Table 8
Provincial government revenue and expenditure, Alberta

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millions of dollars

Source: Statistics Canada, Provincial and Territorial Economic Accounts: Data Tables, catalogue number 13-018-X.
Revenue:
Direct taxes from persons
 1,399 1,557 1,700 1,931 1,637 1,710 2,201 2,322 2,337 2,941 3,072 2,859 2,812 3,148 3,223 3,666 4,151 4,573 4,704 5,080 4,357 4,428 4,515 4,907 5,777 6,859 7,667 7,859
Direct taxes from corporate and government business enterprises
 678 608 677 914 958 586 859 917 1,054 855 745 575 754 1,057 1,277 1,703 1,964 1,312 1,483 2,729 1,961 2,133 1,604 2,109 2,623 3,217 3,546 4,538
Contributions to social insurance plans
 227 269 285 274 267 301 281 320 369 423 427 403 519 546 463 404 418 434 355 358 508 666 891 924 955 1,003 978 994
Taxes on production and imports
 578 648 928 1,013 1,026 866 1,423 1,672 1,736 1,867 2,124 2,133 2,434 3,343 3,585 3,608 3,816 3,849 3,921 4,230 4,368 4,765 5,084 5,450 5,784 6,338 6,653 6,587
Other current transfers from persons
 230 263 306 350 325 358 402 439 476 528 598 668 707 814 861 895 983 1,033 999 989 1,088 1,279 1,401 1,417 1,451 1,514 1,658 1,700
Investment income
 6,402 6,437 7,178 7,594 7,661 5,252 4,388 4,471 4,335 5,186 4,436 4,535 4,771 5,394 5,005 5,651 6,042 5,007 6,129 11,036 10,393 7,191 10,570 11,724 15,755 17,417 14,471 16,604
Current transfers from federal government
 875 1,226 1,271 1,565 1,884 1,743 1,902 2,109 2,065 2,110 2,191 2,762 2,268 1,981 1,952 1,646 1,390 1,366 1,815 2,341 2,369 2,129 3,202 3,293 3,839 3,354 3,323 4,192
Current transfers from local governments
 16 10 29 23 17 17 19 16 16 37 22 12 14 14 14 13 10 7 0 7 9 9 9 8 9 17 17 0
Total revenue
10,405 11,018 12,374 13,664 13,775 10,833 11,475 12,266 12,388 13,947 13,615 13,947 14,279 16,297 16,380 17,586 18,774 17,581 19,406 26,770 25,053 22,600 27,276 29,832 36,193 39,719 38,313 42,474
Current expenditure:
Net current expenditure on goods and services
 3,998 4,586 5,572 5,408 5,680 5,959 6,242 6,715 7,216 7,717 8,148 8,349 8,279 7,794 7,819 8,166 8,604 9,520 10,049 10,998 12,068 13,060 14,050 14,779 16,039 17,277 19,033 21,551
Current transfers to persons
 795 1,054 1,155 1,220 1,339 1,519 1,567 1,480 1,629 1,652 1,836 2,270 2,039 1,768 1,667 1,634 1,752 1,728 1,894 2,514 2,688 2,720 2,544 2,526 3,135 4,722 3,925 4,042
Current transfers to business
 473 702 1,125 1,480 1,374 1,344 1,130 1,003 1,034 939 756 970 773 514 244 210 219 265 227 570 3,717 1,226 1,290 1,120 1,217 1,494 1,268 1,131
Current transfers to federal government
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 14 20 20 34 43 46 34 33 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Current transfers to local governments
 1,484 1,882 1,985 1,915 2,099 2,201 2,194 2,186 2,245 2,517 2,625 2,583 2,530 3,015 3,323 3,197 3,383 3,328 3,762 3,813 4,264 4,110 3,980 4,635 5,706 6,458 7,234 7,763
Interest on public debt
 328 583 688 794 780 766 968 1,177 1,501 1,800 1,860 2,025 2,033 2,199 2,135 1,970 1,856 1,884 1,548 1,449 1,229 913 679 658 605 583 591 550
Total current expenditure
7,078 8,807 10,525 10,817 11,272 11,789 12,101 12,561 13,625 14,625 15,243 16,211 15,674 15,310 15,222 15,220 15,860 16,759 17,513 19,352 23,966 22,029 22,543 23,718 26,702 30,534 32,051 35,037
Saving
3,327 2,211 1,849 2,847 2,503 -956 -626 -295 -1,237 -678 -1,628 -2,264 -1,395 987 1,158 2,366 2,914 822 1,893 7,418 1,087 571 4,733 6,114 9,491 9,185 6,262 7,437
Capital consumption allowances
 399 480 544 602 660 701 695 722 793 850 855 876 890 917 936 940 948 952 987 1,044 1,095 1,154 1,194 1,262 1,360 1,529 1,747 2,030
Net capital transfers
 -41 -387 -885 -507 -504 -808 -343 -130 -129 -130 -151 -94 -54 -37 -16 -4 -6 0 0 -3 -4 -61 -76 -26 -19 -8 -1 -3
Acquisition of non-financial capital
 1,393 1,921 1,550 1,263 1,362 1,484 1,148 1,078 1,147 1,303 1,078 1,025 833 718 448 460 512 619 881 1,137 1,521 1,406 1,559 1,827 2,112 2,432 3,260 3,998
Investment in fixed capital
 1,366 1,896 1,518 1,281 1,399 1,472 1,150 1,118 1,170 1,330 1,083 1,005 871 756 443 460 511 618 877 1,134 1,518 1,406 1,559 1,827 2,112 2,432 3,260 3,998
Existing assets
 27 25 32 -18 -37 12 -2 -40 -23 -27 -5 20 -38 -38 5 0 1 1 4 3 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Net lending
2,292 383 -42 1,679 1,297 -2,547 -1,422 -781 -1,720 -1,261 -2,002 -2,507 -1,392 1,149 1,630 2,842 3,344 1,155 1,999 7,322 657 258 4,292 5,523 8,720 8,274 4,748 5,466