Canadian Public Debt Charges from Annual Government Accounts

Public Accounts of Canada annually publish government-wide financial information. This dataset details the fiscal year's public debt charges, including interest on unmatured debt and pension accounts, amortization of premiums and discounts, and borrowing servicing costs. The data is provided by Public Services and Procurement Canada and was last updated on April 9, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in government debt servicing costs based on annual fiscal data
• Model the impact of interest rates on public debt charges based on interest components
• Assess the fiscal burden of debt issuance and management based on servicing and issuance costs
• Calculate the amortization of debt premiums and discounts for financial reporting

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Public Accounts of Canada
• Covers multiple components of public debt charges as defined in the description
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV and XML

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Public Services and Procurement Canada

Collection Method

Published annually in the government's Public Accounts

Time Range

Annual fiscal year data

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 16:35:30.376766; freshness should be verified

Geography

Canada