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Table 8Net income of provincial and territorial liquor authorities and government revenue from the control and sale of alcoholic beverages1

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Net income of provincial and territorial liquor authorities and government revenue from the control and sale of alcoholic beverages: Part 1
  Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba
       thousands of dollars
Liquor authorities  
Net income from sales  
Gross sales (including Goods and Services Tax (GST)) 2 151,157 68,272 522,734 368,195 2,439,416 3,589,731 520,805
Deduct:  
Deduct: Goods and Services Tax (GST) 9,889 4,467 34,198 24,088 159,588 234,842 34,071
Net sales 141,268 63,805 488,536 344,107 2,279,828 3,354,889 486,734
Deduct:  
Deduct: cost of goods sold 2 57,853 42,006 258,005 181,197 1,058,939 1,885,612 243,208
Gross profit on sales 83,415 21,799 230,531 162,910 1,220,889 1,469,277 243,526
Deduct:  
Deduct: administrative and general expenses less miscellaneous income -22,057 9,827 49,236 36,787 413,294 363,494 48,019
Net income from sales by liquor authorities 105,472 11,971 181,296 126,123 807,595 1,105,783 195,507
Government revenue (excluding remitted profits from liquor authorities)  
Sales tax 1 0 12,798 3 0 0 0 0 0
Licences and permits 1,832 105 3,931 943 20,924 520,764 2,164
Fines and confiscations 0 22 46 343 1,328 0 0
Total government revenue 1,832 12,925 3,977 1,286 22,252 520,764 2,164
Total of net income of liquor authorities and provincial and territorial government revenue 107,304 24,896 185,273 127,409 829,847 1,626,547 197,671

Net income of provincial and territorial liquor authorities and government revenue from the control and sale of alcoholic beverages: Part 2
  Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Territory Northwest Territories Nunavut Canada
       thousands of dollars
Liquor authorities  
Net income from sales  
Gross sales (including Goods and Services Tax (GST)) 2 428,976 1,735,938 2,394,435 27,790 41,490 4,263 12,293,203
Deduct:  
Deduct: Goods and Services Tax (GST) 28,064 113,566 156,643 1,818 2,714 279 804,228
Net sales 400,912 1,622,372 2,237,792 25,972 38,776 3,984 11,488,975
Deduct:  
Deduct: cost of goods sold 2 202,508 1,019,406 1,226,598 14,601 14,575 2,014 6,206,522
Gross profit on sales 198,404 602,966 1,011,194 11,371 24,201 1,970 5,282,453
Deduct:  
Deduct: administrative and general expenses less miscellaneous income 58,449 12,959 210,723 6,262 3,892 1,225 1,192,110
Net income from sales by liquor authorities 139,955 590,007 800,471 5,109 20,309 745 4,090,343
Government revenue (excluding remitted profits from liquor authorities)  
Sales tax 1 0 0 0 2,783 4 0 0 15,581
Licences and permits 1,008 5,831 7,450 109 468 540 566,069
Fines and confiscations 0 179 0 0 4 15 1,937
Total government revenue 1,008 6,010 7,450 2,892 472 555 583,586
Total of net income of liquor authorities and provincial and territorial government revenue 140,963 596,017 807,921 8,001 20,781 1,300 4,673,929
1.
Excludes the general sales taxes levied by most provinces.
2.
Includes discounts and rebates such as container refunds and bottle sales.
3.
Health taxes (tax on all purchases from government liquor stores) under the Health Tax Act.
4.
Taxes on sales of alcoholic beverages under the Liquor Ordinance of the Yukon Territory.
Date Modified: 2007-10-25

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