Reports and Publications

Debt Picture

British Columbia Debt Picture includes:

• Gross Market Debt Outstanding by Currency
• Long Term Borrowing by Term
• Long Term Borrowing by Market
• Province Direct Debt Fixed/Floating Rate Exposure
• Province Direct Debt Foreign Exchange Exposure

Net Debt Maturities

Gross Market Debt Outstanding by Source

Capital Markets Activity

• Issuing Activity Current Fiscal Year
• Domestic Issues Outstanding
• Euro Issues Outstanding
• Global Issues Outstanding
• Yankee Bonds Outstanding

Credit Reports

• Standard and Poor's
• Moody's
• Dominion Bond Rating Service
• Fitch Ratings

Financial Publications

The Ministry of Finance publishes a series of financial reports on an annual basis.

• Debt Summary - Budget and Fiscal Plan
• Public Accounts
• BC Financial and Economic Review
• British Columbia Budgets

Annual Publication Dates

• Quarterly reports must be made public on, or before:
  1. September 15
  2. November 30
  3. February 28, and
  4. May 31, in respect of the preceding fiscal year, if estimates for the current fiscal year have not been presented to the legislative Assembly by that date.
• Budgets are released on the third Tuesday of each February.
• Public Accounts must be released by August 31 in each year.

View the complete list of Ministry of Finance publications.

Securities Exchange Filings, Information Circulars and Relevant Documents

• US Commercial Paper – Information Circular
• Canadian Short Term Note Program – Information Circular
• Euro Debt Issuance Prospectus
• National Instrument 24-101 Trade Matching and Settlement
• Province of BC - USD CP Limit
• Form 18-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2009
• Form 18-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2008

Debt Management News

• DBRS Confirms the Province of British Columbia at AA (high) and R-1 (high) - November 16, 2009
• Moody's issues Credit Analysis on Province of British Columbia - March 2009
• Moody's issues Annual Report on Province of British Columbia - March 30, 2009
• DBRS comments on British Columbia’s Financial Profile - March 25, 2009
• Moody’s issues Annual Report on the Province of British Columbia - June 2008
• Standard & Poor’s issues Annual Report on the Province of British Columbia - June 2008
• DBRS issues Annual Report on the Province of British Columbia - May 2008
• The British Columbia government news release page

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