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Table 6 
Excise taxes and duties (millions of dollars)
Year Goods and services tax Sales tax Customs import duties Energy taxes Other Total excise taxes and duties
1961-62 - 1,045 534 - 625 2,204
1962-63 - 1,108 645 - 642 2,395
1963-64 - 1,278 581 - 666 2,525
1964-65 - 1,588 622 - 680 2,890
1965-66 - 1,917 685 - 742 3,344
1966-67 - 2,073 778 - 777 3,628
1967-68 - 2,146 746 - 826 3,718
1968-69 - 2,098 762 - 887 3,747
1969-70 - 2,294 818 - 897 4,009
1970-71 - 2,281 815 - 964 4,060
1971-72 - 2,653 989 - 995 4,637
1972-73 - 3,052 1,182 - 1,038 5,272
1973-74 - 3,590 1,384 287 1,094 6,355
1974-75 - 3,866 1,809 1,669 1,162 8,506
1975-76 - 3,515 1,887 1,488 1,253 8,143
1976-77 - 3,929 2,097 1,261 1,350 8,637
1977-78 - 4,427 2,312 1,030 1,354 9,123
1978-79 - 4,729 2,747 844 1,377 9,697
1979-80 - 4,651 2,996 1,171 1,397 10,215
1980-81 - 5,355 3,185 1,509 1,612 11,661
1981-82 - 6,148 3,435 4,521 1,739 15,843
1982-83 - 5,842 2,828 5,147 1,959 15,776
1983-84 - 6,561 3,376 4,168 2,110 16,215
1984-85 - 7,592 3,794 4,479 2,312 18,177
1985-86 - 9,345 3,971 3,348 2,827 19,491
1986-87 - 11,972 4,187 1,965 2,925 21,049
1987-88 - 12,927 4,385 2,603 3,026 22,941
1988-89 - 15,645 4,521 2,646 2,959 25,771
1989-90 - 17,672 4,587 2,471 3,425 28,155
1990-91 3,110 10,053 4,001 3,192 3,711 24,067
1991-92 15,311 - 3,999 3,441 4,557 27,308
1992-93 15,420 - 3,811 3,437 4,103 26,771
1993-94 15,939 - 3,652 3,640 3,709 26,940
1994-95 17,062 - 3,575 3,824 2,996 27,457
1995-96 16,880 - 2,969 4,404 2,998 27,251
1996-97 18,159 - 2,676 4,467 3,902 29,204
1997-98 19,717 - 2,766 4,638 4,025 31,146
1998-99 20,936 - 2,359 4,716 3,706 31,717
1999-00 23,121 - 2,105 4,757 3,315 33,298
2000-01 24,759 - 2,784 4,792 3,434 35,769
2001-02 25,292 - 3,040 4,848 3,953 37,133
2002-03 28,248 - 3,278 4,935 4,896 41,357
2003-04 28,286 - 2,887 4,952 5,240 41,365
2004-05 29,758 - 3,091 5,054 4,954 42,857
2005-06 33,020 - 3,330 5,076 4,730 46,156
Due to a break in the series following the introduction of full accrual accounting, data from 1983-84 are not directly comparable with earlier years.
Table 7 
Budgetary expenses (millions of dollars)
Year Major transfers to persons Major transfers to other levels of government National   Defence Other Total program   expenses Public debt charges Total expenses
1961-62 1,601 642 1,633 2,791 6,668 832 7,500
1962-63 1,669 737 1,589 2,645 6,640 915 7,555
1963-64 1,712 798 1,710 3,145 7,365 993 8,358
1964-65 1,793 918 1,573 3,341 7,625 1,050 8,675
1965-66 1,823 841 1,581 3,760 8,005 1,110 9,115
1966-67 1,983 1,016 1,702 4,577 9,278 1,182 10,460
1967-68 2,385 1,464 1,842 4,990 10,681 1,286 11,967
1968-69 2,612 1,813 1,875 5,222 11,522 1,464 12,986
1969-70 2,888 2,237 1,892 5,905 12,922 1,694 14,616
1970-71 3,281 2,954 1,932 6,349 14,516 1,887 16,403
1971-72 3,942 3,610 2,019 7,224 16,795 2,110 18,905
1972-73 5,153 4,134 2,096 8,026 19,409 2,300 21,709
1973-74 6,042 4,585 2,377 9,639 22,643 2,565 25,208
1974-75 7,620 5,884 2,722 12,726 28,952 3,238 32,190
1975-76 9,233 6,874 3,163 15,405 34,675 3,970 38,645
1976-77 9,873 8,399 3,564 15,635 37,471 4,708 42,179
1977-78 11,104 8,512 3,981 17,384 40,981 5,531 46,512
1978-79 12,030 9,551 4,315 18,324 44,220 7,024 51,244
1979-80 11,967 10,601 4,588 19,627 46,783 8,494 55,277
1980-81 13,793 11,578 5,298 26,410 57,079 10,658 67,737
1981-82 16,051 13,088 5,975 32,735 67,849 15,114 82,963
1982-83 21,697 14,177 6,903 36,799 79,576 16,903 96,479
1983-84 22,514 17,125 7,209 30,346 77,194 20,430 97,624
1984-85 23,888 18,548 7,900 33,943 84,279 24,887 109,166
1985-86 25,062 18,879 8,386 31,147 83,474 27,657 111,131
1986-87 26,423 19,569 9,143 32,735 87,870 28,718 116,588
1987-88 27,400 20,518 9,708 37,383 95,009 31,223 126,232
1988-89 28,780 22,145 10,206 37,633 98,764 35,532 134,296
1989-90 30,501 23,417 10,982 38,884 103,784 41,246 145,030
1990-91 34,343 22,928 11,323 39,956 108,550 45,034 153,584
1991-92 38,900 24,865 10,759 40,020 114,544 43,861 158,405
1992-93 41,002 26,544 10,780 43,847 122,173 41,332 163,505
1993-94 42,407 26,947 11,087 41,863 122,304 40,099 162,403
1994-95 40,280 26,313 10,580 46,065 123,238 44,185 167,423
1995-96 39,121 26,076 9,817 45,842 120,856 49,407 170,263
1996-97 38,826 22,162 8,807 41,532 111,327 47,281 158,608
1997-98 38,952 20,504 9,087 46,242 114,785 43,120 157,905
1998-99 39,884 25,523 9,308 41,723 116,438 43,303 159,741
1999-00 40,157 23,243 10,113 45,253 118,766 43,384 162,150
2000-01 43,354 24,724 9,744 52,744 130,566 43,892 174,458
2001-02 45,880 26,616 10,443 53,292 136,231 39,651 175,882
2002-03 48,011 30,645 11,803 56,220 146,679 37,270 183,949
2003-04 50,022 29,392 12,869 61,393 153,676 35,769 189,445
2004-05 51,307 41,955 14,318 68,782 176,362 34,118 210,480
2005-06 52,609 40,815 15,034 66,755 175,213 33,772 208,985
Due to a break in the series following the introduction of full accrual accounting, data from 1983-84 are not directly comparable with earlier years.
Table 8 
Budgetary expenses (pourcentage du PIB)
Year Major transfers to persons Major transfers to other levels of government National Defence Other Total program expenses Public debt charges Total expenses
1961-62 3.9 1.6 4.0 6.8 16.2 2.0 18.2
1962-63 3.7 1.7 3.6 5.9 14.9 2.0 16.9
1963-64 3.6 1.7 3.6 6.6 15.4 2.1 17.4
1964-65 3.4 1.7 3.0 6.4 14.5 2.0 16.5
1965-66 3.1 1.5 2.7 6.5 13.8 1.9 15.7
1966-67 3.1 1.6 2.6 7.1 14.3 1.8 16.1
1967-68 3.4 2.1 2.6 7.2 15.3 1.8 17.2
1968-69 3.4 2.4 2.5 6.9 15.1 1.9 17.1
1969-70 3.4 2.7 2.3 7.0 15.4 2.0 17.4
1970-71 3.6 3.3 2.1 7.0 16.1 2.1 18.2
1971-72 4.0 3.7 2.1 7.3 17.1 2.1 19.2
1972-73 4.7 3.8 1.9 7.3 17.7 2.1 19.8
1973-74 4.7 3.6 1.8 7.5 17.6 2.0 19.5
1974-75 4.9 3.8 1.8 8.3 18.8 2.1 20.9
1975-76 5.3 4.0 1.8 8.9 20.0 2.3 22.3
1976-77 4.9 4.2 1.8 7.8 18.7 2.4 21.1
1977-78 5.0 3.9 1.8 7.9 18.5 2.5 21.0
1978-79 4.9 3.9 1.8 7.5 18.1 2.9 20.9
1979-80 4.3 3.8 1.6 7.0 16.7 3.0 19.8
1980-81 4.4 3.7 1.7 8.4 18.2 3.4 21.5
1981-82 4.5 3.6 1.7 9.1 18.8 4.2 23.0
1982-83 5.7 3.7 1.8 9.7 20.9 4.4 25.4
1983-84 5.5 4.2 1.8 7.4 18.8 5.0 23.7
1984-85 5.3 4.1 1.8 7.5 18.7 5.5 24.3
1985-86 5.2 3.9 1.7 6.4 17.2 5.7 22.9
1986-87 5.2 3.8 1.8 6.4 17.1 5.6 22.7
1987-88 4.9 3.7 1.7 6.7 17.0 5.6 22.6
1988-89 4.7 3.6 1.7 6.1 16.1 5.8 21.9
1989-90 4.6 3.6 1.7 5.9 15.8 6.3 22.1
1990-91 5.1 3.4 1.7 5.9 16.0 6.6 22.6
1991-92 5.7 3.6 1.6 5.8 16.7 6.4 23.1
1992-93 5.9 3.8 1.5 6.3 17.4 5.9 23.3
1993-94 5.8 3.7 1.5 5.8 16.8 5.5 22.3
1994-95 5.2 3.4 1.4 6.0 16.0 5.7 21.7
1995-96 4.8 3.2 1.2 5.7 14.9 6.1 21.0
1996-97 4.6 2.6 1.1 5.0 13.3 5.6 19.0
1997-98 4.4 2.3 1.0 5.2 13.0 4.9 17.9
1998-99 4.4 2.8 1.0 4.6 12.7 4.7 17.5
1999-00 4.1 2.4 1.0 4.6 12.1 4.4 16.5
2000-01 4.0 2.3 0.9 4.9 12.1 4.1 16.2
2001-02 4.1 2.4 0.9 4.8 12.3 3.6 15.9
2002-03 4.2 2.7 1.0 4.9 12.7 3.2 16.0
2003-04 4.1 2.4 1.1 5.1 12.7 2.9 15.6
2004-05 4.0 3.3 1.1 5.3 13.7 2.6 16.3
2005-06 3.8 3.0 1.1 4.9 12.8 2.5 15.2
Due to a break in the series following the introduction of full accrual accounting, data from 1983-84 are not directly comparable with earlier years.
Table 9 
Budgetary expenses (per cent of total)
Year Major transfers to persons Major transfers to other levels of government National Defence Other Total program expenses Public debt charges Total expenses
1961-62 21.3 8.6 21.8 37.2 88.9 11.1 100.0
1962-63 22.1 9.8 21.0 35.0 87.9 12.1 100.0
1963-64 20.5 9.5 20.5 37.6 88.1 11.9 100.0
1964-65 20.7 10.6 18.1 38.5 87.9 12.1 100.0
1965-66 20.0 9.2 17.3 41.2 87.8 12.2 100.0
1966-67 19.0 9.7 16.3 43.8 88.7 11.3 100.0
1967-68 19.9 12.2 15.4 41.7 89.3 10.7 100.0
1968-69 20.1 14.0 14.4 40.2 88.7 11.3 100.0
1969-70 19.8 15.3 12.9 40.4 88.4 11.6 100.0
1970-71 20.0 18.0 11.8 38.7 88.5 11.5 100.0
1971-72 20.9 19.1 10.7 38.2 88.8 11.2 100.0
1972-73 23.7 19.0 9.7 37.0 89.4 10.6 100.0
1973-74 24.0 18.2 9.4 38.2 89.8 10.2 100.0
1974-75 23.7 18.3 8.5 39.5 89.9 10.1 100.0
1975-76 23.9 17.8 8.2 39.9 89.7 10.3 100.0
1976-77 23.4 19.9 8.4 37.1 88.8 11.2 100.0
1977-78 23.9 18.3 8.6 37.4 88.1 11.9 100.0
1978-79 23.5 18.6 8.4 35.8 86.3 13.7 100.0
1979-80 21.6 19.2 8.3 35.5 84.6 15.4 100.0
1980-81 20.4 17.1 7.8 39.0 84.3 15.7 100.0
1981-82 19.3 15.8 7.2 39.5 81.8 18.2 100.0
1982-83 22.5 14.7 7.2 38.1 82.5 17.5 100.0
1983-84 23.1 17.5 7.4 31.1 79.1 20.9 100.0
1984-85 21.9 17.0 7.2 31.1 77.2 22.8 100.0
1985-86 22.6 17.0 7.5 28.0 75.1 24.9 100.0
1986-87 22.7 16.8 7.8 28.1 75.4 24.6 100.0
1987-88 21.7 16.3 7.7 29.6 75.3 24.7 100.0
1988-89 21.4 16.5 7.6 28.0 73.5 26.5 100.0
1989-90 21.0 16.1 7.6 26.8 71.6 28.4 100.0
1990-91 22.4 14.9 7.4 26.0 70.7 29.3 100.0
1991-92 24.6 15.7 6.8 25.3 72.3 27.7 100.0
1992-93 25.1 16.2 6.6 26.8 74.7 25.3 100.0
1993-94 26.1 16.6 6.8 25.8 75.3 24.7 100.0
1994-95 24.1 15.7 6.3 27.5 73.6 26.4 100.0
1995-96 23.0 15.3 5.8 26.9 71.0 29.0 100.0
1996-97 24.5 14.0 5.6 26.2 70.2 29.8 100.0
1997-98 24.7 13.0 5.8 29.3 72.7 27.3 100.0
1998-99 25.0 16.0 5.8 26.1 72.9 27.1 100.0
1999-00 24.8 14.3 6.2 27.9 73.2 26.8 100.0
2000-01 24.9 14.2 5.6 30.2 74.8 25.2 100.0
2001-02 26.1 15.1 5.9 30.3 77.5 22.5 100.0
2002-03 26.1 16.7 6.4 30.6 79.7 20.3 100.0
2003-04 26.4 15.5 6.8 32.4 81.1 18.9 100.0
2004-05 24.4 19.9 6.8 32.7 83.8 16.2 100.0
2005-06 25.2 19.5 7.2 31.9 83.8 16.2 100.0
Due to a break in the series following the introduction of full accrual accounting, data from 1983-84 are not directly comparable with earlier years.
Table 10 
Year Old Age Security benefits Family allowance/Canada child tax benefits Employment insurance benefits Relief for Heating Expenses Total
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 17,039 2,639 14,665 34,343
1991-92 18,168 2,606 18,126 38,900
1992-93 18,758 3,179 19,065 41,002
1993-94 19,578 5,203 17,626 42,407
1994-95 20,143 5,322 14,815 40,280
1995-96 20,430 5,215 13,476 39,121
1996-97 21,207 5,239 12,380 38,826
1997-98 21,758 5,352 11,842 38,952
1998-99 22,285 5,715 11,884 39,884
1999-00 22,856 6,000 11,301 40,157
2000-01 23,668 6,783 11,444 1,459    43,354
2001-02 24,641 7,471 13,726 42 45,880
2002-03 25,692 7,823 14,496 48,011
2003-04 26,902 8,062 15,058 50,022
2004-05 27,871 8,688 14,748 51,307
2005-06 28,992 9,200 14,417 52,609
Due to a break in the series following the introduction of full accrual accounting, data from 1983-84 are not directly comparable with earlier years.
Table 11 
Major transfers to other levels of government (millions of dollars)
Year Canada Health 
and Social
Transfer(1) 		Fiscal transfers Insurance and medical care Education support Canada Assistance Plan Other Alternative Payments for Standing Programs Total
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
1999-00 14,891 10,721 56 -2,425 23,243
2000-01 13,500 12,467 1,217 -2,460 24,724
2001-02 17,300 11,603 375 -2,662 26,616
2002-03 21,100 10,879 987 -2,321 30,645
2003-04 22,341 9,409 342 -2,700 29,392
2004-05 28,031 12,863 3,807 -2,746 41,955
2005-06 27,225 12,381       3,940 -2,731 40,815
(1) In 1996-97, the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) was introduced to replace the Canada Assistance Plan, education support, and insurance and medical care. Since April 2004, the CHST has been divided into the Canada Health Transfer and the Canada Social Transfer.
Due to a break in the series following the introduction of full accrual accounting, data from 
1983-84 are not directly comparable with earlier years.

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