1, 2024
38,381.37
S1-03 Order permitting a foreign bank to carry on banking business in Canada
1999
2008
Processed within 90 calendar days of receipt
Service standard met for 1 application decisioned (100%)
Material (>$151)
34,423
33,291
0
April 1, 2024
38,381.37
S1-04 Order approving the insuring in Canada of risks by a foreign body corporate
1999
2008
Processed within 90 calendar days of receipt
Service standard met for all 3 applications decisioned (100%)
Material (>$151)
34,423
43,442
0
April 1, 2024
38,381.37
S1-14 Exemption from material banking group status
1999
2008
Processed within 90 calendar days of receipt
No applications decisioned
Material (>$151)
8,606
0
0
April 1, 2024
9,595.62
S1-15 Approval for a foreign bank or entity associated with a foreign bank to have a financial establishment in Canada
1999
2008
Processed within 90 calendar days of receipt
No applications decisioned
Material (>$151)
8,606
8,606.00
0
April 1, 2024
9,595.62
S1-16 Approval for a foreign bank or entity associated with a foreign bank in respect of investments and activities in Canada
1999
2008
Processed within 90 calendar days of receipt
No applications decisioned
Material (>$151)
8,606
0
0
April 1, 2024
9,595.62
Precedents / Rulings / Interpretations
S2-01 Written, precedent-setting ruling relating to the quality of capital
1999
2008
Processed within 180 calendar days of receipt
No applications decisioned
Material (>$151)
6,885
33,308 (fees relate to cases decisioned in 2021-2022)
0
April 1, 2024
7,676.72
S2-03 Written interpretation of Acts, regulations, guidelines or rulings
1999
2008
Processed within 180 calendar days of receipt
Service standard met for 1 application decisioned (100%)
Material (>$151)
4,304
4,304
0
April 1, 2024
4,798.92
Non-precedential confirmations of quality of capital
S2-04 Written, non-precedent-setting confirmation of quality of capital
1999
2008
Processed within 60 calendar days of receipt
Service standard met for all 23 confirmations decisioned (100%)
Material (>$151)
4,304
99,216
0
April 1, 2024
4,798.92
Copies of corporate documents and certificates of confirmation
S2-10 Copies of any one of the following corporate documents (per request and per body corporate):
1999
2008
Processed within 2 business days of receipt
Service standard met for 829 of the 829 corporate documents processed (100%)
173 for up to 20 copies plus 5 for each additional copy
150,543
0
Not applicable
184.76 for up to 20 copies plus 5 for each additional copy
Assessments for the regulation and supervision of federally regulated financial institutions
Assessment of Financial Institutions Fees
1987
2017
Not subject to service standard requirement
Not subject to service standard requirement
Not subject to section 17 of the Service Fees Act
The fees are determined by formulas that can be found in the Assessment of Financial Institutions Regulations, 2017
221,106,953
0
April 1, 2024
The fees are determined by formulas that can be found in the Assessment of Financial Institutions Regulations, 2017
Assessments for the regulation and supervision of federally regulated private pension plans
Assessment of pension plans fees
1987
2019
Not subject to service standard requirement
Not subject to service standard requirement
Not subject to section 17 of the Service Fees Act
The fees are determined by formulas that can be found in the Assessment of Pension Plans Regulations
5,613,439
0
April 1, 2024
The fees are determined by formulas that can be found in the Assessment of Pension Plans Regulations