Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation

Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation or CDIC is a federal agency that provides insurance (up to a $60,000 CAD per personal and on Canadian accounts only) on financial services provided by chartered Canadian banks and financial institutions.

Created in 1967 (under Schedule III, Part 1 of the Financial Administration Act and Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act), it is similar to the FDIC in the United States. Since 1967, 43 financial institutions have failed in Canada and all have been members of CDIC, but none since 1996.

List of financial collapses since 1967

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CDIC

See also: Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, Bank of British Columbia, Security Home Mortgage Corporation, Pioneer Trust Company, Commonwealth Trust Company