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Totals of "All levels of government debt" are from the
International Monetary Fund (IMF)World
Economic Outlook Databases. The October 2024 report is the latest data available, used to
update the above amounts.
(1) Full accrual accounting was introduced in the
fiscal year ending March 31, 1984. This made the data from 1984
onward not directly comparable with earlier years. The Gross Debt in
earlier years would have been higher using full accrual accounting.
The Federal government paid $47.3 billion in interest expense
for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. The interest expense for each
year can be found in the Department of Finance Fiscal Reference
Tables 2024, Table 7 Expenses (Public Debt Charges).
The % of GDP is based on the GDP at Market Prices (Statistics
Canada V498074) for the prior calendar year. For instance, the 2024 % of
GDP is based on the 2023 GDP. The amounts for the GDP are obtained from
Statistics Canada table for Gross
Domestic Product, Income-Based, Annual, Table 36-10-0221-01.
There is a wealth of information available on the Department of Finance
website, including Fiscal
Reference Tables where you can see not only Federal information, but
also information such as the public accounts (net debt) of the provincial
and territorial governments.
In 2011, the Canadian federal government committed to making
their government more open, accountable, and responsive to citizens, through
participation in the Open
Government Partnership (OGP).
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