Canada - Credit Rating

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Canada stands at AAA with stable outlook. Moody's credit rating for Canada was last set at Aaa with stable outlook. DBRS' credit rating for Canada was last reported at AAA with stable outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of Canada thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for Canada as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Agency	Rating	Outlook	Date
DBRS	AAA	Stable	Dec 16 2002
S&P	AAA	Stable	Jul 29 2002
Moody's	Aaa	Stable	May 03 2002
Moody's	Aa1	Stable	Jun 21 2000
Moody's	Aa2	Positive Watch	Apr 06 2000
DBRS	AA (high)	Stable	Oct 22 1997
S&P	AA+	Stable	Feb 24 1997
Moody's	Aa2	Stable	Apr 12 1995
DBRS	AA (high)	Negative	Mar 28 1995
S&P	AA+	Negative	Mar 03 1995
Moody's	Aa1	Negative Watch	Feb 16 1995
Moody's	Aa1	Stable	Jun 02 1994
DBRS	AA (high)	Stable	Mar 21 1994
DBRS	AAA	Negative	May 28 1993
S&P	AA+	Stable	Oct 14 1992
S&P	AAA	Stable	Jun 26 1989
DBRS	AAA	N/A	Oct 16 1987
Moody's	Aaa	Stable	Apr 12 1974
Moody's	Aa	Stable	May 22 1968
S&P	AAA	N/A	Nov 03 1951
S&P	AA	N/A	Aug 24 1949