Federal program spending in 2021/22 is $54.4 billion higher than planned in November 2020.
federal government debt
April 19, 2021
7:25PM
The government says $101 billion in stimulus spending is required for “sustained economic recovery.”
April 12, 2021
12:03PM
Interest payments on the federal debt are expected to equal $20.2 billion in 2020/21.
March 19, 2021
10:29AM
The federal government has seemingly ditched the debt-averse approach that largely prevailed in Ottawa since the mid-1980s.
February 24, 2021
9:39AM
Ontario will spend an estimated $13 billion on government debt interest costs in 2020/21.
February 16, 2021
2:23PM
This year's federal budget deficit will reach a projected $381 billion.
February 10, 2021
11:36AM
Ottawa annually pocketed $22 billion more in revenue from Alberta than it spent in the province.
February 4, 2021
9:33AM
Ontarians carry the second-largest combined government debt burden among Canadians.
January 20, 2021
11:55AM
The Trudeau government will run a record budget deficit approaching $400 billion.
December 7, 2020
1:06PM
The federal net debt may rise from $812.9 billion in 2019-20 to more than $1.4 trillion by 2025-26.