1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
	$ millions
Financial assets	224,328	239,654	289,269	328,164	338,749
Cash on hand and on deposit	28,444	28,166	32,520	37,653	35,102
Receivables	28,947	28,819	33,157	41,418	35,087
Advances	68,422	73,904	89,000	101,861	106,343
Securities	91,043	98,189	126,239	139,203	154,100
Other financial assets	7,472	10,576	8,353	8,029	8,117
Liabilities	1,071,646	1,088,314	1,121,956	1,128,537	1,136,231
Bank overdrafts	6,477	8,069	7,924	9,293	11,027
Payables	68,801	68,379	70,988	73,398	75,572
Advances	15,369	16,701	16,784	16,346	15,998
Treasury bills	113,061	96,831	104,090	92,280	96,843
Savings bonds	40,028	39,038	36,775	37,244	35,860
Bonds and debentures	516,507	531,286	538,075	544,966	548,464
Other securities	54,261	62,814	55,719	56,164	54,209
Deposits	48,192	50,631	59,716	59,517	60,369
Other liabilities	21,251	22,478	33,776	40,795	41,845
Net debt	-847,318	-848,660	-832,687	-800,373	-797,482
Note : Data for the federal, provincial and territorial governments are as at March 31. The local governments' data are as at December 31 of the previous year.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 385-0014.
Last modified: 2004-12-13.

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