# Canada General government gross debt, derived from StatCan % GDP × nominal GDP

Canada General government gross debt, derived from StatCan % GDP × nominal GDP was up 7.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 6.8% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 17,475,374 CAD million.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.9% (Q1 2023) to 21.3% (Q4 2020), averaging 6.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Treasury FiscalData
- Makrognosis code: `CA.GGDEBT.Q.NOM`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: CAD million
- Coverage: 1990-03-01 to 2026-06-01 (146 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/canada/general-government-gross-debt-derived-from-statcan-pct-gdp-nominal-gdp

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 17,475,374 CAD million | 7.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 17,272,290 CAD million | 6.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 16,827,307 CAD million | 6.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 16,592,505 CAD million | 7.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 16,285,178 CAD million | 7.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 16,179,326 CAD million | 7.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 15,747,919 CAD million | 8.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 15,415,839 CAD million | 7.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 15,175,418 CAD million | 7.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 15,124,671 CAD million | 7.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 14,516,438 CAD million | 4.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 14,299,250 CAD million | 3.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 14,059,584 CAD million | 1.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 14,058,996 CAD million | 0.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 13,896,899 CAD million | 2.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 13,884,747 CAD million | 4.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 13,869,150 CAD million | 6.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 13,929,304 CAD million | 9.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 13,502,724 CAD million | 6.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 13,328,915 CAD million | 6.9 |
| Q2 2021 | 13,052,502 CAD million | 6.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 12,755,711 CAD million | 15.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 12,739,608 CAD million | 21.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 12,464,423 CAD million | 19.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CA.GGDEBT.Q.NOM"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CA.GGDEBT.Q.NOM",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```