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Table 16.6 Government transfer payments to individuals, 1994 to 2008
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$ millions | |||||||||||||||
All levels of government | 98,495 | 98,512 | 98,865 | 100,431 | 104,558 | 106,006 | 110,487 | 117,633 | 121,047 | 124,775 | 130,153 | 136,247 | 145,754 | 154,609 | 163,979 |
Federal government | 50,166 | 48,879 | 48,752 | 49,234 | 50,739 | 51,575 | 53,479 | 57,965 | 60,857 | 62,949 | 65,603 | 67,903 | 70,547 | 76,578 | 81,008 |
Family and youth allowances | 37 | 38 | 39 | 43 | 58 | 84 | 99 | 116 | 133 | 140 | 157 | 165 | 187 | 205 | 210 |
Child Tax Benefit or Credit | 5,259 | 5,214 | 5,228 | 5,310 | 5,600 | 5,939 | 6,577 | 7,379 | 7,824 | 8,051 | 8,547 | 9,174 | 9,470 | 9,495 | 9,468 |
Pensions (First and Second World Wars) | 864 | 909 | 914 | 921 | 918 | 910 | 973 | 1,196 | 1,398 | 1,463 | 1,530 | 1,584 | 1,693 | 1,694 | 1,696 |
War veterans' allowances | 417 | 397 | 383 | 387 | 387 | 414 | 404 | 267 | 212 | 223 | 266 | 289 | 331 | 464 | 588 |
Grants to Aboriginal people | 3,027 | 3,566 | 3,564 | 3,730 | 4,447 | 4,271 | 4,511 | 4,448 | 4,800 | 4,951 | 5,254 | 5,752 | 5,823 | 6,179 | 7,534 |
Goods and Services Tax Credit | 2,833 | 2,810 | 2,866 | 2,905 | 2,924 | 2,943 | 2,974 | 3,099 | 3,140 | 3,264 | 3,346 | 3,472 | 3,566 | 3,599 | 3,692 |
Employment Insurance benefits | 15,012 | 12,889 | 11,859 | 10,874 | 10,713 | 10,150 | 9,615 | 11,361 | 12,837 | 13,361 | 13,269 | 12,937 | 12,498 | 12,561 | 13,325 |
Old Age Security payments | 20,170 | 20,622 | 21,221 | 21,798 | 22,398 | 22,907 | 23,790 | 24,789 | 25,747 | 26,931 | 27,992 | 29,085 | 30,468 | 31,929 | 33,538 |
Scholarships and research grants | 780 | 687 | 686 | 700 | 519 | 519 | 531 | 560 | 585 | 612 | 734 | 789 | 858 | 883 | 922 |
Miscellaneous and other transfers | 1,767 | 1,747 | 1,992 | 2,566 | 2,775 | 3,438 | 4,005 | 4,750 | 4,181 | 3,953 | 4,508 | 4,656 | 4,478 | 7,118 | 7,517 |
Provincial governments | 24,815 | 25,406 | 25,576 | 25,945 | 26,717 | 27,170 | 28,574 | 29,662 | 29,781 | 30,066 | 30,981 | 33,297 | 38,570 | 39,446 | 41,904 |
Social assistance, income maintenance | 9,863 | 9,854 | 9,258 | 8,723 | 8,050 | 7,048 | 6,538 | 6,547 | 6,603 | 6,641 | 6,788 | 6,918 | 7,123 | 7,480 | 7,821 |
Social assistance, other | 2,316 | 2,308 | 2,371 | 2,408 | 2,241 | 2,546 | 2,906 | 2,966 | 2,936 | 3,061 | 3,167 | 3,445 | 3,791 | 3,989 | 4,201 |
Workers' Compensation benefits | 3,811 | 3,992 | 4,198 | 4,067 | 3,886 | 4,073 | 4,434 | 4,840 | 5,150 | 5,036 | 5,083 | 5,229 | 5,316 | 5,500 | 5,749 |
Grants to benevolent associations | 5,577 | 5,962 | 6,123 | 6,714 | 7,196 | 7,322 | 7,953 | 8,406 | 8,500 | 8,667 | 9,011 | 9,581 | 10,593 | 11,280 | 11,745 |
Miscellaneous transfers | 3,248 | 3,290 | 3,626 | 4,033 | 5,344 | 6,181 | 6,743 | 6,903 | 6,592 | 6,661 | 6,932 | 8,124 | 10,917 | 9,745 | 10,827 |
Local governments | 3,949 | 3,738 | 2,950 | 2,640 | 3,523 | 2,990 | 3,248 | 3,641 | 2,637 | 2,747 | 2,940 | 3,026 | 2,976 | 3,305 | 3,834 |
Canada Pension Plan | 15,132 | 15,777 | 16,559 | 17,327 | 18,054 | 18,540 | 19,183 | 20,023 | 21,076 | 21,986 | 23,129 | 24,225 | 25,417 | 26,624 | 28,089 |
Quebec Pension Plan | 4,433 | 4,712 | 5,028 | 5,285 | 5,525 | 5,731 | 6,003 | 6,342 | 6,696 | 7,027 | 7,500 | 7,796 | 8,244 | 8,656 | 9,144 |
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 384-0009. |
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