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Revenue sources and expenditure functions, consolidated governments1, Canada
  2003 2008 Average annual growth rate 2003 to 2008
  $ millions %
Revenue      
Income taxes 178,173 267,360 8.5
Consumption taxes 96,431 111,461 2.9
Property and related taxes 42,529 52,993 4.5
Other taxes 16,083 21,092 5.6
Health insurance premiums 3,000 3,424 2.7
Contributions to social security plans 63,489 76,505 3.8
Sales of goods and services 37,299 47,840 5.1
Investment income 34,838 51,074 8.0
Other revenue from own sources 9,570 3,916 -16.4
Total revenues 481,412 635,664 5.7
Expenditures      
General government services 17,520 21,110 3.8
Protection of persons and property 37,193 49,125 5.7
Transportation and communication 19,148 29,516 9.0
Health 83,315 115,358 6.7
Social services 145,398 183,278 4.7
Education 70,533 91,144 5.3
Resource conservation and industrial development 18,784 21,379 2.6
Environment 10,259 16,082 9.4
Recreation and culture 11,690 15,880 6.3
Labour, employment and immigration 3,395 2,590 -5.3
Housing 3,624 4,575 4.8
Foreign affairs and international assistance 5,128 5,942 3.0
Regional planning and development 2,111 2,665 4.8
Research establishments 1,881 2,354 4.6
Debt charges 49,475 45,181 -1.8
Other expenditures 1,463 1,410 -0.7
Total expenditures 480,915 607,589 4.8
1.Data for the consolidated federal, provincial, territorial, and local governments include data for the federal government for the fiscal years ending March 31, for the provincial and territorial governments for the fiscal years ending closest to March 31, and for the local governments for the fiscal years ending closest to December 31 of the previous year.


Surplus (+) / deficit (-) by level of government1, Canada
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  $ millions
Federal government 2,126 5,117 9,541 7,369 13,761
Provincial and territorial governments          
Newfoundland and Labrador -341 -16 334 -374 393
Prince Edward Island -143 31 0 20 -34
Nova Scotia 25 279 1,089 100 162
New Brunswick -69 170 -84 46 -554
Quebec -3,580 -1,342 -2,754 -1,167 -512
Ontario -6,479 -1,586 -3,514 -1,214 -1,012
Manitoba -211 460 21 161 -39
Saskatchewan -149 918 796 912 900
Alberta 4,393 5,262 8,745 8,926 4,972
British Columbia -613 3,369 3,837 2,874 1,129
Yukon -8 -17 47 18 15
Northwest Territories -116 -51 -10 18 -5
Nunavut -47 -10 81 233 -28
Total -7,337 7,467 8,590 10,553 5,387
Local governments          
Newfoundland and Labrador -5 38 7 -6 31
Prince Edward Island -13 -7 -11 -19 -28
Nova Scotia 38 14 -36 -131 -157
New Brunswick -32 -42 -25 -40 -38
Quebec -1,647 -550 -1,497 -1,458 -1,947
Ontario 1,172 200 763 1,574 593
Manitoba 75 60 -41 100 -110
Saskatchewan -105 -134 -55 -110 -148
Alberta 39 463 568 544 143
British Columbia -472 -325 -614 -701 -801
Yukon -3 4 -1 -8 -16
Northwest Territories 14 8 -2 -13 -16
Nunavut -3 -1 -5 -6 -6
Total -941 -272 -949 -275 -2,500
Social security schemes          
Canada Pension Plan 8,032 7,739 7,879 8,913 9,800
Quebec Pension Plan 1,674 1,639 1,866 1,800 1,627
Total 9,706 9,378 9,745 10,713 11,427
Total surplus (+) / deficit (-) 3,550 21,689 26,925 28,360 28,075
1.Data for the federal government, Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan are for the fiscal years ending March 31, provincial and territorial governments are for the fiscal years ending closest to March 31 and the local governments' data are for the fiscal years ending closest to December 31 of the previous year.
Note:Totals may not add up because of rounding.


Surplus (+) / deficit (-) by level of government
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  $ millions
Consolidated provincial, territorial and local governments          
Newfoundland and Labrador -346 22 341 -380 424
Prince Edward Island -156 24 -11 1 -62
Nova Scotia 63 293 1,053 -31 5
New Brunswick -101 128 -109 6 -592
Quebec -5,228 -1,892 -4,251 -2,625 -2,459
Ontario -5,308 -1,386 -2,752 360 -419
Manitoba -136 520 -20 261 -149
Saskatchewan -254 784 741 802 752
Alberta 4,432 5,725 9,313 9,470 5,115
British Columbia -1,085 3,044 3,223 2,173 328
Yukon -11 -13 46 10 -1
Northwest Territories -101 -43 -12 5 -21
Nunavut -49 -11 76 227 -34
Total -8,282 7,195 7,639 10,277 2,886