Background Info

The debtclock.ca numbers for Saskatchewan's debt reflects “Taxpayer-Supported Debt,” which is sometimes referred to as "Government Service Organization Debt."

For 2024-25, we have an April 1^st starting point of $19.2 billion, increasing to $21.06 billion on March 31, 2025.

There are however, many other measurements of government debt. There is: “Public Debt” (this includes all borrowing by all crown corporations), and there is “Gross Debt” (this includes all borrowing by all crown corporations, but does not net against the value of sinking funds held by those organizations).

The figure we use on DebtClock.ca includes the debt held by health regions, school boards and loans made to crown corporations by the government, but not loans taken out by the crown corporations themselves. It also does not include unfunded pension liabilities.

For the end of fiscal 2024-25, the “Gross Debt” is projected to hit $35.21 billion.

Source: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/-/media/news-release-backgrounders/2024/aug/2024-25-first-quarter-report.pdf