Statistical
Material and Charts
Last
revised:
December 2005
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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
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