Spending program
Market Debt and Foreign Reserves Management
Department of Finance · Interest and debt management
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Finance spent $48.1 billion on Market Debt and Foreign Reserves Management, up from $42.7 billion in 2023–24. That is $1,605 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$48.1B
100.0% of Interest and debt management spending in 2024–25.
Up $5.4B from $42.7B in 2023–24.
$1,605per tax filer$1,168per person
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023, the latest count published); per person uses a population of 41,162,593 (2024). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Show these figures as a table
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2018–19 | $22.3B |
| 2019–20 | $23.9B |
| 2020–21 | $20.9B |
| 2021–22 | $23.1B |
| 2022–23 | $31.7B |
| 2023–24 | $42.7B |
| 2024–25 | $48.1B |
Source and basis
- GC InfoBase - Open Datasets, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Actual spending reported by the department for this program, reconciled to Public Accounts expenditures by vote. Includes operating costs, capital and payments to others.
← All interest and debt management spendingHow the figures are calculated