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Table 7
Budgetary expenditures
Year Major transfers
to persons		 Major transfers to other levels of governement Direct program spending Program spending Public debt charges Total budgetary expenditures
National defence Other
(millions of dollars)
1961-62 1,601 642 1,626 2,761 6,630 832 7,462
1962-63 1,669 737 1,575 2,614 6,595 915 7,510
1963-64 1,712 798 1,684 3,110 7,304 993 8,297
1964-65 1,793 918 1,536 3,295 7,542 1,050 8,592
1965-66 1,823 841 1,548 3,721 7,933 1,110 9,043
1966-67 1,983 1,016 1,640 4,525 9,164 1,182 10,346
1967-68 2,385 1,464 1,754 4,898 10,501 1,286 11,787
1968-69 2,612 1,813 1,761 5,064 11,250 1,464 12,714
1969-70 2,888 2,237 1,789 5,652 12,566 1,694 14,260
1970-71 3,281 2,954 1,818 6,058 14,111 1,887 15,998
1971-72 3,942 3,610 1,862 6,881 16,295 2,110 18,405
1972-73 5,153 4,134 1,937 7,583 18,807 2,300 21,107
1973-74 6,042 4,585 2,224 9,225 22,076 2,565 24,641
1974-75 7,620 5,884 2,526 12,208 28,238 3,238 31,476
1975-76 9,233 6,874 2,966 14,819 33,892 3,970 37,862
1976-77 9,873 8,399 3,373 14,951 36,596 4,708 41,304
1977-78 11,104 8,512 3,776 16,582 39,974 5,531 45,505
1978-79 12,030 9,551 4,096 17,303 42,980 7,024 50,004
1979-80 11,967 10,601 4,377 18,557 45,502 8,494 53,996
1980-81 13,793 11,578 5,063 22,331 52,765 10,658 63,423
1981-82 16,051 13,088 5,672 26,056 60,867 15,114 75,981
1982-83 21,697 14,177 6,599 30,335 72,808 16,903 89,711
1983-84 22,514 17,125 7,679 31,650 78,968 18,077 97,045
1984-85 23,888 18,548 8,636 36,028 87,100 22,393 109,493
1985-86 25,062 18,879 8,890 33,275 86,106 25,422 111,528
1986-87 26,423 19,569 9,695 34,318 90,005 26,668 116,673
1987-88 27,400 20,518 10,337 38,198 96,453 28,953 125,406
1988-89 28,780 22,145 10,700 38,063 99,688 33,152 132,840
1989-90 30,501 23,417 11,249 38,681 103,848 38,789 142,637
1990-91 34,532 22,928 11,518 39,787 108,765 42,588 151,353
1991-92 39,340 24,865 10,901 40,109 115,215 41,174 156,389
1992-93 40,365 26,544 10,939 44,728 122,576 38,825 161,401
1993-94 37,536 26,947 11,282 44,249 120,014 37,982 157,996
1994-95 35,326 26,313 10,693 46,407 118,739 42,046 160,785
1995-96 34,510 26,076 9,935 41,492 112,013 46,905 158,918
1996-97 33,986 22,162 8,661 40,011 104,820 44,973 149,793
1997-98 34,067 20,504 8,879 45,303 108,753 40,931 149,684
1998-99 34,665 25,523 8,781 42,424 111,393 41,394 152,787
Table 8
Budgetary expenditures
Year Major transfers
to persons		 Major transfers to other levels of government Direct program spending Program spending Public debt charges Total budgetary expenditures
National defence Other
(per cent of GDP)
1961-62 3.9 1.6 3.9 6.7 16.1 2.0 18.1
1962-63 3.7 1.6 3.5 5.8 14.7 2.0 16.8
1963-64 3.6 1.7 3.5 6.5 15.2 2.1 17.3
1964-65 3.4 1.7 2.9 6.3 14.3 2.0 16.3
1965-66 3.1 1.4 2.7 6.4 13.7 1.9 15.6
1966-67 3.1 1.6 2.5 7.0 14.1 1.8 15.9
1967-68 3.4 2.1 2.5 7.0 15.0 1.8 16.9
1968-69 3.4 2.4 2.3 6.6 14.7 1.9 16.7
1969-70 3.4 2.7 2.1 6.7 15.0 2.0 17.0
1970-71 3.6 3.3 2.0 6.7 15.6 2.1 17.7
1971-72 4.0 3.7 1.9 7.0 16.5 2.1 18.7
1972-73 4.7 3.8 1.8 6.9 17.1 2.1 19.2
1973-74 4.7 3.5 1.7 7.1 17.1 2.0 19.1
1974-75 4.9 3.8 1.6 7.9 18.3 2.1 20.4
1975-76 5.3 4.0 1.7 8.5 19.5 2.3 21.8
1976-77 4.9 4.2 1.7 7.5 18.3 2.4 20.6
1977-78 5.0 3.8 1.7 7.5 18.1 2.5 20.6
1978-79 4.9 3.9 1.7 7.0 17.5 2.9 20.4
1979-80 4.3 3.8 1.6 6.6 16.2 3.0 19.3
1980-81 4.4 3.7 1.6 7.1 16.7 3.4 20.1
1981-82 4.5 3.6 1.6 7.2 16.9 4.2 21.1
1982-83 5.7 3.7 1.7 8.0 19.2 4.5 23.6
1983-84 5.5 4.2 1.9 7.7 19.2 4.4 23.6
1984-85 5.3 4.1 1.9 8.0 19.4 5.0 24.4
1985-86 5.2 3.9 1.8 6.9 17.7 5.2 23.0
1986-87 5.2 3.8 1.9 6.7 17.6 5.2 22.8
1987-88 4.9 3.7 1.9 6.8 17.3 5.2 22.5
1988-89 4.7 3.6 1.7 6.2 16.3 5.4 21.7
1989-90 4.6 3.6 1.7 5.9 15.8 5.9 21.7
1990-91 5.1 3.4 1.7 5.9 16.0 6.3 22.3
1991-92 5.8 3.6 1.6 5.9 16.9 6.0 22.9
1992-93 5.8 3.8 1.6 6.4 17.5 5.6 23.1
1993-94 5.2 3.7 1.6 6.1 16.6 5.2 21.8
1994-95 4.6 3.4 1.4 6.0 15.5 5.5 20.9
1995-96 4.3 3.2 1.2 5.1 13.9 5.8 19.7
1996-97 4.1 2.7 1.0 4.8 12.6 5.4 18.0
1997-98 3.9 2.3 1.0 5.2 12.4 4.7 17.1
1998-99 3.9 2.8 1.0 4.7 12.4 4.6 17.1
Sources : Comptes publics du Canada, 1997-98.
Table 9
Budgetary expenditures
Year Major transfers
to persons		 Major transfers to other levels of governement Direct program spending Program spending Public debt charges Total budgetary expenditures
National defence Other
(per cent of total)
1961-62 21.5 8.6 21.8 37.0 88.9 11.1 100.0
1962-63 22.2 9.8 21.0 34.8 87.8 12.2 100.0
1963-64 20.6 9.6 20.3 37.5 88.0 12.0 100.0
1964-65 20.9 10.7 17.9 38.3 87.8 12.2 100.0
1965-66 20.2 9.3 17.1 41.1 87.7 12.3 100.0
1966-67 19.2 9.8 15.9 43.7 88.6 11.4 100.0
1967-68 20.2 12.4 14.9 41.6 89.1 10.9 100.0
1968-69 20.5 14.3 13.9 39.8 88.5 11.5 100.0
1969-70 20.3 15.7 12.5 39.6 88.1 11.9 100.0
1970-71 20.5 18.5 11.4 37.9 88.2 11.8 100.0
1971-72 21.4 19.6 10.1 37.4 88.5 11.5 100.0
1972-73 24.4 19.6 9.2 35.9 89.1 10.9 100.0
1973-74 24.5 18.6 9.0 37.4 89.6 10.4 100.0
1974-75 24.2 18.7 8.0 38.8 89.7 10.3 100.0
1975-76 24.4 18.2 7.8 39.1 89.5 10.5 100.0
1976-77 23.9 20.3 8.2 36.2 88.6 11.4 100.0
1977-78 24.4 18.7 8.3 36.4 87.8 12.2 100.0
1978-79 24.1 19.1 8.2 34.6 86.0 14.0 100.0
1979-80 22.2 19.6 8.1 34.4 84.3 15.7 100.0
1980-81 21.7 18.3 8.0 35.2 83.2 16.8 100.0
1981-82 21.1 17.2 7.5 34.3 80.1 19.9 100.0
1982-83 24.2 15.8 7.4 33.8 81.2 18.8 100.0
1983-84 23.2 17.6 7.9 32.6 81.4 18.6 100.0
1984-85 21.8 16.9 7.9 32.9 79.5 20.5 100.0
1985-86 22.5 16.9 8.0 29.8 77.2 22.8 100.0
1986-87 22.6 16.8 8.3 29.4 77.1 22.9 100.0
1987-88 21.8 16.4 8.2 30.5 76.9 23.1 100.0
1988-89 21.7 16.7 8.1 28.7 75.0 25.0 100.0
1989-90 21.4 16.4 7.9 27.1 72.8 27.2 100.0
1990-91 22.8 15.1 7.6 26.3 71.9 28.1 100.0
1991-92 25.2 15.9 7.0 25.6 73.7 26.3 100.0
1992-93 25.0 16.4 6.8 27.7 75.9 24.1 100.0
1993-94 23.8 17.1 7.1 28.0 76.0 24.0 100.0
1994-95 22.0 16.4 6.7 28.9 73.8 26.2 100.0
1995-96 21.7 16.4 6.3 26.1 70.5 29.5 100.0
1996-97 22.7 14.8 5.8 26.7 70.0 30.0 100.0
1997-98 22.8 13.7 5.9 30.3 72.7 27.3 100.0
1998-99 22.7 16.7 5.7 27.8 72.9 27.1 100.0
Table 10
Major transfers to persons
Year Old age security benefits Family allowance benefits Employment insurance benefits Total
(millions of dollars)
1961-62 625 521 455 1,601
1962-63 734 532 403 1,669
1963-64 808 538 366 1,712
1964-65 885 573 335 1,793
1965-66 927 598 298 1,823
1966-67 1,073 603 307 1,983
1967-68 1,388 608 389 2,385
1968-69 1,541 612 459 2,612
1969-70 1,731 615 542 2,888
1970-71 1,907 616 758 3,281
1971-72 2,205 614 1,123 3,942
1972-73 2,524 608 2,021 5,153
1973-74 3,035 993 2,014 6,042
1974-75 3,445 1,824 2,351 7,620
1975-76 3,934 1,958 3,341 9,233
1976-77 4,437 1,980 3,456 9,873
1977-78 4,861 2,122 4,121 11,104
1978-79 5,491 2,093 4,446 12,030
1979-80 6,320 1,725 3,922 11,967
1980-81 7,418 1,851 4,524 13,793
1981-82 8,585 2,020 5,446 16,051
1982-83 9,643 2,231 9,823 21,697
1983-84 10,406 2,326 9,782 22,514
1984-85 11,418 2,418 10,052 23,888
1985-86 12,525 2,501 10,036 25,062
1986-87 13,445 2,534 10,444 26,423
1987-88 14,349 2,564 10,487 27,400
1988-89 15,202 2,606 10,972 28,780
1989-90 16,154 2,653 11,694 30,501
1990-91 17,131 2,736 14,665 34,532
1991-92 18,393 2,821 18,126 39,340
1992-93 19,106 2,194 19,065 40,365
1993-94 19,903 7 17,626 37,536
1994-95 20,511 - 14,815 35,326
1995-96 21,034 - 13,476 34,510
1996-97 21,606 - 12,380 33,986
1997-98 22,225 - 11,842 34,067
1998-99 22,781 - 11,884 34,665
Table 11
Major transfers to other levels of government
Year Canada Health and Social Transfer Fiscal transfers Insurance and medical care Education support Canada Assistance Plan Alternative Payments for Standing Programs Total
(millions of dollars)
1961-62 - 196 283 19 144 - 642
1962-63 - 215 336 26 160 - 737
1963-64 - 207 392 27 172 - 798
1964-65 - 276 433 27 182 - 918
1965-66 - 306 354 28 153 - 841
1966-67 - 371 384 71 190 - 1,016
1967-68 - 578 435 108 343 - 1,464
1968-69 - 615 588 227 383 - 1,813
1969-70 - 734 806 301 396 - 2,237
1970-71 - 959 1,088 388 519 - 2,954
1971-72 - 1,136 1,400 450 624 - 3,610
1972-73 - 1,326 1,649 481 678 - 4,134
1973-74 - 1,633 1,749 485 718 - 4,585
1974-75 - 2,323 2,121 504 936 - 5,884
1975-76 - 2,511 2,549 535 1,279 - 6,874
1976-77 - 3,252 3,008 649 1,490 - 8,399
1977-78 - 3,206 2,814 1,096 1,396 - 8,512
1978-79 - 3,175 3,488 1,365 1,523 - 9,551
1979-80 - 3,575 3,858 1,515 1,653 - 10,601
1980-81 - 4,055 3,982 1,600 1,941 - 11,578
1981-82 - 4,879 4,283 1,628 2,298 - 13,088
1982-83 - 5,753 4,060 1,532 2,832 - 14,177
1983-84 - 6,208 5,564 2,065 3,288 - 17,125
1984-85 - 6,208 6,330 2,265 3,745 - 18,548
1985-86 - 6,286 6,400 2,277 3,916 - 18,879
1986-87 - 6,679 6,607 2,232 4,051 - 19,569
1987-88 - 7,472 6,558 2,242 4,246 - 20,518
1988-89 - 8,684 6,678 2,227 4,556 - 22,145
1989-90 - 9,582 6,663 2,166 5,006 - 23,417
1990-91 - 9,245 6,033 1,862 5,788 - 22,928
1991-92 - 9,935 6,689 2,142 6,099 - 24,865
1992-93 - 8,664 8,307 2,887 6,686 - 26,544
1993-94 - 10,101 7,232 2,378 7,236 - 26,947
1994-95 - 8,870 7,691 2,486 7,266 - 26,313
1995-96 - 9,405 7,115 2,365 7,191 - 26,076
1996-97 14,911 9,418 -217 -41 105 -2,014 22,162
1997-98 12,421 10,000 162 5 24 -2,108 20,504
1998-99 16,018 11,645 2 - 8 -2,150 25,523
Table 12
Details of program spending
Year Transfer payments Crown corporations National defence Other departments and agencies Total program spending
Transfers to persons Transfers to other levels of governement Other Total transfer payments
(millions of dollars)
1983-84 22,514 17,125 13,497 53,136 4,760 7,679 13,393 78,968
1984-85 23,888 18,548 15,956 58,392 6,159 8,636 13,913 87,100
1985-86 25,062 18,879 14,803 58,744 4,479 8,890 13,993 86,106
1986-87 26,423 19,569 14,667 60,659 4,936 9,695 14,715 90,005
1987-88 27,400 20,518 16,698 64,616 5,872 10,337 15,628 96,453
1988-89 28,780 22,145 16,684 67,609 4,772 10,700 16,607 99,688
1989-90 30,501 23,417 15,926 69,844 5,237 11,249 17,518 103,848
1990-91 34,532 22,928 15,340 72,800 5,713 11,518 18,734 108,765
1991-92 39,340 24,865 17,388 81,593 5,252 10,901 17,469 115,215
1992-93 40,365 26,544 18,125 85,034 6,219 10,939 20,384 122,576
1993-94 37,536 26,947 18,459 82,942 5,298 11,282 20,492 120,014
1994-95 35,326 26,313 19,993 81,632 5,003 10,693 21,411 118,739
1995-96 34,510 26,076 18,154 78,740 4,321 9,935 19,017 112,013
1996-97 33,986 22,162 17,460 73,608 3,578 8,661 18,973 104,820
1997-98 34,067 20,504 22,476 77,047 2,548 8,879 20,279 108,753
1998-99 34,665 25,523 18,735 78,923 3,497 8,781 20,192 111,393

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