Desjardins figures

Source: Desjardins Group 2007 Annual Report

Desjardins Group is a sound and profitable organization as well as Canada's largest financial cooperative group.

Desjardins is the sixth largest financial institution in the country and among the best capitalized, and its credit ratings are comparable to those of major Canadian banks.

Desjardins Group figures ¹
Information as at December 31, 2007:

Total assets	$144 billion
Number of member caisses	536
In Quebec	514
In Ontario	22
Number of service centres	919
Membership	5,796,312
Number of elected officers	6,545
Number of employees	40,345
Number of automated teller machines	2,769
Surplus earnings after taxes and before member dividends	$1.1 billion
Returns to the community (more than 60% of surplus earnings)	$664 million
Individual member dividends to members	$592 million
Collective member dividends (sponsorships, donations and bursaries)	$72 million

1. Excluding the federations and caisses of Manitoba and New Brunswick but including Desjardins Credit Union.

• Combined surplus earnings before patronage dividends of $1.1 billion.
  
  
• 60% of surplus earnings returned to community; $592 million in patronage dividends to members and nearly $72 million paid out in sponsorships, donations and scholarships.
  
  
• Return on equity of 12.3%.
  
  
• Net earnings exceeding $200 million for Desjardins Financial Security for the first time in its history. Return on equity reached 27.5%, one of the best in the financial services industry.
  
  
• Return on equity of over 20.0% for Desjardins General Insurance Group for a fourth year running and the highest in its industry.
  
  
• A $112 million contribution, up by 17%, from Caisse centrale Desjardins.