Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act

Marginal note:Definitions

1 In this schedule,

date of deposit

date of deposit means, with respect to any moneys constituting a deposit, the day on which credit for the moneys is given to the account of the depositor or the day on which an instrument is issued for the moneys by the institution, as the case may be; (date du dépôt)

depositor

depositor means a person whose account has been or is to be credited in respect of moneys constituting a deposit or part of a deposit or a person to whom a member institution is liable in respect of an instrument issued for moneys constituting a deposit or part of a deposit; (déposant)

loan company

loan company means a member institution to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies and that is not a trust company pursuant to subsection 57(2) of that Act; (société de prêt)

patronage allocation

patronage allocation has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Bank Act; (ristourne)

person

person includes an association of persons and a government; (personne)

subordinated note

subordinated note[Repealed, 2007, c. 6, s. 421]

subordinated shareholder loan

subordinated shareholder loan[Repealed, 2007, c. 6, s. 421]

trust company

trust company means a member institution to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies and that is a trust company pursuant to subsection 57(2) of that Act. (société de fiducie)

Marginal note:Definition of deposit

• 2 (1) Subject to subsection (2), for the purposes of this Act and the by-laws of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, deposit means the unpaid balance of the aggregate of moneys received or held by a federal institution, provincial institution or local cooperative credit society, from or on behalf of a person in the usual course of the deposit-taking business of the institution, for which the institution

  • (a) has given or is obligated to give credit to that person’s account or has issued or is obligated to issue a receipt, certificate, debenture (other than a debenture issued by a bank to which the Bank Act applies), transferable instrument, draft, certified draft or cheque, prepaid letter of credit, money order or other instrument in respect of which the institution is primarily liable, and

  • (b) is obligated to repay the moneys on a fixed day, on demand by that person or within a specified period of time following demand by that person,

  including any interest accrued or payable to that person.

• Marginal note:Included moneys

  (1.1) For greater certainty, an unpaid balance of moneys received or held by an institution from or on behalf of a mortgagor in respect of realty taxes on mortgaged property is a deposit. The moneys are considered to be repayable on the earlier of the due date of the taxes or the date the mortgage is discharged.

• Marginal note:Excluded moneys

  (2) Moneys held by the institution that were received by it when it was not a federal institution, a provincial institution or a local cooperative credit society are excluded from the moneys referred to in subsection (1).

• (2.1) [Repealed, 2018, c. 12, s. 211]

• (2.2) [Repealed, 2018, c. 12, s. 211]

• Marginal note:Obligation deemed

  (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), if a trust company has deposited moneys in its own guaranteed trust fund on behalf of itself as trustee, it shall be deemed to be obligated to repay the moneys to the same extent as it would have been obligated to repay the moneys had the moneys been deposited by a trustee other than itself.

• (4) [Repealed, 2001, c. 9, s. 216]

• Marginal note:Moneys received on or after April 1, 1977

  (5) Despite subsection (1), for the purposes of deposit insurance with the Corporation, if moneys are or were received by a member institution on or after April 1, 1977 for which the institution has issued or is obligated to issue an instrument evidencing a deposit, other than a draft, certified draft or cheque, prepaid letter of credit or money order,

  • (a) the moneys do not constitute a deposit unless the instrument and records of the institution specify the person entitled, at the date of issue of the instrument, to the repayment of the moneys evidenced thereby;

  • (b) the person referred to in paragraph (a) shall be deemed to be the depositor in respect of the moneys unless particulars of a transfer of the instrument are entered in the records of the institution, in which case the most recent transferee shown in the records shall be deemed to be the depositor; and

  • (c) the entry of a transfer in the records of a member institution is ineffective for the purposes of paragraph (b), if the entry is made subsequent to the termination or cancellation of the policy of deposit insurance of the member institution.

• Marginal note:Moneys received on or after January 1, 1977

  (6) Despite subsection (1), moneys received by a member institution on or after January 1, 1977, for which the institution has issued or is obligated to issue an instrument of indebtedness, other than a draft, certified draft or cheque, prepaid letter of credit or money order, do not constitute a deposit where the instrument is payable outside Canada.

• Marginal note:Patronage allocation

  (7) A patronage allocation does not constitute a deposit.

Marginal note:Joint or trust deposit

• 3 (1) Where a member institution is obligated to repay moneys to a depositor who is acting as trustee for another or as joint owner with another, if the trusteeship or joint interest is disclosed on the records of the institution, the deposit of the depositor acting as trustee or as joint owner with another shall be deemed for the purposes of deposit insurance with the Corporation to be a deposit separate from any deposit of the depositor acting in their own right or acting in another joint or trust capacity with the institution.

• Marginal note:Joint owners

  (1.1) For greater certainty, where two or more persons are joint owners of two or more deposits, the aggregate of those deposits shall be insured to a maximum of one hundred thousand dollars.

• Marginal note:Trust deposit separate

  (2) Where a member institution is obligated to repay moneys to a depositor who is acting as trustee for a beneficiary, if the trusteeship is disclosed on the records of the institution, the interest of the beneficiary in the deposit shall be deemed for the purposes of deposit insurance with the Corporation to be a deposit separate from any deposit of the beneficiary made with the institution in their own right for their own use and separate from any interest of the beneficiary in respect of any other trust deposit of which the beneficiary is a beneficiary.

• Marginal note:Deposit of beneficiary

  (3) Where a member institution is obligated to repay moneys to a depositor who is acting as trustee for two or more beneficiaries, if the interest of each beneficiary in the deposit is disclosed on the records of the member institution, the interest of each beneficiary in the deposit shall be deemed for the purposes of deposit insurance with the corporation to be a separate deposit.

• Marginal note:Trust arrangements

  (3.01) A deposit held by a member institution for a depositor who is acting as trustee under a trust is deemed not to be a separate deposit if, in the opinion of the Corporation, the trust exists primarily for the purpose of obtaining or increasing deposit insurance under this Act.

• Marginal note:By-laws

  (3.1) For the purposes of subsections (1) to (3), the Board of Directors may make by-laws prescribing the time by which and the form and manner in which a joint interest, a trusteeship or the interest of a beneficiary in a deposit is to be disclosed on the records of a member institution.

• Marginal note:Not part of deposit

  (4) Where a member institution is obligated to repay to a person any moneys that are received or held by the institution, the amount of the moneys shall be deemed not to constitute part of a deposit for the purposes of deposit insurance with the Corporation if the date on which the person acquires their interest in the moneys is a date subsequent to the date on which the policy of deposit insurance of the institution is terminated or cancelled.

• Marginal note:Registered retirement savings plan deposits

  (5) Notwithstanding subsection (2), for the purposes of deposit insurance with the Corporation, where moneys received by a member institution from a depositor pursuant to a registered retirement savings plan, within the meaning given that expression for the purposes of the Income Tax Act, constitute a deposit or part of a deposit by or for the benefit of an individual, the aggregate of those moneys and any other moneys received from the same depositor pursuant to any other registered retirement savings plan and that constitutes a deposit or part of a deposit by or for the benefit of the same individual shall be deemed to be a single deposit separate from any other deposit of or for the benefit of that individual.

• Marginal note:Registered retirement income fund

  (6) Notwithstanding subsection (2), for the purposes of deposit insurance with the Corporation, where moneys received by a member institution from a depositor pursuant to a registered retirement income fund, within the meaning given that expression under the Income Tax Act, constitute a deposit or part of a deposit by or for the benefit of an individual, the aggregate of those moneys and any other moneys received from the same depositor pursuant to any other registered retirement income fund and that constitutes a deposit or part of a deposit by or for the benefit of the same individual, is deemed to be a single deposit separate from any other deposit of or for the benefit of that individual.

• Marginal note:Tax-free savings account

  (6.1) Despite subsection (2), for the purposes of deposit insurance with the Corporation, if moneys received by a member institution from a depositor in accordance with a tax-free savings account, within the meaning assigned by section 146.2 of the Income Tax Act, constitute a deposit or part of a deposit by or for the benefit of an individual, the aggregate of those moneys and any other moneys received from the same depositor in accordance with any other tax-free savings account that constitute a deposit or part of a deposit by or for the benefit of the same individual is deemed to be a single deposit separate from any other deposit of or for the benefit of that individual.

• Marginal note:Realty taxes on mortgaged property

  (7) An unpaid balance of money referred to in subsection 2(1.1) is deemed, for the purposes of deposit insurance with the Corporation, to be a deposit separate from any other deposit of that depositor with the member institution.