About CDIC
Our Vision: Guaranteeing the safety of your insured deposits to protect financial futures in Canada.
We are the federal Crown corporation that contributes to the stability of the Canadian financial system by providing deposit insurance against the loss of eligible deposits at member institutions in the event of failure.
Eligible deposits are automatically covered to a limit of $100,000 per insured category at each CDIC member financial institution. Members include banks, federally-regulated credit unions, as well as loan and trust companies.
We are not a bank. We are not a private insurance company.
We are funded by premiums paid by our member institutions and do not receive public funds to operate.
Our mandate
Parliament established the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1967 to achieve the following: