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Table 1.3-1
Government revenue and expenditure — Total government

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Total government: Part 1
  Income Taxes on incomes from: Social insurance Taxes on production and imports Transfers from persons Investment income Sales
Persons Business Non-residents
v499128 v499130 v499131 v499132 v499133 v499134 v499135 v499136 v499137
  millions of dollars
1961 11,481 2,271 1,649 109 450 5,119 271 893 719
1962 12,523 2,481 1,753 120 469 5,747 285 875 793
1963 13,414 2,658 1,891 120 487 6,068 307 998 885
1964 15,232 3,134 2,101 133 514 6,862 354 1,122 1,012
1965 17,129 3,563 2,197 161 558 7,715 413 1,406 1,116
1966 19,890 4,114 2,355 195 1,324 8,638 446 1,510 1,308
1967 22,333 5,106 2,396 211 1,489 9,448 488 1,684 1,511
1968 25,386 6,145 2,852 200 1,608 10,260 653 2,038 1,630
1969 29,456 7,697 3,221 222 1,818 11,337 897 2,510 1,754
1970 32,166 9,069 3,070 260 1,883 12,040 1,126 2,762 1,956
1971 35,710 10,417 3,346 272 1,995 13,131 1,163 3,146 2,240
1972 40,180 11,611 3,920 276 2,306 14,796 1,099 3,678 2,494
1973 47,195 13,618 5,079 324 2,738 16,815 1,149 4,607 2,865
1974 59,589 16,602 7,051 434 3,844 21,048 1,228 6,172 3,210
1975 65,234 18,538 7,494 464 4,741 21,728 1,249 7,274 3,746
1976 74,832 21,400 7,128 500 5,895 25,376 1,619 8,396 4,518
1977 82,497 23,811 7,238 532 6,357 27,863 1,812 9,957 4,927
1978 90,220 24,728 8,188 570 7,067 29,576 2,007 12,087 5,997
1979 102,398 27,774 10,038 764 7,571 32,321 2,251 14,790 6,889
1980 117,856 32,139 12,078 1,013 8,446 36,520 2,469 17,519 7,672
1981 142,881 38,565 12,796 1,113 10,863 47,870 2,755 19,995 8,924
1982 152,819 43,098 11,755 1,196 11,980 50,320 3,222 20,975 10,273
1983 163,391 45,667 12,320 1,052 14,184 52,780 3,633 22,441 11,314
1984 178,746 48,721 14,984 1,019 15,612 57,354 3,831 24,377 12,848
1985 191,619 53,262 15,563 955 17,633 61,339 3,974 25,381 13,512
1986 206,842 61,618 14,573 1,683 19,601 67,495 4,135 22,900 14,837
1987 227,143 69,288 16,990 1,222 21,721 74,613 4,508 22,786 16,015
1988 251,511 77,568 17,586 1,678 24,775 82,565 4,982 25,114 17,243
1989 271,259 83,222 18,566 1,545 24,849 90,939 5,481 28,025 18,632
1990 291,750 96,171 16,834 1,727 28,944 94,693 4,051 29,257 20,073
1991 299,667 97,154 15,015 1,514 31,071 100,693 4,588 28,207 21,425
1992 308,439 97,283 14,517 1,576 35,011 104,677 4,989 27,824 22,562
1993 315,044 96,379 16,263 1,649 36,545 107,609 5,191 28,057 23,351
1994 330,513 100,311 19,342 1,698 38,938 110,658 5,421 29,571 24,574
1995 347,980 106,190 22,138 1,964 40,489 113,945 5,844 31,295 26,115
1996 364,136 113,608 26,239 2,844 39,980 116,876 5,832 31,763 26,994
1997 388,130 120,790 32,250 2,958 42,029 123,207 6,510 31,887 28,499
1998 402,782 128,935 30,800 2,817 43,465 127,238 7,155 31,823 30,549
1999 428,308 134,197 39,410 3,386 45,721 133,273 6,915 33,038 32,368
2000 468,669 143,951 48,175 3,755 49,748 138,998 7,116 43,512 33,414
2001 467,403 145,926 36,352 4,530 53,178 143,651 8,171 40,824 34,771
2002 470,450 138,655 35,746 4,381 57,303 151,426 8,875 37,377 36,687
2003 494,066 140,803 39,909 4,157 60,404 158,093 9,711 43,014 37,975
2004 523,972 151,364 46,244 4,643 62,122 165,484 10,216 43,428 40,471
2005 559,782 165,051 48,687 5,478 65,374 172,548 10,892 48,360 43,392
2006 592,288 173,552 55,525 7,003 68,778 176,920 11,226 53,194 46,090
2007 623,174 190,725 57,748 6,891 70,467 182,590 11,961 54,337 48,455
2008 635,929 192,153 60,667 7,806 70,885 181,893 12,599 59,638 50,288
Total government: Part 2
  Total current expenditure Goods and services Transfer payments to: Interest on the public debt Saving Net lending
Persons Business Non-residents
v499138 v499139 v499141 v499142 v499143 v499144 v499127 v499145
  millions of dollars
1961 11,420 7,343 2,421 369 97 1,190 61 -1,132
1962 12,294 7,923 2,547 418 85 1,321 229 -1,160
1963 13,074 8,478 2,569 462 128 1,437 340 -1,106
1964 14,189 9,290 2,713 498 136 1,552 1,043 -356
1965 15,444 10,194 2,893 519 150 1,688 1,685 -142
1966 17,789 11,977 3,016 685 228 1,883 2,101 -45
1967 20,685 13,910 3,746 669 250 2,110 1,648 -574
1968 23,419 15,708 4,397 681 200 2,433 1,967 -341
1969 26,340 17,717 4,867 732 208 2,816 3,116 1,003
1970 30,439 20,498 5,552 785 295 3,309 1,727 -325
1971 34,140 22,702 6,526 860 301 3,751 1,570 -1,000
1972 38,626 25,197 7,930 929 326 4,244 1,554 -1,070
1973 44,109 28,600 9,052 1,178 369 4,910 3,086 772
1974 54,744 34,456 11,412 2,920 468 5,488 4,845 1,691
1975 67,536 41,649 14,207 4,371 670 6,639 -2,302 -6,143
1976 76,962 48,017 16,082 3,984 637 8,242 -2,130 -5,567
1977 86,903 54,276 18,389 4,078 728 9,432 -4,406 -9,054
1978 96,975 59,488 20,675 4,146 925 11,741 -6,755 -11,686
1979 108,085 65,934 21,448 5,686 960 14,057 -5,687 -9,542
1980 126,348 74,755 24,848 8,628 1,084 17,033 -8,492 -12,787
1981 147,380 85,372 28,392 9,934 1,152 22,530 -4,499 -10,195
1982 171,862 97,212 36,210 9,635 1,386 27,419 -19,043 -26,693
1983 188,404 104,731 41,839 10,487 1,489 29,858 -25,013 -33,613
1984 205,304 110,933 45,075 12,295 1,854 35,147 -26,558 -34,957
1985 222,878 119,577 48,668 12,129 1,919 40,585 -31,259 -41,711
1986 235,003 126,248 52,136 11,174 2,223 43,222 -28,161 -36,605
1987 249,864 133,883 56,068 11,028 2,606 46,279 -22,721 -30,307
1988 269,370 145,155 59,923 10,611 2,875 50,806 -17,859 -26,572
1989 292,705 157,093 64,724 9,818 2,785 58,285 -21,446 -30,235
1990 321,802 171,491 73,004 10,052 2,969 64,286 -30,052 -39,633
1991 348,046 183,659 83,830 12,854 3,177 64,526 -48,379 -57,257
1992 365,186 191,349 93,077 12,323 3,196 65,241 -56,747 -63,928
1993 373,067 194,514 98,323 10,382 2,997 66,851 -58,023 -63,354
1994 376,763 196,164 98,495 9,608 2,899 69,597 -46,250 -51,684
1995 386,226 198,574 98,512 8,746 2,867 77,527 -38,246 -43,181
1996 384,814 198,155 98,865 8,710 2,800 76,284 -20,678 -23,421
1997 386,798 200,255 100,431 9,361 2,716 74,035 1,332 1,640
1998 402,434 209,866 104,558 9,900 2,634 75,476 348 765
1999 412,163 218,422 106,006 9,853 2,852 75,030 16,145 15,855
2000 433,904 233,498 110,487 10,658 2,770 76,491 34,765 31,705
2001 455,492 246,477 117,633 15,130 3,033 73,219 11,911 7,292
2002 465,821 261,115 121,047 13,371 3,207 67,081 4,629 -1,088
2003 487,807 276,391 124,775 17,641 3,587 65,413 6,259 -1,024
2004 502,324 287,868 130,153 16,662 3,834 63,807 21,648 11,146
2005 524,108 303,249 136,247 17,264 4,718 62,630 35,674 21,248
2006 553,089 323,187 146,016 16,468 4,417 63,001 39,199 22,744
2007 580,725 343,231 153,264 16,147 4,631 63,452 42,449 24,222
2008 610,242 363,957 162,050 16,876 5,075 62,284 25,687 2,013
Note(s):
Quarterly data in the Income and Expenditure Accounts, when presented in this table, are seasonally adjusted at annual rates.
Source(s):
National Income and Expenditure Accounts, quarterly estimates (Catalogue no 13-001-XIB). Client services (613-951-3640). Cansim table: 380-0007.