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Statistical Material and Charts

 

Last revised:
December 2005


Equalization payments made by the Federal Government to the Provinces, 1976, 1998-99 and 2005-06

1. Payments made in 1976

Province

Payment in $000

Payment per capita ($)

Equalization as % of provincial revenues

Newfoundland

200 000

355

28

Prince Edward Island

48 000

396

34

Nova Scotia

256 000

308

30

New Brunswick

207 000

300

24

Quebec

1 020 000

164

15

Ontario

Nil

Nil

Nil

Manitoba

164 000

160

17

Saskatchewan

92 000

99

12

Alberta

Nil

Nil

Nil

British Columbia

Nil

Nil

Nil

Source: Claude Bélanger, Handbook of Canadian Constitutional History, Montreal, 1977, 184p., p. 31.

2. Payments 1998-1999

Province

Amount paid (millions of $)

Amount ($) paid per capita (est.)

Newfoundland

1 040

1 910

Prince Edward Island

222

1 627

Nova Scotia

1 255

1 342

New Brunswick

1 077

1 430

Quebec

4 618

629

Ontario

Nil

Nil

Manitoba

960

842

Saskatchewan

407

397

Alberta

Nil

Nil

British Columbia

Nil

Nil

Source: Population estimates are for the year1998 and are from Statistics Canada. Found at ww3.ns.sympatico.ca/manbenn/charttwo.htm [accessed on March 24, 1999]

The data on payment is derived from Ministère des Finances du Canada, Le Budget 1999, Aide financière aux provinces et territoires, February 1999, 45p., pp. 36-37

 

3. Estimated payments in 2005-2006

Province

Amount Paid in

Millions of dollars ($)

Amount paid per capita

$

Newfoundland
861
1,668
Prince Edward Island
277
1,996
Nova Scotia
1,344
1,432
New Brunswick
1,348
1,793
Quebec
4,798
632
Manitoba
1,601
1,359
Saskatchewan
82
83
British Columbia
590
139

Source: Department of Finance, Canada

© 2005 Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College