Crown corporations

E633028
public sector organization state-owned enterprise type of public enterprise

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Crown corporation 3
Crown corporations canonical 1
Crown corporations of Canada 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public sector organization ⓘ
state-owned enterprise ⓘ
type of public enterprise ⓘ
accountableTo Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
CBC/Radio-Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada Post NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Export Development Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hydro-Québec NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ontario Power Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ
SaskPower NERFINISHED ⓘ
Via Rail Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
fundingModel commercial revenues ⓘ
government guarantees ⓘ
parliamentary appropriations ⓘ
governedBy Financial Administration Act (Canada) NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
provincial governments in Canada ⓘ
ownedBy Crown in right of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
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) ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Financial Administration Act of Canada → appliesTo → Crown corporations ⓘ
subject surface form: Financial Administration Act
BC Ferries → legalForm → Crown corporations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crown corporation
Public Service of Canada → relatedTo → Crown corporations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crown corporations of Canada
Government of Saskatchewan → oversees → Crown corporations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crown corporations of Saskatchewan
Crown agencies of the Government of British Columbia → legalForm → Crown corporations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crown corporation
CATSA → legalStatus → Crown corporations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crown corporation