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Financial Summary

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Total Revenues

Revenues for the university are generated from a variety of sources, the largest being the provincial operating grant of $280.5 million.

Total Expenses and Transfers

Expenses and transfers for the 1999/00 fiscal year totaled $833.7 million. The largest expenditure is for the salaries and benefits of $510.2 million paid to faculty, staff and students who provide teaching, research and support services.

Operating Surplus

The university ended the 1999/00 year with an operating surplus of $2.0 million.

Endowment Highlights

The university's endowment consists of restricted donations and internal allocations whose principal must be maintained in perpetuity. In addition to maintaining the principal, the university protects the endowment's total economic value from inflation by limiting the amount of income that may be expended annually.

The investment income generated from endowment can be spent only in accordance with the various purposes established by the donors and/or the university's Board of Governors. Some of these purposes include providing scholarships, fellowships and bursaries to students.

The endowment has grown over the years from a market value of $138.5 million in 1990 to a market value of $672.7 million ten years later. The overall growth in the endowment is attributable to donations, the leasing of university property for the construction of market housing and investment returns.

Financial Summary

For the year ended March 31, 2000 (thousands of dollars)

Statement Of Operations & Changes in Operating Equity

   

2000

1999

Revenues

 

 

 

Government grants and contracts

$

403,115

372,718

Student fees

$

106,155

98,169

Non-government grants, contracts and donations

$

68,177

56,037

Investment income

$

77,209

40,280

Sales, services and other

$

181,052

173,801

 

$

835,708

741,005

       

Expenses and Transfers

 

 

 

Salaries and employee benefits

$

510,155

492,648

Supplies and general expenses

$

122,092

109,397

Depreciation

$

55,990

55,064

Cost of goods sold

$

33,726

37,590

Scholarships, fellowships and bursaries

$

26,257

25,009

Grants to other agencies

$

16,093

10,331

Transfer to endowment principal

$

41,578

9,079

Other transfers

$

27,812

1,766

 

$

833,703

740,884

       

Change in net operating assets

$

2,005

121

Net operating asset deficiency, beginning of year

$

(4,339)

(4,460)

Net operating deficiency, end of year

$

(2,334)

(4,339)

       

Statement Of Financial Position

   

2000

1999

Assets

 

 

 

Current assets

$

126,187

124,829

Investments

$

540,489

437,838

Capital assets

$

799,770

776,632

Total assets

$

1,466,446

1,375,299

       

Liabilities and Net Assets

 

 

 

Current liabilities

$

71,832

72,174

Non-current liabilities

$

59,632

65,522

Deferred contributions

$

140,014

124,931

Deferred capital contributions

$

481,589

480,445

Net assets

$

713,379

632,227

Total liabilities and net assets

$

1,466,446

1,375,299

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