Canada recorded a sharply lower $370 million (us$266.57 million) budget ​deficit for the first three months ‌of the 2026/27 fiscal year as government expenditures grew slightly faster than revenues, the finance ​ministry said on Friday.

By comparison, ​the deficit in the same period ⁠a year earlier had been C$6.28 ​billion, it said in a statement, reports Reuters.