The Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, with overall assets of more than $190 billion. Desjardins is not only a network of financial services cooperatives, it is also home to extensive expertise in Wealth management and life and health insurance, Property and casualty insurance and Personal services as well as Business and institutional services.
A cooperative financial group
As a cooperative:
- The economic and social well-being of our 5.6 million members is our number one priority – we're not here just to make a few select investors rich
- We look out for our members and clients by offering them profitable and secure financial products and services
- Sustainable development is our goal
For close to 40 years, we've also been providing technical support and investment services in developing countries through our subsidiary Développement international Desjardins.
Desjardins Group numbers*
(as at December 31, 2011)
| Total assets | $190.1 billion |
| Caisses in Ontario and Quebec | 422 |
| Service centres in Ontario and Quebec | 888 |
| Business Centres | 43 |
| Members and clients - individuals and businesses | 5.8 million |
| Elected officers | 5,366 |
| Employees | 44,645 |
| Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) | 2,559 |
| Combined surplus earnings before member dividends | $1.58 billion |
| Social investment (donations, bursaries and sponsorships) | $81.2 million |
* Excluding Manitoba and New Brunswick caisses, but including Desjardins Credit Unions (DCUs)
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