Canada External Debt: Short Term

1990 - 2025 | Quarterly | USD mn | CEIC Data

Key information about Canada External Debt: Short Term

  • Canada External Debt: Short Term value stood at 1,328.6 USD bn in Dec 2025, compared with 1,268.9 USD bn in the previous quarter.
  • Canada External Debt: Short Term data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1990 to Dec 2025.
  • The data reached an all-time high of 1,328.6 USD bn in Dec 2025 and a record low of 104.1 USD bn in Mar 1990.

CEIC converts quarterly Short Term External Debt into USD. Statistics Canada provides Short Term External Debt in local currency. The Federal Reserve Board period end market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.


Related information about Canada External Debt: Short Term
  • In the latest reports of Canada, Current Account recorded a deficit of 7.0 USD bn in Sep 2025.
  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 18.0 USD bn in Dec 2025.
  • Canada Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 9.7 USD bn in Dec 2025.
  • Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 41.8 USD bn in Dec 2025.
  • The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 590.9 USD bn in Sep 2025.

View Canada's External Debt: Short Term from Mar 1990 to Dec 2025 in the chart:

Canada External Debt: Short Term

What was Canada's External Debt: Short Term in Dec 2025?

Canada External Debt: Short Term value stood at 1,328.6 USD bn in Dec 2025, compared with 1,268.9 USD bn in the previous quarter. See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
1,328,577.2 Dec 2025 1,268,854.0 Sep 2025 104,138.4 Mar 1990 1,328,577.2 Dec 2025 USD mn quarterly Mar 1990 - Dec 2025

External Debt: Short Term by Country Comparison

country/region Last
Albania (USD mn) 1,269.9 Dec 2025
Algeria (USD mn) 2,264.0 Dec 2019
Argentina (USD mn) 83,548.1 Dec 2025
Armenia (USD mn) 4,830.4 Dec 2025
Australia (USD mn) 483,379.8 Dec 2025
Austria (USD mn) 265,289.9 Dec 2025
Azerbaijan (USD mn) 218.4 2024
Bangladesh (USD mn) 14,057.9 Dec 2025
Belarus (USD mn) 10,072.1 Mar 2022
Belgium (USD mn) 795,232.5 Dec 2025
Bolivia (USD mn) 0.0 2019
Bosnia and Herzegovina (USD mn) 3,073.4 2024
Botswana (USD mn) 144.7 2024
Brazil (USD mn) 107,682.3 Mar 2026
Bulgaria (USD mn) 22,910.3 Feb 2026
Canada (USD mn) 1,328,577.2 Dec 2025
Chile (USD mn) 32,004.2 Mar 2026
China (USD mn) 1,316,900.0 Dec 2025
Colombia (USD mn) 33,800.2 Aug 2025
Croatia (USD mn) 14,714.0 Dec 2022
Cyprus (USD mn) 69,607.8 Dec 2025
Czech Republic (USD mn) 136,349.2 Dec 2025
Denmark (USD mn) 294,468.9 Dec 2025
Ecuador (USD mn) 234.7 Dec 2025
Egypt (USD mn) 34,421.1 Dec 2025
Estonia (USD mn) 14,220.9 Dec 2025
Finland (USD mn) 233,071.1 Dec 2025
France (USD mn) 4,101,146.4 Dec 2025
Georgia (USD mn) 5,323.8 Dec 2025
Germany (USD mn) 2,873,834.2 Dec 2025
Greece (USD mn) 214,754.2 Dec 2025
Hong Kong SAR, China (USD mn) 1,237,819.8 Dec 2025
Hungary (USD mn) 37,573.4 Dec 2025
Iceland (USD mn) 2,911.9 Dec 2025
India (USD mn) 150,772.0 Dec 2025
Indonesia (USD mn) 63,348.5 Mar 2026
Iran (USD mn) 3,094.5 2025
Ireland (USD mn) 1,645,599.6 Dec 2025
Israel (USD mn) 55,961.0 Dec 2025
Italy (USD mn) 1,010,412.1 Dec 2025
Ivory Coast (USD mn) 4,284.4 2024
Japan (USD mn) 3,320,427.5 Dec 2025
Jordan (USD mn) 20,017.9 Dec 2025
Kazakhstan (USD mn) 21,688.3 Dec 2025
Kenya (USD mn) 2,007.8 2024
South Korea (USD mn) 179,354.9 Dec 2025
Kosovo (USD mn) 1,874.7 Jun 2025
Kyrgyzstan (USD mn) 1,983.2 Sep 2025
Latvia (USD mn) 19,829.1 Dec 2025
Lithuania (USD mn) 51,238.1 Dec 2025
Luxembourg (USD mn) 1,203,877.3 Dec 2025
North Macedonia (USD mn) 3,679.0 Dec 2025
Malawi (USD mn) 75.4 2024
Malaysia (USD mn) 151,611.0 Mar 2026
Malta (USD mn) 38,947.4 Dec 2025
Mauritius (USD mn) 12,749.3 Mar 2026
Mexico (USD mn) 62,181.8 Dec 2025
Moldova (USD mn) 3,022.9 Sep 2025
Mongolia (USD mn) 2,606.0 Dec 2025
Montenegro (USD mn) 235.2 2024
Morocco (USD mn) 9,945.2 Dec 2022
Mozambique (USD mn) 1,211.8 2024
Myanmar (USD mn) 64.0 2024
Nepal (USD mn) 422.9 2024
Netherlands (USD mn) 1,930,334.9 Dec 2025
New Zealand (USD mn) 82,243.6 Dec 2025
Nigeria (USD mn) 1,513.7 2022
Norway (USD mn) 297,500.0 Dec 2025
Pakistan (USD mn) 15,423.2 Mar 2026
Palestinian Territory (USD mn) 388.5 Dec 2018
Panama (USD mn) 39,768.7 Dec 2021
Paraguay (USD mn) 4,654.1 Dec 2021
Peru (USD mn) 6,929.4 Dec 2025
Philippines (USD mn) 21,409.3 Jun 2025
Poland (USD mn) 78,800.0 Dec 2025
Portugal (USD mn) 222,233.5 Dec 2025
Romania (USD mn) 56,088.8 Feb 2026
Russia (USD mn) 149,850.9 Dec 2025
Serbia (USD mn) 2,273.4 Dec 2025
Singapore (USD mn) 1,523,270.5 Dec 2025
Slovakia (USD mn) 61,970.2 Dec 2025
Slovenia (USD mn) 27,849.8 Mar 2026
South Africa (USD mn) 49,606.0 Dec 2025
Spain (USD mn) 1,201,832.1 Dec 2025
Sri Lanka (USD mn) 5,551.2 Dec 2025
Sudan (USD mn) 4,735.9 2024
Sweden (USD mn) 364,958.2 Dec 2025
Switzerland (USD mn) 1,259,463.0 Dec 2025
Taiwan, China (USD mn) 216,419.0 Sep 2025
Tajikistan (USD mn) 871.2 2024
Thailand (USD mn) 88,307.3 Dec 2025
Tunisia (USD mn) 18,058.6 2025
Turkey (USD mn) 167,742.0 Sep 2025
Ukraine (USD mn) 13,643.0 Dec 2025
United Kingdom (USD mn) 7,861,555.9 Dec 2025
United States (USD mn) 9,884,589.0 Dec 2025
Uruguay (USD mn) 9,315.9 Dec 2025
Venezuela (USD mn) 44,489.0 Mar 2019
Vietnam (USD mn) 37,087.4 2024
Yemen (USD mn) 510.6 2024

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Canada Key Series

country/region Last
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) -1.4 Dec 2025
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn) 4,146.395 Feb 2026
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 29,539.859 Feb 2026
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 12.9 Dec 2025
National Government Debt (USD mn) 1,517,724.5 2025
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 69.2 2025
Forecast: Government Expenditure (CAD bn) 1,789.926 2031
Forecast: Government Net Debt (CAD bn) 3,127.329 2028
Forecast: Government Revenue (CAD bn) 1,726.867 2031
Federal Government Debt: % of GDP: Accumulated Deficit (%) 40.700 2025
Net Financing Activities (CAD mn) 7,880.000 Feb 2026
Budgetary Revenue: Tax Revenues (TR) (CAD mn) 40,316.000 Feb 2026
Budgetary Balance: Deficit or Surplus (CAD mn) 5,659.000 Feb 2026
Budgetary Revenue (CAD mn) 48,415.000 Feb 2026
Budgetary Expense (CAD mn) -42,756.000 Feb 2026
Budgetary Revenue: TR: Excise Taxes & Duties (CAD mn) 5,366.000 Feb 2026
FIN Forecast: Budgetary Revenue (CAD mn) 612,800.000 2030
FIN Forecast: Budgetary Expense (CAD mn) 643,700.000 2030
FIN Forecast: Budgetary Balance (CAD mn) -23,000.000 2030
FIN Forecast: Budgetary Revenue: Tax: Excise Taxes & Duties (ET) (CAD mn) 84,700.000 2030
FIN Forecast: Federal Debt (CAD mn) 1,435,700.000 2030
CA: Gross Public Debt: USD: General Government (USD mn) 2,908,830.439 Dec 2025
country/region Last
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 3.736 2031
Trade Balance (USD mn) 1,296.9 Mar 2026
Total Exports (USD mn) 53,041.8 Mar 2026
Total Exports Growth (%) 8.8 Mar 2026
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 9,833,093.660 2024
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 10,025,178.456 2024
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 1,380,122.786 2024
Total Imports (USD mn) 51,745.0 Mar 2026
Total Imports Growth (%) 2.5 Mar 2026
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 11,743,159.395 2024
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 8,108,735.311 2024
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 35,354.519 Mar 2026
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 30,200.510 Mar 2026
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 2,404.883 Mar 2026
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 4,210.569 Mar 2026
Coal Exports (kton) 2,417.000 Feb 2026
Imports: Value: HS: Photosensitive Semiconductor Devices, Light Emitting Diodes ... (CAD th) 11,579.105 Mar 2026
Imports: Value: HS: Photosensitive Semiconductor Devices, Photovoltaic Cells ass... (CAD th) 5,102.331 Mar 2026
Import Value (Val): HS: Iron and Steel (IS) (CAD th) 748,788.266 Mar 2026
Import Value Index (2015=100) 132.600 2023
Export Value Index (2015=100) 138.700 2023
country/region Last
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) 9,672.8 Dec 2025
Current Account Balance (USD mn) -7,027.7 Sep 2025
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) -0.1 Dec 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) 18,019.1 Dec 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) 3.0 Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) 41,752.910 Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) 7.0 Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) 12,292.1 Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) 29,460.790 Dec 2025
External Debt (USD mn) 3,497,031.8 Dec 2025
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 147.8 2025
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 1,328,577.2 Dec 2025
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 56.2 2025
Total Debt: % of GDP (%) 944.6 Dec 2025
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) -0.706 2031
Net International Investment Position (USD mn) 1,313,524.650 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Liabilities (Lia) (CAD mn) 166,118.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: FA: Portfolio Investment (PI) (CAD mn) 18,476.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Lia: Foreign Direct Investment in Canada (CAD mn) 25,130.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: FA: Other Investment (OI) (CAD mn) 136,026.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Statistical Discrepancy (CAD mn) -1,455.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Lia: Portfolio Investment (PI) (CAD mn) 58,230.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Lia: PI: Canada Debt Securities (CD) (CAD mn) 41,087.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Lia: PI: Foreign Equity & Investment Fund ... (CAD mn) 17,143.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Lia: Other Foreign Investment (CAD mn) 82,758.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: FA: Official International Reserves (CAD mn) 353.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Receipts (CAD mn) 337,628.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Receipts: Goods & Services: Goods (CAD mn) 200,104.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Receipts: Goods & Services: Services (CAD mn) 60,910.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Receipts: Primary Income (PI) (CAD mn) 71,320.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Receipts: Secondary Income (CAD mn) 5,295.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Capital Account: Receipts (CAD mn) 70.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Payments (CAD mn) 332,575.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Payments: Goods & Services: Goods (CAD mn) 200,290.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Payments: Goods & Services: Services (CAD mn) 57,654.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Payments: Primary Income (PI) (CAD mn) 68,011.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Payments: Secondary Income (CAD mn) 6,619.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Capital Account: Payments (CAD mn) 1,442.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Balances (CAD mn) 5,053.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: FA: Direct Investment Abroad (CAD mn) 13,490.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Financial Assets (FA) (CAD mn) 168,345.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows (CAD mn) 2,227.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Balances: Goods & Services: Services (CAD mn) 3,256.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Balances: Primary Income (PI) (CAD mn) 3,309.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Balances: Secondary Income (CAD mn) -1,325.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Capital Account: Balances (CAD mn) -1,372.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Balances: Goods & Services: Goods (CAD mn) -187.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Payments: sa: Secondary Income (CAD mn) 6,303.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Balances: sa: Secondary Income (CAD mn) -896.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Receipts: sa: Goods & Services: Services (CAD mn) 60,876.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Receipts: sa: Primary Income (PI) (CAD mn) 70,923.000 Dec 2025
Balance of Payments (BoP): BPM6: Current Account (CA): Receipts: sa (CAD mn) 332,275.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Receipts: sa: Goods & Services: Goods (CAD mn) 195,069.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Payments: sa: Goods & Services: Services (CAD mn) 59,451.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Balances: sa: Primary Income (PI) (CAD mn) 3,307.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Payments: sa: Primary Income (PI) (CAD mn) 67,615.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Payments: sa: Goods & Services: Goods (CAD mn) 199,612.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Balances: sa: Goods & Services: Services (CAD mn) 1,425.000 Dec 2025
Balance of Payments (BoP): BPM6: CA: Balances: sa (CAD mn) -706.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Balances: sa: Goods & Services: Goods (CAD mn) -4,542.000 Dec 2025
Balance of Payments (BoP): BPM6: CA: Payments: sa (CAD mn) 332,981.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Receipts: sa: Secondary Income (CAD mn) 5,407.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt (CAD mn) 4,795,130.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt: Short Term (CAD mn) 1,821,745.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt: Long Term (CAD mn) 2,541,335.000 Dec 2025
International Investment Position (IIP): BPM6: Net (CAD mn) 1,801,105.000 Dec 2025
International Investment Position (IIP): BPM6: Liabilities (CAD mn) 9,601,488.000 Dec 2025
International Investment Position (IIP): BPM6: Assets (CAD mn) 11,402,593.000 Dec 2025
Foreign Exchange Rate: Daily Average: European Euro (EUR/CAD) 1.609 Apr 2026
Direct Investment Abroad: Finance & Insurance (CAD mn) 845,069.000 2025
Direct Investment Abroad: Mining & Oil and Gas Extraction (MO) (CAD mn) 225,065.000 2025
Direct Investment Abroad: Manufacturing (Mfg) (CAD mn) 137,095.000 2025
Direct Investment Abroad: Information & Cultural Industries (CAD mn) 86,788.000 2025
Direct Investment Abroad: Management of Companies & Enterprises (CAD mn) 521,908.000 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: Management of Companies & Enterprises (CAD mn) 524,847.000 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: Wholesale Trade (CAD mn) 148,260.000 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: Manufacturing (Mfg) (CAD mn) 258,253.000 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: Mining & Oil and Gas Extraction (MO) (CAD mn) 183,153.000 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: Finance & Insurance (CAD mn) 205,577.000 2025
Insolvency Statistics: Bankruptcy (Unit) 3,083.000 Mar 2026
CA: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions (USD mn) -3,919.736 2024
CA: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net (USD mn) -58,244.343 2024
CA: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid (USD mn) 15,226.924 2024
CA: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received (USD mn) 851.438 2024
country/region Last
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 0.7 Dec 2025
Household Debt: % of GDP (%) 99.5 Dec 2025
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 1,269,161.471 Mar 2026
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 2,004,141.762 Mar 2026
M2 Growth (%) 3.8 Mar 2026
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 96,496.0 Apr 2026
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) 4.237 Dec 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 1.8 Mar 2026
Gold Reserves (USD mn) 0.000 Apr 2026
Total Deposits (USD mn) 4,787,436.346 Mar 2026
Total Deposits Growth (%) 3.2 Mar 2026
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 4,920,501.0 Mar 2026
Domestic Credit Growth (%) 4.4 Mar 2026
Debt Service Ratio: Households (%) 13.900 Sep 2025
Debt Service Ratio: Private Non-Financial Sector (%) 25.300 Sep 2025
Credit to Households (USD bn) 2,315.895 Sep 2025
Credit to Private Non-Financial Sector (USD bn) 5,043.713 Sep 2025
Household Debt (USD mn) 2,371,472.3 Feb 2026
Total Loans (USD mn) 3,447,924.736 Feb 2026
Total Loans Growth (%) 4.30 Mar 2026
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 209.65 Dec 2025
Money Supply: M1+: Gross: sa (CAD mn) 1,770,861.000 Mar 2026
Money Supply: M2+: M2: Gross (CAD mn) 2,787,511.000 Mar 2026
Money Supply: M1+: Gross (CAD mn) 1,745,762.000 Mar 2026
Money Supply: M2+: M2: Gross: sa (CAD mn) 2,796,379.000 Mar 2026
Money Supply: M3: Gross (CAD mn) 3,999,807.000 Mar 2026
Money Supply: M3: Gross: sa (CAD mn) 4,018,012.000 Mar 2026
Official International Reserves (USD mn) 126,725.000 Apr 2026
Official International Reserves: Gold (USD mn) 0.000 Apr 2026
country/region Last
Business Confidence Growth (% Point) 19.6 Apr 2026
Business Outlook Survey (BOS) Indicator (%) -0.360 Mar 2026
Purchasing Manager Index: Seasonally Adjusted (NA) 57.700 Apr 2026

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