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Federal debt nearly doubled from 2014–15 to 2024–25, approaching $2.1 trillion, with forecasts suggesting an additional $400.1 billion increase by March 2029 due to projected deficits in future plans. [12] [13] The per-person debt burden reached $51,467 by 2024, exceeding near-crisis levels present in 1995 by 12.3%. [14] [15]
The total financial liabilities or gross debt of the Canadian consolidated provincial, territorial and local governments (PTLG) was $1,460 billion in 2021 (the fiscal year ending 31 March 2022), as shown in the table below. [3] Provincial government gross debt is a substantial proportion of the $2,942 billion of public debt obligations of ...
[1]: 81 A debt instrument is a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor in the future. Examples include debt securities (such as bonds and bills), loans, and government employee pension obligations. [1]: 207 Net debt equals gross debt minus financial assets that are debt instruments.
The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt climbed. The loonie was trading 0.3% higher at C$1.4034 to the greenback, or 71.26 U ...
Canada's 2017 debt-to-GDP ratio was 89.7%, [7] compared to the United States at 107.8%. [8] According to the IMF's 2018 annual Article IV Mission to Canada, compared to all the G7 countries, including the United States, Canada's "total government net debt-to-GDP ratio", is the lowest. [9] Canada has been the G7 leader in economic growth since ...
The Canadian federal budget for the fiscal years of 2024–25 was presented to the House of Commons by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on 16 April 2024. [1] The budget's slogan is "Fairness for every generation", suggesting the government planned to help younger people.
Canadian government debt, also called Canada's public debt, is the liabilities of the government sector. For 2019 (the fiscal year ending 31 March 2020), total financial liabilities or gross debt was $2.434 trillion for the consolidated Canadian general government (federal, provincial, territorial, and local governments combined).
Canadians hold increasing mortgage debt (almost $2 trillion in June 2021, [129] $2.16 trillion residential in 2023 [130]) while unemployment rose and net employment fell in 2024. [ 131 ] Short-term fixed-rate mortgages are dominant in Canada, [ 132 ] typically with the interest rate locked in for five years.