Table 8
Provincial government revenue and expenditure, Canada

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Table 8
Provincial government revenue and expenditure, Canada
Table summary
This table displays the results of Provincial government revenue and expenditure. This information is grouped by Item appearing as row headers and is grouped by 1981 to 2009 appearing as column headers calculated using millions of dollars as a unit of measure.
Item 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
millions of dollars
Source: Statistics Canada, Provincial and Territorial Economic Accounts: Data Tables, catalogue number 13-018-X.
Revenue:
Direct taxes from persons 15,588 17,351 18,858 20,532 21,121 23,720 27,145 31,057 32,092 37,535 38,115 37,227 37,979 41,588 42,608 45,896 47,055 48,892 51,624 53,731 52,480 51,171 52,292 56,421 62,601 68,532 73,803 73,545 69,280
Direct taxes from corporate and government business enterprises 3,473 2,543 2,784 3,665 3,977 4,271 5,126 5,729 6,434 6,392 5,123 4,536 5,568 7,142 8,766 10,014 12,021 11,384 13,612 16,412 12,129 11,488 12,016 14,500 16,486 18,768 18,189 19,458 20,575
Contributions to social insurance plans 2,175 2,443 2,609 2,842 3,176 3,741 4,340 5,202 5,733 5,800 5,160 5,464 5,718 6,067 6,536 6,395 6,217 6,180 6,062 6,076 6,213 6,563 7,363 8,145 8,710 10,186 10,317 10,587 10,889
Taxes on production and imports 16,400 19,407 22,261 24,038 26,211 28,626 31,655 35,822 39,047 42,685 43,744 45,114 47,049 50,419 52,737 54,071 56,685 60,262 64,295 67,715 69,842 73,218 76,458 80,357 83,181 86,108 89,029 89,988 89,087
Other current transfers from persons 2,585 3,041 3,436 3,626 3,758 3,896 4,231 4,656 5,108 3,661 4,174 4,533 4,710 4,928 5,372 5,327 5,987 6,617 6,331 6,404 7,383 8,042 8,843 9,294 9,895 10,241 10,777 10,730 9,762
Investment income 11,478 11,827 13,145 14,386 14,797 12,196 11,900 12,945 14,585 15,175 14,600 14,857 16,179 17,772 17,928 19,496 19,620 19,000 19,753 28,183 25,817 23,192 28,854 29,679 34,472 37,899 35,831 40,693 27,034
Current transfers from federal government 14,485 16,425 18,189 20,740 22,656 22,051 23,676 25,884 26,645 28,007 29,004 31,087 31,950 30,948 33,051 28,811 25,088 25,915 32,208 32,062 34,805 33,199 40,059 39,452 56,428 51,001 55,387 61,742 63,367
Current transfers from local governments 198 147 161 143 104 123 124 127 108 138 131 145 180 172 111 185 304 484 436 342 98 95 101 101 117 132 145 154 154
Total revenue 66,382 73,184 81,443 89,972 95,800 98,624 108,197 121,422 129,752 139,393 140,051 142,963 149,333 159,036 167,109 170,195 172,977 178,734 194,321 210,925 208,767 206,968 225,986 237,949 271,890 282,867 293,478 306,897 290,148
Current expenditure:
Net current expenditure on goods and services 36,749 42,133 46,146 47,675 51,291 54,994 58,766 64,769 70,634 76,874 83,478 86,502 86,522 86,588 87,458 87,043 89,170 93,298 97,338 104,091 112,277 118,926 126,698 132,315 138,427 148,196 160,897 173,650 184,842
Current transfers to persons 7,693 9,244 10,439 11,316 12,111 12,966 14,111 15,045 16,530 18,925 20,937 23,651 24,603 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 42,922 45,030
Current transfers to business 2,479 3,102 3,857 4,334 4,459 4,797 4,090 4,533 4,465 4,866 5,307 6,541 5,553 4,963 4,264 4,242 4,025 5,069 5,171 6,043 10,289 8,836 11,651 9,809 10,498 10,223 10,813 11,459 11,325
Current transfers to federal government 184 233 224 222 260 290 317 354 382 256 461 523 539 555 757 667 662 712 785 739 796 906 789 997 1,049 837 1,061 997 899
Current transfers to local governments 13,567 15,884 16,663 17,145 18,086 19,096 20,044 21,549 22,667 25,334 27,518 30,164 30,114 30,692 31,476 29,418 28,932 30,250 30,809 31,220 32,663 33,979 35,019 37,781 41,256 46,067 47,630 50,775 53,304
Interest on public debt 6,534 8,200 9,558 11,126 12,549 13,693 15,056 15,730 17,366 18,684 19,587 21,594 23,337 25,221 26,957 26,756 26,679 27,978 27,986 28,017 28,044 27,096 27,048 26,992 27,275 27,522 28,588 28,541 27,996
Total current expenditure 67,206 78,796 86,887 91,818 98,756 105,836 112,384 121,980 132,044 144,939 157,288 168,975 170,668 172,834 176,318 173,702 175,413 184,024 189,259 198,684 213,731 219,524 231,271 238,875 251,802 271,415 288,435 308,344 323,396
Saving -824 -5,612 -5,444 -1,846 -2,956 -7,212 -4,187 -558 -2,292 -5,546 -17,237 -26,012 -21,335 -13,798 -9,209 -3,507 -2,436 -5,290 5,062 12,241 -4,964 -12,556 -5,285 -926 20,088 11,452 5,043 -1,447 -33,248
Capital consumption allowances 3,458 3,846 4,087 4,359 4,668 4,842 5,099 5,472 5,888 6,302 6,288 6,466 6,670 6,982 7,267 7,450 7,626 7,779 8,070 8,535 8,919 9,246 9,436 9,856 10,425 11,321 12,355 13,821 14,791
Net capital transfers -338 -630 -1,090 -787 -867 -1,212 -990 -894 -853 -874 -836 -629 -543 -44 -481 -322 -702 -4,330 -3,650 -1,623 -586 -667 -1,780 -870 -1,002 -1,697 -918 -622 -1,152
Acquisition of non-financial capital 5,338 5,926 5,675 5,588 6,502 6,810 6,680 6,505 7,517 8,233 8,529 7,980 7,238 7,804 8,191 7,853 7,667 7,845 6,646 11,004 11,892 13,054 13,955 14,600 16,548 18,497 20,823 23,670 26,078
Investment in fixed capital
5,229 5,845 5,544 5,675 6,679 6,753 6,690 6,749 7,679 8,418 8,569 7,832 7,585 8,160 8,093 7,846 7,640 7,835 9,694 10,961 11,867 13,054 13,955 14,600 16,548 18,497 20,823 23,670 26,078
Existing assets
109 81 131 -87 -177 57 -10 -244 -162 -185 -40 148 -347 -356 98 7 27 10 -3,048 43 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Net lending -3,042 -8,322 -8,122 -3,862 -5,657 -10,392 -6,758 -2,485 -4,774 -8,351 -20,314 -28,155 -22,446 -14,664 -10,614 -4,232 -3,179 -9,686 2,836 8,149 -8,523 -17,031 -11,584 -6,540 12,963 2,579 -4,343 -11,918 -45,687
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