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Federal government debt

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  $ millions
Gross federal debt 648,212 644,900 640,526 629,638 628,830
Unmatured debt 457,331 447,741 444,058 441,366 437,946
Marketable securities 427,006 417,921 416,651 415,413 413,265
Marketable bonds 315,854 316,651 314,685 303,689 292,145
Treasury bills 99,850 88,700 94,201 104,600 113,400
Other marketable securities 11,302 12,570 7,765 7,124 7,720
Non-marketable securities 158,671 159,005 154,328 151,661 152,241
Canada Savings Bonds 26,899 26,416 24,021 22,584 21,330
Bonds issued to the Canada Pension Plan 3,426 3,404 3,386 3,369 3,351
Superannuation accounts 128,346 129,185 126,921 125,708 127,560
Dominion notes and coins in circulation 3,601 3,763 3,914 4,122 4,193
Other liabilities 58,934 64,211 65,633 58,442 59,131
Unmatured debt payable in foreign currencies 32,589 33,664 27,547 21,603 20,827
Less: financial assets 86,479 99,600 105,836 103,146 105,182
Net federal debt 561,733 545,300 534,690 526,492 523,648
Note: As at March 31.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 385-0010.
Last modified: 2004-12-24.

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