Crown corporations

E633028

Crown corporations are government-owned enterprises in Canada that operate at arm’s length from the state to provide commercial or public services while remaining publicly accountable.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public sector organization ⓘ
state-owned enterprise ⓘ
type of public enterprise ⓘ
accountableTo Parliament of Canada ⓘ
provincial legislatures in Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
distinguishedFrom government departments ⓘ
private corporations in Canada ⓘ
employs non-public-service employees in many cases ⓘ
public servants in some cases ⓘ
example Business Development Bank of Canada ⓘ
CBC/Radio-Canada ⓘ
Canada Post ⓘ
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ⓘ
Export Development Canada ⓘ
Hydro-Québec ⓘ
Ontario Power Generation ⓘ
SaskPower ⓘ
Via Rail Canada ⓘ
linked to: Via Rail
fundingModel commercial revenues ⓘ
government guarantees ⓘ
parliamentary appropriations ⓘ
governedBy Financial Administration Act (Canada) ⓘ
hasCharacteristic arm’s-length governance ⓘ
board-governed ⓘ
commercial orientation ⓘ
public accountability ⓘ
public policy mandate ⓘ
publicly owned ⓘ
separate legal personality from the Crown ⓘ
hasType agent Crown corporation ⓘ
federal Crown corporation ⓘ
non-agent Crown corporation ⓘ
provincial Crown corporation ⓘ
operatesAtArmsLengthFrom Government of Canada ⓘ
provincial governments in Canada ⓘ
ownedBy Crown in right of Canada ⓘ
provincial Crowns in Canada ⓘ
purpose implement public policy objectives ⓘ
provide commercial services ⓘ
provide public services ⓘ
regulatedBy federal enabling statutes ⓘ
provincial enabling statutes ⓘ
reportsTo responsible minister ⓘ
sector agriculture ⓘ
broadcasting ⓘ
cultural industries ⓘ
energy ⓘ
finance ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
subjectTo audits by Auditor General of Canada (for federal entities) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Financial Administration Act → appliesTo → Crown corporations ⓘ
BC Ferries → legalForm → Crown corporation ⓘ
linked to: Crown corporations
Public Service of Canada → relatedTo → Crown corporations of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Crown corporations
Government of Saskatchewan → oversees → Crown corporations of Saskatchewan ⓘ
linked to: Crown corporations
Crown agencies of the Government of British Columbia → legalForm → Crown corporation ⓘ
linked to: Crown corporations
CATSA → legalStatus → Crown corporation ⓘ
linked to: Crown corporations
Canada Infrastructure Bank → legalForm → Crown corporation ⓘ
linked to: Crown corporations
Canada Post Corporation Act → subject → Crown corporations ⓘ
Canada Post Corporation Act → legalFormOfEntityCreated → Crown corporation ⓘ
linked to: Crown corporations
Transportation Investment Corporation → legalForm → Crown corporation ⓘ
linked to: Crown corporations
Business Development Bank of Canada → legalForm → Crown corporation ⓘ
linked to: Crown corporations
Royal Canadian Mint → legalForm → Crown corporation ⓘ
linked to: Crown corporations