Table 8
Provincial government revenue and expenditure, Alberta

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Table 8
Provincial government revenue and expenditure, Alberta
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 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 8,121 7,231
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 3,842 3,923
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 1,003 978 994 961
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 6,564 6,393
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 1,736 747
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 16,460 8,562
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 4,227 4,473
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 26 25
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 41,970 32,315
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 21,683 23,336
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 4,480 4,687
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 1,205 817
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 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 8,153 8,488
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 1,229 913 679 658 605 583 591 592 587
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 36,113 37,915
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 5,857 -5,600
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 2,009 2,153
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 0 0
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 4,002 3,918
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 4,002 3,918
Existing assets
27 25 32 -18 -37 12 -2 -40 -23 -27 -5 20 -38 -38 5 0 1 1 4 3 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 0
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 3,864 -7,365
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