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Balance sheets of the Dominion of Canada, as at March 31, 1942 to 1946

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Balance sheets of the Dominion of Canada, as at March 31, 1942 to 1946
  1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
  $
Assets          
Active assets          
  Cash 803,243,657 91,908,327 18,239,121 157,766,568 808,611,430
  Departmental working capital advances 6,418,681 6,839,988 7,813,296 7,373,699 9,327,052
  Loans and advances          
    To railway and shipping companies 446,938,591 576,663,686 572,756,589 656,364,583 699,528,379
    To Foreign Exchange Control Board 725,000,000 400,000,000 585,000,000 850,000,000 1,550,000,000
    To sundry government agencies 145,081,450 187,762,676 305,858,515 282,169,911 275,657,064
    To provincial and municipal governments 163,990,778 163,092,312 162,655,193 178,253,940 173,903,894
    To United Kingdom and other governments 152,169,281 999,904,469 1,190,124,511 1,151,852,580 817,311,425
  Miscellaneous 29,412,032 32,961,699 28,405,282 35,066,038 19,513,724
  Investments          
  Bank of Canada capital stock 5,920,000 5,920,000 5,920,000 5,920,000 5,920,000
  Central Mortgage and Housing capital - - - - 25,000,000
  Central Mortgage Bank capital stock 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 -
  Canadian Farm Loan Board 36,537,282 34,029,927 29,025,335 24,024,189 21,623,227
  Miscellaneous 41,873,851 34,228,796 190,160,114 343,712,367 162,169,357
  Provincial debt accounts 2,296,152 2,296,152 2,296,152 2,296,152 2,296,152
  Deferred charges—unamortized discounts and commissions on loans 55,575,167 74,958,535 81,660,678 86,739,038 92,551,071
  Sundry suspense accounts 144,363 401,214,256 538,873,551 757,030,444 1,025,027,959
  Total, active assets 2,614,851,385 3,012,030,823 3,719,038,337 4,538,819,509 5,688,440,734
  Less—reserve for possible losses on ultimate realization of active assets 50,000,000 75,000,000 100,000,000 125,000,000 150,000,000
Net totals 2,561,851,285 2,937,030,823 3,619,038,337 4,413,819,509 5,538,440,734
  Balance of liabilities over active assets, being net debt March 31 4,045,221,161 6,182,849,101 8,740,084,893 11,298,362,018 13,421,405,449
  Total, gross debt 6,610,072,446 9,119,879,924 12,359,123,230 15,712,181,527 18,959,846,183
Net debt          
Non-active assets          
  Public works, canals 240,303,982 240,261,818 240,257,732 240,237,152 240,214,718
  Public works, railways 425,957,326 425,961,949 426,384,171 427,013,772 429,327,013
  Public works, miscellaneous 307,901,876 311,112,485 313,178,675 315,005,210 316,847,001
  Military property and stores 12,572,185 12,572,185 12,616,533 12,616,533 12,616,533
  Territorial accounts 9,895,948 9,895,948 9,895,948 9,895,948 9,895,948
  Canadian National Railways 62,791,435 62,791,436 62,791,435 62,791,435 62,791,435
  Securities Trust stock 267,283,019 298,842,882 336,680,463 359,080,515 381,711,556
  Canadian National Railways 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000
  Canadian National Steam­ships (loans non-active) 13,871,969 13,871,969 13,707,446 13,158,350 13,158,350
  Miscellaneous investments and other accounts (non-active) 99,366,032 99,966,500 99,516,760 99,987,614 100,501,840
  Total, non-active assets 1,457,943,772 1,493,277,172 1,533,029,163 1,557,786,530 1,585,064,394
  Consolidated Deficit Account 2,587,277,389 4,689,571,929 7,207,055,730 9,740,575,488 11,836,341,055
  Total, net debt 4,045,221,161 6,182,849,101 8,740,084,893 11,298,362,018 13,121,405,449
Liabilities1          
  Floating debt 67,822,988 121,800,080 106,450,236 165,067,379 182,394,475
  Deposit and trust accounts 341,240,964 617,426,832 862,876,698 993,601,448 1,366,378,362
  Insurance, pension and guaranty accounts 293,972,430 326,837,109 366,640,537 406,471,918 457,993,538
  Deferred credits 1,121,605 7,179,721 16,935,035 26,378,546 25,348,721
  Sundry suspense accounts 3,097,731 37,097,518 36,031,174 81,334,200 66,491,899
  Provincial debt accounts 11,919,969 11,919,969 11,919,969 11,919,968 11,919,969
  Reserve for certain contingent liabilities 18,447,123 11,786,980 21,438,040 43,644,493 41,677,278
  Reserve for conditional benefits—Veterans' Land Act, 1942 - - - - 464,175
  Funded debt, unmatured 5,872,449,636 7,985,831,715 10,936,831,541 13,983,763,575 16,807,177,765
  Total, liabilities or gross debt 6,610,072,446 9,119,879,924 12,359,123,230 15,712,181,527 18,959,846,183
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.