Table 14
Government transfer payments to persons, Alberta

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Table 14
Government transfer payments to persons, Alberta
 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 187 218 233 244 255 260 263 265 270 279 293 299 4 4 4 4 4 6 9 10 12 14 19 22 22 25 29 29 29
Child tax benefit/credit 0 0 0 0 0 39 41 37 51 62 64 68 544 544 539 542 552 572 595 668 760 806 811 863 943 991 994 957 956
Universal child care benefit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 0 144 300 312 327
Pensions, World Wars I and II 36 42 44 46 46 47 48 51 53 61 58 64 65 66 71 72 73 73 72 77 95 111 116 121 125 134 134 134 133
War veterans' allowances 19 21 23 26 30 30 27 27 23 21 20 20 21 20 21 22 22 22 24 23 15 12 13 15 16 18 25 31 34
Grants to aboriginal persons and organizations 63 83 94 120 123 184 175 206 234 279 324 338 367 393 466 463 500 629 598 662 682 775 780 845 892 855 896 906 907
Goods and services tax credit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 156 225 232 243 240 244 248 245 254 260 277 278 286 293 309 320 323 312 332
Employment insurance benefits 168 489 900 912 829 972 945 850 913 899 1,153 1,316 1,237 1,074 937 808 628 705 804 648 710 942 1,010 946 842 822 885 983 1,847
Old age security payments 554 624 683 746 831 905 974 1,035 1,106 1,182 1,277 1,349 1,418 1,484 1,532 1,591 1,650 1,708 1,765 1,849 1,941 2,031 2,137 2,231 2,323 2,432 2,538 2,669 2,781
Scholarships and research grants 25 29 33 37 37 43 45 47 50 60 59 64 64 76 66 66 68 50 50 47 50 52 55 66 71 77 80 83 79
Miscellaneous and other 24 31 108 136 166 130 90 78 68 62 30 84 110 111 109 133 182 202 284 334 392 360 344 391 397 392 701 748 739
Total federal 1,076 1,537 2,118 2,267 2,317 2,610 2,608 2,596 2,768 2,955 3,434 3,827 4,062 4,015 3,985 3,945 3,927 4,212 4,455 4,578 4,934 5,381 5,571 5,793 5,940 6,210 6,905 7,164 8,164
Provincial:
Social insurance benefits, workers' compensation 212 281 246 253 316 383 363 249 247 271 316 300 296 255 252 243 247 262 290 365 424 579 399 337 334 329 320 327 331
Social insurance benefits, other ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 0 0
Grants to benevolent associations 197 229 245 299 266 246 255 233 280 317 353 747 495 329 301 270 298 234 334 415 523 511 518 513 848 974 1,197 1,466 1,527
Social assistance - income maintenance 237 344 436 445 529 615 700 739 780 809 935 1,036 487 337 261 232 197 162 140 116 106 105 110 127 132 138 157 162 162
Social assistance - other 69 102 124 121 120 146 134 130 128 132 131 93 606 580 593 603 661 580 569 656 702 743 812 907 1,077 1,180 1,254 1,344 1,448
Miscellaneous transfers 80 98 104 102 108 129 115 129 194 123 101 94 155 267 260 286 349 490 561 962 933 782 705 642 744 2,101 997 1,181 1,219
Total provincial 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
Total local 26 29 30 35 34 37 35 38 36 38 45 46 47 49 42 41 41 44 34 31 70 75 87 95 105 142 150 221 228
Canada Pension Plan 193 243 298 351 412 481 626 741 845 946 1,058 1,208 1,338 1,451 1,535 1,637 1,721 1,812 1,882 1,972 2,083 2,215 2,332 2,481 2,619 2,764 2,902 3,065 3,230
Total 2,090 2,863 3,601 3,873 4,102 4,647 4,836 4,855 5,278 5,591 6,373 7,351 7,486 7,283 7,229 7,257 7,441 7,796 8,265 9,095 9,775 10,391 10,534 10,895 11,799 13,838 13,882 14,930 16,309
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