Section 6—Interest-bearing debt as at March 31

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Interest-bearing debt

This section contains information on the interest-bearing debt of the Government. Interest-bearing debt includes the unmatured debt and pensions, other future benefits and other liabilities.

Some tables in this section present the continuity of accounts, by showing the opening and closing balances, as well as receipts and other credits, and payments and other charges.

The financial statements of the Canada Pension Plan, the Government Annuities Account and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Dependants) Pension Fund, together with the Independent Auditor's Reports thereon, are presented at the end of this section.

Table 6.1
Interest-bearing debt
(in dollars)
  April 1, 2018 Receipts and other credits Payments and other charges March 31, 2019
Unmatured debtLink to footnote 1
Payable in Canadian currency
Marketable bonds, Table 6.2 574,968,343,000 101,943,811,750 107,385,667,000 569,526,487,750
Treasury bills, Table 6.3 110,700,000,000 340,400,000,000 316,800,000,000 134,300,000,000
Retail debt, Table 6.4 2,585,645,315 75,637,433 1,424,467,209 1,236,815,539
Subtotal 688,253,988,315 442,419,449,183 425,610,134,209 705,063,303,289
Payable in foreign currencies
Marketable bonds, Table 6.2 10,901,505,621 4,172,478,359 4,058,881,093 11,015,102,887
Canada bills, Table 6.5 2,590,690,240 15,639,146,548 15,530,561,797 2,699,274,991
Medium-term notes, Table 6.6 2,556,915,000 61,130,000 322,100,000 2,295,945,000
Subtotal 16,049,110,861 19,872,754,907 19,911,542,890 16,010,322,878
Total—Market debt 704,303,099,176 462,292,204,090 445,521,677,099 721,073,626,167
Unamortized discounts and premiums on market debt, Table 6.7 3,466,833,608 3,209,257,693 4,513,293,595 2,162,797,706
Total—Market debt including unamortized discounts and premiums 707,769,932,784 465,501,461,783 450,034,970,694 723,236,423,873
Cross-currency swap revaluation 7,834,922,434 – 561,433,336 7,273,489,098
Obligation related to capital leases, Table 6.12 3,202,324,348 8,232,663 317,240,599 2,893,316,412
Obligation under public-private partnerships 2,393,208,872 1,130,088,663 12,071,135 3,511,226,400
Total—Unmatured debt 721,200,388,438 466,639,783,109 450,925,715,764 736,914,455,783
Pensions, other future benefits and other liabilities
Public sector pensions, Table 6.15 170,913,900,135 22,036,908,864 24,168,261,249 168,782,547,750
Other employee and veteran future benefits, Table 6.28 104,793,309,000 14,875,258,000 5,806,769,000 113,861,798,000
Other liabilities
Canada Pension Plan Accounts, Table 6.29 31,863,746 81,061,037,707 80,929,664,586 163,236,867
Government Annuities Account 134,645,885 6,878,459 18,581,822 122,942,522
Deposit and trust accounts, Table 6.30 1,326,752,619 893,754,049 865,150,258 1,355,356,410
Other specified purpose accounts, Table 6.33 4,176,991,913 2,635,700,261 2,549,615,507 4,263,076,667
Total 5,670,254,163 84,597,370,476 84,363,012,173 5,904,612,466
Total—Pensions, other future benefits and other liabilities 281,377,463,298 121,509,537,340 114,338,042,422 288,548,958,216
Total 1,002,577,851,736 588,149,320,449 565,263,758,186 1,025,463,413,999

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