The Desjardins Group is a Canadian cooperative that is the largest federation of credit unions in North America, and is counted among the World's Strongest Banks according to the Banker magazine. It was founded in 1900 in Levis, Quebec by Alphonse Desjardins. While its legal headquarters remains in Lévis, most of the executive management, including the CEO, is based in Montréal.
SaskTel Centre is an arena located in the Agriplace Industrial Park, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. With 15,195 permanent stadium seats, & situated near the city's northern entrance, the facility opened in February 1988 with a seating capacity of around 7,800. It was expanded to 11,330 for the World Junior Hockey Championships in 1990. More additional permanent seating was added in 2008 and 2009. The current capacity is now 15,190 for hockey.
Gulf and Fraser Fishermen's Credit Union operating as G&F Financial Group is a member-owned financial institution in Burnaby, British Columbia and the ninth largest credit union in British Columbia, by asset size. With a history dating back to 1936, G&F Financial Group provides banking and a variety of financial services including borrowing, investments and financial planning. It is insured by the Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.
The Conexus Arts Centre, known from 1970 till 2006 as the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts, is a theatre complex located within Wascana Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, which largely replaces former theatres downtown and Darke Hall on the original campus of Regina College, also in Wascana Centre but north of Wascana Lake. Naming of the Venue as Conexus Arts Centre was possible through a Partner/Sponsor Agreement with the Conexus Credit Union.
Servus Credit Union is a member-owned, community-based financial institution based in Edmonton, Alberta, and in 2015 became the second largest credit union in Canada and the largest credit union in Alberta. Servus has around 380,000 members who are served by close to 2,400 employees from 102 locations in 59 communities across Alberta and as of 2016 has $13.2 billion in assets under its administration.
Envision Financial, a division of First West Credit Union, is based in British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1946, Envision Financial was established in 2001 through a merger between Lower Mainland-based Delta Credit Union, whose roots were in the fishing industry, and Fraser Valley-based First Heritage Savings Credit Union, which had historic ties to the farming and agriculture industries. First Heritage Savings Credit Union was the product of a merger between East Chilliwack Credit Union and Clearbrook District Mennonite Savings Credit Union in 1983. It is insured by the Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.
First Calgary Financial is a member-owned financial institution based out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The organization was established in 1987 through the merger of seven open-bond credit unions, as well as two additional credit union purchases. The first member-owned credit union that would eventually become First Calgary Financial was founded in 1938.
Island Savings, a division of First West Credit Union, is based in British Columbia, Canada. Since 1951, Island Savings has served communities on Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands.
Meridian Credit Union Ltd. is a Canadian credit union. It was formed April 1, 2005, following the merger of Niagara Credit Union and HEPCOE Credit Union. It is insured by the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario.
Affinity Credit Union is a financial institution in Saskatchewan, Canada, with headquarters in the city of Saskatoon. As of August 2019, Affinity operates 56 branches in 47 communities across Saskatchewan. It is the second-largest credit union in Saskatchewan and the eighth-largest in Canada, with $6.9 billion in managed assets. Affinity Credit Union employs 791 people and serves 141,587 members. Affinity is also a member of the World Council of Credit Unions and the Global Alliance for Banking on Values.
Conexus Credit Union is Saskatchewan's largest and Canada's sixth largest credit union. Conexus has $5.79 billion in consolidated assets, more than 120,000 members, and 41 branches across the province. More than 900 employees and sales professionals are located throughout the province.
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, commonly referred to as Vancity, is a member-owned financial co-operative headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. By asset size, Vancity is the largest community credit union in Canada as of 2018, with CA$27.4 billion in assets plus assets under administration, 59 branches and more than 534,000 members.
The Economy of Saskatoon is quite diverse. The city hosts the head-offices for several companies. Various grains, livestock, oil and gas, potash, uranium, wood and their spin off industries fuel the economy. The world's largest publicly traded uranium company, Cameco, and the world's largest potash producer, Nutrien, have corporate headquarters in Saskatoon. Nearly two-thirds of the world's recoverable potash reserves are located in the Saskatoon region.
Canada has the highest per-capita membership in credit unions in North America. More than a third of the population is a member of at least one credit union. Credit union membership is largest in Quebec, where they are known as caisses populaires, and in western Canada.
Humanomics is a national initiative that was launched by a number of credit unions across Canada on May 1, 2014. The purpose of the Program is to bring a human focus to the concept of economics, by having the participating credit unions support their communities by re-investing profits, and provide opportunities to improve Canadians’ financial well-being.
Grow is a private Canadian online lending company, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the first peer-to-peer online lender to be established in Canada. Grow's platform enables borrowers to obtain a loan, the loans are then sold to private accredited investors. In August 2015 they closed their series A round of financing at $10.2 million, a round that was led by Vancouver angel investors Markus Frind, founder of dating website Plenty of Fish, and Lance Tracey, founder of Internet hosting services company Peer 1 Hosting. On February 10, 2016 Grow announced its first partnership with a Canadian financial institution: First West Credit Union. The partnership will enable members of First West Credit Union to access the range of Grow product offerings directly through the British Columbian financial institution. The announcement with First West was followed on February 25, 2016, by a second partnership announcement with Conexus Credit Union, the largest credit union in Saskatchewan, in order to bring its online lending services to the province.
Innovation Credit Union is a Canadian credit union. It was formed on January 1, 2007 through the merger of Southwest Credit Union and BCU Financial. Innovation is the third largest credit union in Saskatchewan and the 21st largest credit union in Canada. All deposits are insured by the Saskatchewan Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation.
