Other accounts receivable

Public Accounts of Canada 2023 Volume I—Top of the page Navigation

Other accounts receivable represent billed but uncollected amounts or accrued financial claims arising from amounts owed to the government for use of its assets, or from the proceeds for provision of services, from various overpayments including COVID-19 benefits and cash collateral pledged to counterparties, as of March 31.

Amounts receivable written off or forgiven are included in Section 2 of Volume III (Debts, obligations and claims written off or forgiven).

Table 7.5
Other accounts receivable as at March 31
(in dollars)

  2023 2022
Gross receivables Allowance for doubtful accounts Net receivables Gross receivables Allowance for doubtful accounts Net receivables
Other receivablesLink to table note 1 8,276,118,682 1,845,905,736 6,430,212,946 8,993,079,216 1,725,245,211 7,267,834,005
COVID-19 benefit overpayments 6,962,134,103 2,260,689,947 4,701,444,156 5,118,489,491 1,250,007,589 3,868,481,902
Cash collateral pledged to counterpartiesLink to table note 2 2,400,723,620 2,400,723,620 505,806,620 505,806,620
Total 17,638,976,405 4,106,595,683 13,532,380,722 14,617,375,327 2,975,252,800 11,642,122,527

Public Accounts of Canada 2023 Volume I—Bottom of the page Navigation

Date modified: