Crown Investments Corporation

Name

Crown Investments Corporation

Legal name

Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan

Website

https://cicorp.sk.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Moose Jaw

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Crown Sector Oversight and Financial Returns: CIC monitors financial results of subsidiary Crown corporations to support a balanced budget and generate returns for Saskatchewan residents. Revenue is derived from the performance of commercial Crown corporations providing public utilities including electricity, natural gas, insurance, telecommunications, water/wastewater services, and gaming.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) is the holding company formed by the Government of Saskatchewan to manage and oversee the province's commercial Crown corporations. It provides strategic direction, governance oversight, financial monitoring, and accountability reporting for subsidiaries delivering essential public utilities and services such as electricity, telecommunications, natural gas, and insurance.

Product overview

Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) operates as a unified holding company and platform for Saskatchewan's commercial Crown sector. CIC provides corporate governance, strategic direction, financial oversight, and accountability management to six subsidiary Crown corporations (SaskPower, SaskEnergy, SaskTel, SGI, SaskWater, and Lotteries & Gaming Saskatchewan), plus CIC Asset Management Inc. The organization also delivers direct services including annual financial and demographic reporting, an Indigenous Bursary Program funding Indigenous post-secondary students, a Community Investment Sponsorship Program, Electronic Funds Transfer payment processing, and collaboration reporting across the Crown sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Report and Financial Reporting Services
• Indigenous Bursary Program
• Community Investment Program
• Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Service
• Crown Corporation Oversight and Governance Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Saskatchewan maintains the second-lowest cost utility bundle in Canada

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 October 2025Saskatchewan hosts the inaugural CNA-West Conference in Saskatoon, bringing together industry experts, innovators, and decision-makers to shape nuclear energy future in Western Canada. CIC Minister Jeremy Harrison leads provincial engagement.
• Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers' Association Inc. (SIMSA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 July 2025Government of Saskatchewan partnered with SIMSA to strengthen energy security by preparing the province's workforce and local businesses for nuclear energy development.
• Saskatchewan Post-Secondary InstitutionscoreOthersCIC provides funding to 11 Saskatchewan post-secondary institutions to award bursaries to Indigenous students: Gabriel Dumont Institute, Great Plains College, Lakeland College, North West College, Northlands College, Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT), Saskatchewan Polytechnic, South East College, Suncrest College, University of Regina, and University of Saskatchewan.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Infrastructure Ontario: Ontario's provincial Crown agency supporting public infrastructure delivery and asset management. Functionally adjacent to CIC's Crown-sector oversight and procurement coordination role, though focused on P3 infrastructure rather than utility operations.
• British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI): British Columbia's provincial Crown corporation managing pension and insurance fund assets. Adjacent peer to CIC Asset Management Inc. as a provincial Crown asset-management entity, though focused on financial assets rather than operating utility holdings.

Broad incumbents

• Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo): Alberta's provincial Crown investment manager overseeing pension and endowment assets. Comparable to CIC Asset Management Inc. (CIC AMI) as a government-owned investment entity, but operating at much larger scale and focused on institutional capital management rather than utility holding-company oversight.
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments): Federal Crown corporation managing Canada Pension Plan investment assets. Compares to CIC's broader holding-company / asset-management remit, but operates at vastly larger scale and focuses on global investment rather than provincial utility oversight.

Regional players

• New Brunswick Power: New Brunswick's provincial Crown corporation providing electricity generation, transmission, and distribution. Similar Crown-owned utility structure to CIC's SaskPower subsidiary, operating in a different Atlantic Canadian jurisdiction.
• Manitoba Hydro: Manitoba's vertically integrated provincial Crown utility providing electricity and natural gas. Comparable to SaskPower/SaskEnergy in structure and mandate but serving a different province, making it a regional rather than direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Hydro-Québec: Québec's provincial Crown corporation generating, transmitting, and distributing electricity. Direct peer to CIC's electricity subsidiary (SaskPower): same government-owned vertically integrated utility model serving a single Canadian province.
• Ontario Power Generation: Ontario's provincial Crown corporation and one of North America's largest electricity generators. Direct peer to SaskPower and to CIC's model of provincial government ownership of generation assets, with comparable scale and energy-transition mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/capital-pension-plan

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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