Section 7—Public debt charges

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Public debt charges include:

The following statement presents details of the current year's public debt charges.

Public debt charges
(in dollars)

Description Rate of interest (%) Amount of principal Amount charged in 2018
Unmatured Debt
Interest on marketable bondsLink to footnote 1
Payable in Canadian currency
CA135087A461—Sept 2017 1.50 49,692,232
CA135087A610—June 2023 1.50 14,200,000,000 213,000,000
CA135087A875—March 2018 1.25 92,798,949
CA135087B378—Sept 2018 1.25 7,816,551,000 112,107,108
CA135087B451—June 2024 2.50 13,800,000,000 345,000,000
CA135087B865—March 2019 1.75 9,346,000,000 177,880,236
CA135087B949—Dec 2047 1.25 8,223,369,000 102,332,101
CA135087C855—Sept 2019 1.75 16,093,000,000 291,748,891
CA135087C939—Dec 2064 2.75 4,750,000,000 113,186,274
CA135087D275—Aug 2017 1.25 39,417,952
CA135087D358—Dec 2048 2.75 14,900,000,000 386,674,921
CA135087D507—June 2025 2.25 13,100,000,000 294,750,000
CA135087D929—March 2020 1.50 23,200,000,000 348,000,000
CA135087E265—Feb 2018 1.25 122,388,200
CA135087E349—May 2017 0.25 1,645,067
CA135087E596—Sept 2020 0.75 26,000,000,000 168,956,808
CA135087E679—June 2026 1.50 13,500,000,000 202,500,000
CA135087E752—Nov 2017 0.25 13,557,851
CA135087F254—March 2021 0.75 25,500,000,000 127,591,299
CA135087F338—May 2018 0.25 8,123,893,000 26,738,700
CA135087F585—Sept 2021 0.75 15,000,000,000 112,500,000
CA135087F668—Aug 2018 0.50 9,491,748,000 58,943,308
CA135087F825—June 2027 1.00 15,000,000,000 140,479,302
CA135087F908—Nov 2018 0.50 9,835,124,000 64,229,172
CA135087G328—March 2022 0.50 15,000,000,000 75,000,000
CA135087G401—Feb 2019 0.50 12,366,000,000 75,278,748
CA135087G658—May 2019 0.75 15,450,000,000 115,103,093
CA135087G732—Sept 2022 1.00 15,600,000,000 122,661,852
CA135087G815—Aug 2019 0.75 15,126,000,000 91,408,383
CA135087G997—Dec 2050 0.50 2,228,842,000 5,329,333
CA135087H235—June 2028 2.00 9,000,000,000 71,342,014
CA135087H318—Nov 2019 1.25 15,600,000,000 107,918,546
CA135087H490—March 2023 1.75 15,000,000,000 78,151,128
CA135087H565—Feb 2020 1.25 14,400,000,000 56,583,592
CA135087H722—Dec 2051 2.00 1,500,000,000 7,386,301
CA135087H805—May 2020 1.75 9,600,000,000 13,549,315
CA135087TZ75—March 2021 10.50 567,361,000 59,572,905
CA135087UE28—June 2021 9.75 286,188,000 27,903,330
CA135087UL60—Dec 2021 4.25 8,201,961,000 347,023,217
CA135087UM44—June 2022 9.25 206,022,000 19,057,035
CA135087UT96—June 2023 8.00 2,358,552,000 188,684,160
CA135087VH40—June 2025 9.00 2,303,156,000 207,284,040
CA135087VS05—Dec 2026 4.25 7,870,957,500 333,017,956
CA135087VW17—June 2027 8.00 4,035,975,000 322,878,000
CA135087WL43—June 2029 5.75 10,883,378,000 626,561,262
CA135087WV25—Dec 2031 4.00 8,357,104,000 332,787,967
CA135087XG49—June 2033 5.75 12,338,905,000 713,035,615
CA135087XQ21—Dec 2036 3.00 7,478,991,000 223,366,024
CA135087XW98—June 2037 5.00 12,631,295,000 654,017,223
CA135087YF56—June 2017 4.00 53,595,565
CA135087YK42—Dec 2041 2.00 7,754,479,500 154,395,130
CA135087YL25—June 2018 4.25 7,734,665,000 348,920,178
CA135087YQ12—June 2041 4.00 15,174,137,000 610,834,756
CA135087YR94—June 2019 3.75 16,392,000,000 657,744,196
CA135087YZ11—June 2020 3.50 13,100,000,000 458,500,000
CA135087ZH04—Dec 2044 1.50 8,770,454,000 130,967,777
CA135087ZJ69—June 2021 3.25 11,500,000,000 373,750,000
CA135087ZS68—Dec 2045 3.50 16,400,000,000 574,000,000
CA135087ZU15—June 2022 2.75 12,700,000,000 349,250,000
Subtotal   575,796,108,000 12,192,977,012
Less: Government's holdings and consolidation adjustment   827,765,000
Total   574,968,343,000 12,192,977,012
Payable in foreign currencies
US135087C776—Feb 2019 1.63 3,865,200,000 61,193,234
US135087E426—March 2018 1.13 48,402,047
US135087H643—Nov 2022 2.00 3,865,200,000 28,989,000
US912828UN88 / US716442AD02—June 2019 / June 2018 8.25-9.70 25,226,872 2,416,153
XS0477543721—Jan 2020 3.50 3,170,600,000 107,598,189
Subtotal   10,926,226,872 248,598,623
Less: Government's holdings   24,721,251 1,727,365
Total   10,901,505,621 246,871,258
Total   585,869,848,621 12,439,848,270
Retail Debt
Canada savings bondsLink to footnote 2
S50—1995/96–2017/18 0.50 519,866
S51—1996/97–2018/19 0.50 117,555,362 1,055,743
S52—1997/98–2017/18 0.50 786,470
S54—1998/99–2018/19 0.50 62,516,929 436,136
S55—1998/99–2018/19 0.50 4,549,057 30,519
S56—1998/99–2018/19 0.50 903,456 6,491
S57—1998/99–2018/19 0.50 751,452 4,904
S58—1998/99–2018/19 0.50 1,421,140 10,063
S59—1999/00–2019/20 0.50 799,134 5,432
S60—1999/00–2019/20 0.50 35,513,618 248,157
S61—1999/00–2019/20 0.50 3,137,187 20,603
S62—1999/00–2019/20 0.50 1,404,491 9,369
S63—1999/00–2019/20 0.50 790,400 5,324
S64—1999/00–2019/20 0.50 1,479,237 10,123
S65—2000/01–2020/21 0.50 1,347,306 8,722
S107—2007/08–2017/18 0.50
S108—2007/08–2017/18 0.50 360,512
S109—2007/08–2017/18 0.50 36,374
S110—2007/08–2017/18 0.50 13,410
S111—2007/08–2017/18 0.50 11,580
S112—2007/08–2017/18 0.50 17,280
S113—2008/09–2018/19 0.50 4,854,773 26,647
S114—2008/09–2018/19 0.50 116,876,774 707,421
S115—2008/09–2018/19 0.50 16,364,262 91,755
S116—2008/09–2018/19 0.50 6,431,765 38,347
S117—2008/09–2018/19 0.50 3,331,730 19,039
S118—2008/09–2018/19 0.50 3,941,937 22,126
S119—2009/10–2019/20 0.50 4,236,682 21,645
S120—2009/10–2019/20 0.50 84,887,255 535,489
S121—2009/10–2019/20 0.50 6,460,250 35,033
S122—2009/10–2019/20 0.50 2,673,927 14,050
S123—2009/10–2019/20 0.50 1,354,879 7,018
S124—2009/10–2019/20 0.50 1,495,460 8,841
S125—2010/11–2020/21 0.50 1,234,408 6,573
S126—2010/11–2020/21 0.50 123,451,368 772,223
S127—2010/11–2020/21 0.50 11,596,517 62,924
S128—2011/12–2021/22 0.50 145,668,826 917,945
S129—2011/12–2021/22 0.50 8,370,985 64,400
S132—2014/15–2017/18 0.50 846,298
S133—2015/16–2018/19 0.50 362,196,988 2,721,382
S134—2016/17–2019/20 0.50 463,300,610 3,685,396
S500—2017/18–2021/22 0.50 26,956,935 61,325
S924—2016/17–2017/18 0.50
S925—2016/17–2017/18 0.50
S926—2016/17–2017/18 0.50 1,619
S927—2017/18–2017/18 0.50 375
S928—2017/18–2018/19 0.50 41,062 52
S929—2017/18–2018/19 0.50 50,853 42
S930—2017/18–2018/19 0.50 441,930 184
Total   1,628,388,945 14,265,227
Canada premium bondsLink to footnote 2
P3—1998/99–2018/19 1.40-0.80 117,274,801 2,027,514
P4—1998/99–2018/19 1.40-0.80 12,657,962 245,428
P5—1998/99–2018/19 1.40-0.80 3,255,811 65,205
P6—1998/99–2018/19 1.40-0.80 2,105,578 42,326
P7—1998/99–2018/19 1.40-0.80 10,718,373 251,150
P8—1999/00–2019/20 1.40 7,434,377 159,940
P9—1999/00–2019/20 0.80-0.90 38,984,631 520,006
P10—1999/00–2019/20 0.80-0.90 11,613,601 159,460
P11—1999/00–2019/20 0.80-0.90 4,580,315 63,049
P12—1999/00–2019/20 0.80-0.90 3,601,669 48,265
P13—1999/00–2019/20 0.80-0.90 8,438,218 110,633
P14—2000/01–2020/21 0.80 10,042,633 125,546
P57—2007/08–2017/18 0.70
P58—2007/08–2017/18 1.40-0.80 270,611
P59—2007/08–2017/18 1.40-0.80 80,649
P60—2007/08–2017/18 1.40-0.80 44,569
P61—2007/08–2017/18 1.40-0.70 19,057
P62—2007/08–2017/18 1.40-0.70 54,424
P63—2008/09–2018/19 0.70 7,056,814 60,970
P64—2008/09–2018/19 1.40-0.80 73,321,548 1,027,935
P65—2008/09–2018/19 1.40-0.80 37,744,239 581,149
P66—2008/09–2018/19 1.40-0.80 15,611,432 246,392
P67—2008/09–2018/19 1.40-0.80 7,417,584 146,560
P68—2008/09–2018/19 1.40-0.80 9,350,417 162,823
P69—2009/10–2019/20 1.40 10,964,595 163,159
P70—2009/10–2019/20 0.80-0.90 37,759,468 365,321
P71—2009/10–2019/20 0.80-0.90 22,506,427 217,118
P72—2009/10–2019/20 0.80-0.90 8,875,635 86,748
P73—2009/10–2019/20 0.80-0.90 7,255,290 64,947
P74—2009/10–2019/20 0.80-0.90 5,605,667 56,356
P75—2010/11–2020/21 0.80 5,392,474 46,336
P76—2010/11–2020/21 0.80-0.90 54,859,770 525,592
P77—2010/11–2020/21 0.80-0.90 38,205,785 365,641
P78—2011/12–2021/22 1.40-0.80 70,706,847 950,312
P79—2011/12–2021/22 1.40-0.80 34,257,233 465,772
P84—2014/15–2017/18 1.20-1.40 573,974
P85—2014/15–2017/18 1.20-1.40 368,810
P86—2015/16–2018/19 0.80-0.90 65,200,127 608,331
P87—2015/16–2018/19 0.80-0.90 50,228,664 449,819
P88—2016/17–2019/20 0.80-0.90 87,315,613 799,048
P89—2016/17–2019/20 0.80-0.90 32,596,916 285,702
P500—2017/18–2021/22 0.80 38,664,819 136,757
P501—2017/18–2021/22 0.80 1,706,581 4,960
P974—2016/17–2017/18 0.80 1,209
P975—2016/17–2017/18 0.80
P976—2016/17–2017/18 0.80 54,831
P977—2017/18–2017/18 0.80 29,581
P978—2017/18–2018/19 0.80 58,305 139
P979—2017/18–2018/19 0.80 421,093 565
P980—2017/18–2018/19 0.80 3,465,058 2,310
Total   957,256,370 13,136,999
Total   2,585,645,315 27,402,226
Medium-term notes
Payable in foreign currencies
US135087C289—Dec 2019 1.85 64,420,000 1,208,909
US135087C362—Dec 2019 floating 64,420,000 865,967
US135087C446—Dec 2020 2.30 64,420,000 1,487,781
US135087D436—June 2020 floating 128,840,000 1,722,302
US135087D766—Sept 2020 floating 322,100,000 4,305,756
US135087D840—Sept 2020 floating 64,420,000 863,837
US135087E83—Aug 2021 floating 64,420,000 870,119
US135087E913—Aug 2019 1.45 64,420,000 915,820
US135087F415—Feb 2020 1.28 193,260,000 2,400,335
US135087F746—July 2019 floating 193,260,000 2,645,290
US135087G249—Sept 2019 floating 128,840,000 1,678,430
US135087G579—Jan 2020 floating 322,100,000 4,360,389
XS1046844590—March 2020 floating 161,050,000 2,234,026
XS1065374024—May 2020 floating 161,050,000 2,176,587
XS1168167333—Jan 2021 0.15 237,795,000 348,475
XS1280908945—Aug 2018 floating 322,100,000 3,991,488
Total   2,556,915,000 32,075,511
Total interest on unmatured debt   591,012,408,936 12,499,326,007
Amortization of discounts on Treasury bills
Amortization of discounts on 2016–2017 issues   236,143,716
Amortization of discounts on 2017–2018 issues   110,700,000,000 758,013,465
Total   110,700,000,000 994,157,181
Amortization of discounts on Canada bills
Amortization of discounts on 2016–2017 issues   4,190,304
Amortization of discounts on 2017–2018 issues   2,590,690,240 31,061,706
Total   2,590,690,240 35,252,010
Total   113,290,690,240 1,029,409,191
Amortization of discounts and premiums on marketable bonds   118,993,000
Amortization of discounts and premiums on real return bonds   (negative 126,216,328)
Amortization of discounts and premiums on foreign bonds   6,446,629
Consumer price index adjustments on real return bonds   969,695,625
Total   968,918,926
Total amortization of premiums and discounts on other debts   113,290,690,240 1,998,328,117
Cross-currency swap revaluation various 7,834,922,434 (negative 281,638,788)
Servicing costs and costs of issuing new borrowings various   12,836,362
Unamortized discounts and premiums on market debt various 3,466,833,608  
Obligation related to capital leases various 3,202,324,348 185,480,451
Other unmatured debt various 2,393,208,872 80,858,067
Total public debt charges related to unmatured debt   721,200,388,438 14,495,190,215
Pension and other future benefits (interest)
Public sector pensions
Canadian Forces Pension Fund Account various 164,762,178  
Canadian Forces Superannuation Account various 46,356,962,588 1,844,155,903
Members of Parliament Retirement Compensation Arrangements Account various 142,829,500 10,865,768
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Account various 557,559,308 20,997,204
Public Service Pension Fund Account various 314,775,347
Public Service Superannuation Account various 92,536,360,415 3,829,428,464
Reserve Force Pension Fund Account various (negative 83,308,325)  
Retirement Compensation Arrangements Account
RCA No. 1—Canadian Forces various 430,166,136 17,565,432
RCA No. 1—Public Service various 1,241,175,803 50,240,945
RCA No. 1—Royal Canadian Mounted Police various 34,456,839 1,410,248
RCA No. 2—Public Service various 688,734,759 28,510,933
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund Account various 2,690,544
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Account various 13,116,767,456 540,781,523
Supplementary Retirement Benefits Account (Judges) various 234,358,307 3,331,441
Supplementary Retirement Benefits Account (Others) various 897,280 13,129
Total   155,739,188,135 6,347,300,990
Allowance for pension adjustments various 15,080,000,000 (negative 2,169,000,000)
Consolidated Crown corporations and other entities various 94,712,000 (negative 156,297,000)
Total   170,913,900,135 4,022,003,990
Other employee and veteran future benefits
Public Service Health Care Plan and Pensioners' Dental Service Plan   31,202,000,000 826,000,000
Royal Canadian Mounted Police disability and other future benefits   7,981,000,000 281,000,000
Severance and other benefits   1,938,000,000 53,000,000
Sick leave benefit plan   1,754,000,000 42,000,000
Veterans' disability and other future benefits   60,047,000,000 1,869,000,000
Worker's compensation   1,536,000,000 36,000,000
Consolidated Crown corporations and other entities   335,309,000 8,946,000
Total various 104,793,309,000 3,115,946,000
Total public debt charges related to pension and other future benefits   275,707,209,135 7,137,949,990
Other liabilities
Canada Pension Plan (net of securities held by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Fund) various 31,863,746 2,620,160
Government Annuities Account various 134,645,885 7,698,609
Deposit accounts
Canada Development Investment Corporation
Holdback—Privatization various 16,872,208
Canada Hibernia Holding Corporation
Abandonment reserve fund various 99,098,558 847,864
Canada Labour Code—Wage Recovery Appeals various 4,564,921 31,256
Swap collateral deposit   96,432,440
Contractors' security deposits various 12,018,943 55,792
General security deposits various 7,528,687
Non-interest bearing accounts   339,698,742
Total   576,214,499 934,912
Trust accounts
Administered trust accounts various 215,349 1,815
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Scholastic awards various 26,737 197
Correctional Service of Canada
Inmates' trust fund various 17,298,763 4,372
Estates fund various 14,750
Indian band funds various 591,365,827 14,441,632
Indian estate accounts various 27,740,700 216,943
Indian savings accounts various 26,834,997 258,151
Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement
Common Experience Payments various 82,977,285 646,516
Royal Canadian Mounted Police—Benefit trust fund various 2,278,020 13,691
Veterans administration and welfare trust fund various 1,078,908 65,423
Non-interest bearing accounts   706,784
Total   750,538,120 15,648,740
Total deposit and trust accounts   1,326,752,619 16,583,652
Other specified purpose accounts
Insurance and death benefit accounts
Public Service death benefit account various 3,714,705,845 149,738,670
Regular forces death benefit account various 185,203,386 7,725,389
Non-interest bearing accounts   2,673,162
Total   3,902,582,393 157,464,059
Pension accounts
Annuities agents' pension account various  
Locally engaged contributory pension account various 82,075
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dependants' pension fund various 14,055,572 620,658
Total   14,137,647 620,658
Other accounts
AgriInvest Program various 5,436,212 55,130
AgriStability Program various 47,594,104
Common school funds—Ontario and Quebec 5.00 2,677,771 133,889Link to footnote 3
Courts Administration Service
Special account various 8,321,174 53,001
Indian moneys suspense account various 42,091,034 415,997
Non-interest bearing accounts   154,151,578  
Total   260,271,873 658,017
Deferred revenue specified purpose accountsLink to footnote 4
Shared-cost agreements—Research—Agriculture various 63,872
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council—Trust fund various 1,655
Total other specified purpose accounts   4,176,991,913 158,808,261
Special drawing rights allocations various Link to footnote 5 70,503,955
Total public debt charges related to other liabilities   5,670,254,163 256,214,637
Consolidated specified purpose accounts (interest)
The National Battlefields Commission—Trust fund various 919,243 5,911
Ship-Source Oil Pollution Fund various 412,203,667 6,179,165
Mackenzie King trust account various 225,000 3,758
Endowments for health research various 75,000 26,967
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Queen's Fellowship fund various 250,000 2,611
Non-interest bearing accounts   3,628,874,658
Total public debt charges related to consolidated specified purpose accounts   4,042,547,568 6,218,412
Total public debt charges before consolidation adjustment   1,006,620,399,304 21,895,573,254
Accumulated consolidation adjustments (current year transactions are shown with the revenues and expenditures of the Government)   (negative 4,042,547,568) (negative 6,218,412)
Total public debt charges   1,002,577,851,736 21,889,354,842
Comprised of:
Total public debt charges under statutory authorities before provision and consolidation adjustments     20,838,585,737
Total public debt charge provision     1,056,987,517
Consolidation adjustments     (negative 6,218,412)
Total public debt charges     21,889,354,842

Table notes

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