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A special operating agency (SOA) is a designation given to a government organization within a department or agency of the Government of Canada, or a provincial government, that has some management flexibility, independence, and separate accountability.
Pages in category "Special operating agencies of Canada" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency; Passport Canada
1925 – the Office of the Inspector General of Banks was established in response to the Home Bank failure and was responsible for regulating Canada's chartered banks. Early 1930s – Royal Commission on Banking and Currency reviewed banking and currency issues in the Canadian financial system.
Special Operating Agencies (which are departmental organizations), and non-departmental organizations such as Crown corporations, administrative tribunals, and oversight organizations are parts of the public service operating in areas seen as requiring a higher level of independence from it and the direct political control of ministers.
This category includes departments, agencies, and crown corporations created by the government or Parliament of Canada by statute or regulation. It does not include the Governor General of Canada , the Parliament of Canada , or the federal courts of Canada (see Court system of Canada ).
Founded in 1986 as the Canadian Home Income Plan Corporation. HomeEquity Bank is the first Canadian bank to offer reverse mortgages to Canadian homeowners aged 55 and over. On 13 October 2009, HomeEquity Bank was recognized as a Schedule 1 Canadian Bank. Innovation Federal Credit Union: 2007 Swift Current: Member owned.
In this list of financial regulatory and supervisory authorities, central banks are only listed where they act as direct supervisors of individual financial firms, and competition authorities and takeover panels are not listed unless they are set up exclusively for financial services.
The Canadian banking industry includes 20 domestic banks, 24 foreign bank subsidiaries and 22 foreign bank branches operating in Canada. [9] ATB Financial , a financial institution owned by the Government of Alberta , and Canada's many credit unions, are not included in this list.