Table 14
Government transfer payments to persons, Nova Scotia

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Table 14
Government transfer payments to persons, Nova Scotia
Table summary
This table displays the results of Government transfer payments to persons. 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.
Federal:
Family and youth allowances 72 79 82 86 89 89 89 89 89 91 93 93 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
Child tax benefit/credit 0 0 0 0 0 15 16 14 19 22 22 22 180 179 177 176 178 187 199 217 238 252 255 271 282 285 286 289 286
Universal child care benefit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 0 29 61 62 63
Pensions, World Wars I and II 37 41 45 47 50 52 54 55 58 55 59 65 57 66 69 70 71 71 70 75 92 108 113 118 122 131 131 131 130
War veterans' allowances 38 43 45 47 49 46 40 39 33 30 29 30 31 31 33 37 37 37 40 39 26 21 22 26 28 31 44 55 60
Grants to aboriginal persons and organizations 13 19 31 27 26 41 57 47 49 53 54 60 60 75 98 99 109 120 107 117 117 115 120 121 126 113 175 167 165
Goods and services tax credit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 67 94 95 101 100 101 102 100 102 104 108 109 112 115 116 117 118 119 124
Employment insurance benefits 233 347 394 413 454 484 495 524 521 593 756 828 819 760 623 570 538 525 498 519 561 596 616 620 619 642 653 673 807
Old age security payments 355 403 438 472 520 557 586 611 639 670 713 735 750 763 770 783 796 805 816 839 864 888 922 949 974 1,011 1,053 1,103 1,147
Scholarships and research grants 10 12 14 17 17 16 16 17 18 22 29 37 37 27 24 23 24 18 18 13 14 15 16 19 21 22 23 23 22
Miscellaneous and other 15 18 39 59 69 53 51 51 39 41 11 47 61 86 110 125 145 160 159 180 218 182 164 186 188 178 246 279 322
Total federal 773 962 1,088 1,168 1,274 1,353 1,404 1,447 1,465 1,598 1,833 2,011 2,091 2,089 2,005 1,985 2,001 2,025 2,012 2,106 2,242 2,290 2,343 2,429 2,480 2,563 2,795 2,906 3,131
Provincial:
Social insurance benefits, workers' compensation 37 46 48 52 54 50 50 72 82 80 100 99 100 92 81 66 57 58 67 76 84 86 82 95 138 157 169 181 184
Social insurance benefits, other ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 0 0
Grants to benevolent associations 25 25 19 20 22 26 30 40 49 57 72 101 87 89 110 105 150 205 245 180 170 188 201 219 223 228 240 245 252
Social assistance - income maintenance 72 85 95 103 111 116 123 135 148 163 190 214 231 241 246 245 241 223 146 181 202 229 228 232 231 237 237 217 226
Social assistance - other 5 11 12 6 5 9 10 10 10 11 2 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 73 24 33 33 26 29 31 32 32 32 31
Miscellaneous transfers 18 20 23 30 38 41 34 30 26 30 31 14 16 17 20 35 163 209 206 187 162 126 129 139 154 162 175 202 212
Total provincial 157 187 197 211 230 242 247 287 315 341 395 428 437 443 458 451 611 695 737 648 651 662 666 714 777 816 853 877 905
Total local 39 45 48 54 61 68 79 88 93 106 121 137 152 152 139 74 72 19 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canada Pension Plan 123 151 182 209 238 267 349 402 450 497 552 628 690 741 770 802 835 869 886 910 946 992 1,027 1,079 1,124 1,172 1,227 1,290 1,355
Total 1,092 1,345 1,515 1,642 1,803 1,930 2,079 2,224 2,323 2,542 2,901 3,204 3,370 3,425 3,372 3,312 3,519 3,608 3,654 3,664 3,841 3,944 4,036 4,222 4,381 4,551 4,875 5,073 5,391
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