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| Updated daily [Real Sector | Fiscal Sector | Financial Sector | External Sector | Population] | ||||||
| SDDS data category and component | Period of latest data | Latest data | Data for previous period | Change from previous period | Annual change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FISCAL SECTOR - General government operations - Central government operations - Central government debt | ||||||
| Central government debt1(Finance Canada) | ||||||
| C$ millions | % | |||||
| A. Liabilities-gross debt | Nov./11 | 947,472 | 933,602 | 1.5 | 5.0 | |
| A1. Accounts payable, accruals and allowances2 | Nov./11 | 104,757 | 102,455 | 2.2 | -0.5 | |
| A2. Interest-bearing Debt | Nov./11 | 842,715 | 831,147 | 1.4 | 5.7 | |
| i) Market debt | ||||||
| Payable in Canadian dollars | Nov./11 | 625,334 | 615,471 | 1.6 | 6.5 | |
| Marketable bonds3 | Nov./11 | 441,920 | 432,562 | 2.2 | 10.0 | |
| Treasury bills4 | Nov./11 | 174,580 | 173,080 | 0.9 | -0.1 | |
| Canada Savings Bonds5 | Nov./11 | 8,823 | 9,818 | -10.1 | -14.3 | |
| Bonds for Canada Pension Plan6 | Nov./11 | 11 | 11 | 0.0 | -72.5 | |
| Payable in foreign currencies | Nov./11 | 8,374 | 8,017 | 4.5 | 8.0 | |
| Marketable bonds3 | Nov./11 | 5,802 | 5,747 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Euro medium term notes | Nov./11 | 0 | 0 | .. | .. | |
| Canada bills7 | Nov./11 | 2,572 | 2,270 | 13.3 | 28.0 | |
| Canada notes8 | Nov./11 | 0 | 0 | .. | .. | |
| Obligations related to capital leases | Nov./11 | 3,765 | 3,777 | -0.3 | -5.9 | |
| Cross currency swap revaluation | Nov./11 | -3,303 | -3,873 | -14.7 | -23.8 | |
| Unamortised discounts and premiums on Market debt | Nov./11 | -4,561 | -4,849 | -5.9 | 3.7 | |
| Total Market debt | Nov./11 | 629,609 | 618,543 | 1.8 | 6.7 | |
| ii) Pensions and other accounts9 | Nov./11 | 213,106 | 212,604 | 0.2 | 2.7 | |
| Term to maturity | ||||||
| A2. Interest-bearing Debt | ||||||
| a) Short-term | Nov./11 | 291,495 | 291,649 | -0.1 | -3.8 | |
| b) Long-term | Nov./11 | 551,220 | 539,498 | 2.2 | 11.5 | |
| Total | Nov./11 | 842,715 | 831,147 | 1.4 | 5.7 | |
| A1. Accounts payable, accruals and allowances-short-term | Nov./11 | 104,757 | 102,455 | 2.2 | -0.5 | |
| Total Outstanding Guarantees10 | June./11 | 236,501 | 236,501 | 0.0 | 6.5 | |
| B. Central Government Assets11 | Nov./11 | 308,250 | 296,831 | 3.8 | 4.6 | |
| B.1 Cash and accounts receivable12 | Nov./11 | 101,418 | 91,803 | 10.5 | 8.4 | |
| B.2 Foreign exchange accounts | Nov./11 | 54,990 | 52,853 | 4.0 | 18.6 | |
| B.3 Loans, investments and advances | Nov./11 | 151,842 | 152,175 | -0.2 | -1.8 | |
| C. Central Government Net debt (A. - B.) | Nov./11 | 639,222 | 636,771 | 0.4 | 5.1 | |
| D. Non-Financial Assets | Nov./11 | 65,067 | 65,229 | -0.2 | 3.3 | |
| E. Federal debt (accumulated deficit) (C. - D.) | Nov./11 | 574,155 | 571,542 | 0.5 | 5.3 | |
| .. : not available for a specific period of time. 1. Other than Mayket debt payable in foreign currencies, the foreign exchange accounts and a portion of loans, all liabilities/assets are issued in Canadian dollars. 2. Liabilities include accounts payable, accrued liabilities, interest and matured debt, tax refunds payable, and an allowance for guarantees. Current assets include cash, tax receivable and accounts receivable. Non-financial assets include tangible capit 3. Mayketable bonds are payable in Canadian or foreign currency and pay a fixed-rate of interest semi-annually over periods ranging from two to thirty years. 4. Treasury bills are sold bi-weekly by public tender on a discount basis to priMayy distributors of Government of Canada securities with terms to maturity of twelve months or less. 5. Canada Savings Bonds are issued for terms of 12 years or less, but are redeemable upon demand. 6. Government of Canada borrowings in the past from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Fund have normally been for terms to maturity of 20 years. 7. Canada bills are short-term promissory notes denominated in U.S. dollars with terms to maturity of not more than 270 days. They are issued for foreign exchange reserve funding purposes only. 8. Canada notes are promissory notes denominated in U.S. dollars issued for terms of nine months or longer and can be issued at a fixed or floating exchange rate. They are issued for foreign exchange reserve funding purposes only. 9. Represents the actuarial liability for public sector pensions and for employee/veteran future benefits and obligations to the Canada Pension Plan, trusts and specified purpose accounts. 10. Guarantees of borrowings by agent Crown Corporations from outside sources and explicit guarantees for borrowings by non-agent Crown Corporations form the private sector. It includes explicit guarantees for loans, insurance programs and other explicit guarantees. 11. The Government of Canada has implemented full accrual accounting in its monthly financial statements. This has necessitated a recasting of the previously published monthly financial results for 2003/2004. It has also resulted in a number of classification and terminology changes. 12. Cash and accounts receivable include cash net of outstanding cheques and warrants, tax receivables and other accounts receivable. Source: Finance Canada, Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch. Last modified: 2010-02-02. | ||||||
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