Equalization payments made by the Federal Government to the Provinces, 1976 and 1998-99 - Statistical Material and Charts

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