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Archived - Fiscal Reference Tables
October 2009

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Federal Government Public Accounts

Table 1
Fiscal transactions (millions of dollars)
Year Revenues Program expenses Operating surplus or deficit (-) Public debt charges Budgetary surplus or deficit (-) Other
comprehensive
income or
loss (-)		 Accumulated deficit Non-budgetary transactions Financial
requirement
(-)/source
  (millions of dollars)
1961–62 6,506 6,668 -162 832 -994   14,825 207 -787
1962–63 6,707 6,640 67 915 -848   15,673 -657 -1,505
1963–64 7,159 7,365 -205 993 -1,198   16,871 895 -303
1964–65 8,303 7,625 678 1,050 -372   17,243 -18 -390
1965–66 9,135 8,005 1,130 1,110 20   17,223 -83 -63
1966–67 9,974 9,278 696 1,182 -486   17,708 87 -399
1967–68 10,925 10,681 244 1,286 -1,042   18,750 508 -534
1968–69 12,320 11,522 797 1,464 -667   19,417 -1,167 -1,834
1969–70 14,755 12,922 1,833 1,694 139   19,277 -283 -144
1970–71 15,387 14,516 871 1,887 -1,016   20,293 -1,309 -2,326
1971–72 17,119 16,795 324 2,110 -1,786   22,079 -263 -2,049
1972–73 19,808 19,409 398 2,300 -1,902   23,980 501 -1,400
1973–74 22,997 22,643 354 2,565 -2,211   26,191 893 -1,318
1974–75 29,965 28,952 1,013 3,238 -2,225   28,416 762 -1,462
1975–76 32,440 34,675 -2,235 3,970 -6,205   34,620 1,502 -4,703
1976–77 35,283 37,471 -2,188 4,708 -6,896   41,517 2,489 -4,407
1977–78 35,633 40,981 -5,348 5,531 -10,879   52,396 2,816 -8,063
1978–79 38,214 44,220 -6,006 7,024 -13,030   65,425 104 -12,926
1979–80 43,310 46,783 -3,473 8,494 -11,967   77,392 4,075 -7,893
1980–81 53,181 57,079 -3,898 10,658 -14,556   91,948 5,845 -8,711
1981–82 67,289 67,849 -560 15,114 -15,674   107,622 6,250 -9,425
1982–83 67,430 79,576 -12,146 16,903 -29,049   136,671 2,698 -26,351
1983–84 65,261 77,194 -11,933 20,430 -32,363   157,252 8,185 -24,178
1984–85 71,999 84,279 -12,280 24,887 -37,167   194,419 7,166 -30,001
1985–86 77,742 83,474 -5,732 27,657 -33,389   227,808 3,870 -29,519
1986–87 86,746 87,870 -1,124 28,718 -29,842   257,650 2,356 -27,486
1987–88 97,215 95,009 2,206 31,223 -29,017   286,667 4,225 -24,792
1988–89 106,349 98,764 7,585 35,532 -27,947   314,614 4,016 -23,931
1989–90 115,887 103,784 12,103 41,246 -29,143   343,757 11,324 -17,819
1990–91 119,685 108,550 11,135 45,034 -33,899   377,656 5,888 -28,011
1991–92 126,086 114,544 11,542 43,861 -32,319   409,975 1,566 -30,753
1992–93 124,486 122,173 2,313 41,332 -39,019   448,994 11,100 -27,919
1993–94 123,873 122,304 1,569 40,099 -38,530   487,524 4,898 -33,632
1994–95 130,791 123,238 7,553 44,185 -36,632   524,156 11,147 -25,485
1995–96 140,257 120,856 19,401 49,407 -30,006   554,162 7,392 -22,614
1996–97 149,889 111,327 38,562 47,281 -8,719   562,881 515 -8,204
1997–98 160,864 114,785 46,079 43,120 2,959   559,922 7,566 10,525
1998–99 165,520 116,438 49,082 43,303 5,779   554,143 1,111 6,890
1999–00 176,408 118,766 57,642 43,384 14,258   539,885 -3,231 11,027
2000–01 194,349 130,566 63,783 43,892 19,891   519,994 -11,651 8,240
2001–02 183,930 136,231 47,699 39,651 8,048   511,946 -8,120 -72
2002–03 190,570 146,679 43,891 37,270 6,621   505,325 2,777 9,398
2003–04 198,590 153,676 44,914 35,769 9,145   496,180 -1,542 7,603
2004–05 211,943 176,362 35,581 34,118 1,463   494,717 5,140 6,603
2005–06 222,203 175,213 46,990 33,772 13,218   481,499 -6,409 6,809
2006–07 235,966 188,269 47,697 33,945 13,752 479 467,268 -5,248 8,504
2007–08 242,420 199,498 42,922 33,325 9,597 34 457,637 4,931 14,528
2008–09 233,092 207,857 25,235 30,990 -5,755 -318 463,710 -84,312 -90,067
Due to a break in the series following the introduction of full accrual accounting, data from 1983–84 onward are not directly comparable with earlier years.
Table 2
Fiscal transactions (per cent of GDP)
Year Revenues Program expenses Operating surplus or deficit (-) Public debt charges Budgetary surplus or deficit (-) Other comprehensive
income or
loss (-)		 Accumulated deficit Non-budgetary transactions Financial requirement
(-)/ source
  (per cent of GDP)
1961–62 15.8 16.2 -0.4 2.0 -2.4   36.0 0.5 -1.9
1962–63 15.0 14.9 0.2 2.0 -1.9   35.1 -1.5 -3.4
1963–64 14.9 15.4 -0.4 2.1 -2.5   35.2 1.9 -0.6
1964–65 15.8 14.5 1.3 2.0 -0.7   32.8 0.0 -0.7
1965–66 15.8 13.8 2.0 1.9 0.0   29.7 -0.1 -0.1
1966–67 15.4 14.3 1.1 1.8 -0.7   27.3 0.1 -0.6
1967–68 15.7 15.3 0.3 1.8 -1.5   26.9 0.7 -0.8
1968–69 16.2 15.1 1.0 1.9 -0.9   25.5 -1.5 -2.4
1969–70 17.6 15.4 2.2 2.0 0.2   23.0 -0.3 -0.2
1970–71 17.1 16.1 1.0 2.1 -1.1   22.5 -1.5 -2.6
1971–72 17.4 17.1 0.3 2.1 -1.8   22.4 -0.3 -2.1
1972–73 18.0 17.7 0.4 2.1 -1.7   21.8 0.5 -1.3
1973–74 17.8 17.6 0.3 2.0 -1.7   20.3 0.7 -1.0
1974–75 19.5 18.8 0.7 2.1 -1.4   18.4 0.5 -0.9
1975–76 18.7 20.0 -1.3 2.3 -3.6   19.9 0.9 -2.7
1976–77 17.6 18.7 -1.1 2.4 -3.4   20.8 1.2 -2.2
1977–78 16.1 18.5 -2.4 2.5 -4.9   23.7 1.3 -3.6
1978–79 15.6 18.1 -2.5 2.9 -5.3   26.7 0.0 -5.3
1979–80 15.5 16.7 -1.2 3.0 -4.3   27.7 1.5 -2.8
1980–81 16.9 18.2 -1.2 3.4 -4.6   29.2 1.9 -2.8
1981–82 18.7 18.8 -0.2 4.2 -4.3   29.9 1.7 -2.6
1982–83 17.8 20.9 -3.2 4.4 -7.6   36.0 0.7 -6.9
1983–84 15.9 18.8 -2.9 5.0 -7.9   38.2 2.0 -5.9
1984–85 16.0 18.7 -2.7 5.5 -8.3   43.2 1.6 -6.7
1985–86 16.0 17.2 -1.2 5.7 -6.9   46.9 0.8 -6.1
1986–87 16.9 17.1 -0.2 5.6 -5.8   50.3 0.5 -5.4
1987–88 17.4 17.0 0.4 5.6 -5.2   51.3 0.8 -4.4
1988–89 17.3 16.1 1.2 5.8 -4.6   51.3 0.7 -3.9
1989–90 17.6 15.8 1.8 6.3 -4.4   52.3 1.7 -2.7
1990–91 17.6 16.0 1.6 6.6 -5.0   55.5 0.9 -4.1
1991–92 18.4 16.7 1.7 6.4 -4.7   59.8 0.2 -4.5
1992–93 17.8 17.4 0.3 5.9 -5.6   64.1 1.6 -4.0
1993–94 17.0 16.8 0.2 5.5 -5.3   67.0 0.7 -4.6
1994–95 17.0 16.0 1.0 5.7 -4.8   68.0 1.4 -3.3
1995–96 17.3 14.9 2.4 6.1 -3.7   68.4 0.9 -2.8
1996–97 17.9 13.3 4.6 5.6 -1.0   67.3 0.1 -1.0
1997–98 18.2 13.0 5.2 4.9 0.3   63.4 0.9 1.2
1998–99 18.1 12.7 5.4 4.7 0.6   60.6 0.1 0.8
1999–00 18.0 12.1 5.9 4.4 1.5   55.0 -0.3 1.1
2000–01 18.1 12.1 5.9 4.1 1.8   48.3 -1.1 0.8
2001–02 16.6 12.3 4.3 3.6 0.7   46.2 -0.7 0.0
2002–03 16.5 12.7 3.8 3.2 0.6   43.8 0.2 0.8
2003–04 16.4 12.7 3.7 2.9 0.8   40.9 -0.1 0.6
2004–05 16.4 13.7 2.8 2.6 0.1   38.3 0.4 0.5
2005–06 16.2 12.8 3.4 2.5 1.0   35.0 -0.5 0.5
2006–07 16.3 13.0 3.3 2.3 0.9 0.0 32.2 -0.4 0.6
2007–08 15.8 13.0 2.8 2.2 0.6 0.0 29.9 0.3 0.9
2008–09 14.6 13.0 1.6 1.9 -0.4 0.0 29.0 -5.3 -5.6
Due to a break in the series following the introduction of full accrual accounting, data from 1983–84 onward are not directly comparable with earlier years.
Table 3
Revenues (millions of dollars)
  Tax revenues      
 
     
Year Personal income tax Corporate income tax Non-resident income tax Other taxes and duties Total tax revenues Employment Insurance premiums Other revenues Total revenues
  (millions of dollars)
1961–62 2,052 1,302 197 2,204 5,755 278 473 6,506
1962–63 2,018 1,298 216 2,395 5,927 285 495 6,707
1963–64 2,168 1,375 216 2,525 6,284 296 579 7,159
1964–65 2,535 1,669 233 2,890 7,327 310 666 8,303
1965–66 2,637 1,759 278 3,344 8,018 327 790 9,135
1966–67 3,050 1,743 305 3,628 8,726 343 905 9,974
1967–68 3,650 1,821 323 3,718 9,512 346 1,067 10,925
1968–69 4,334 2,213 318 3,747 10,612 432 1,276 12,320
1969–70 5,588 2,839 349 4,009 12,785 490 1,480 14,755
1970–71 6,395 2,426 378 4,060 13,259 493 1,635 15,387
1971–72 7,227 2,396 420 4,637 14,680 569 1,870 17,119
1972–73 8,378 2,920 353 5,272 16,923 745 2,140 19,808
1973–74 9,226 3,710 338 6,355 19,629 1,001 2,367 22,997
1974–75 11,710 4,836 434 8,506 25,486 1,585 2,894 29,965
1975–76 12,709 5,748 493 8,143 27,093 2,039 3,308 32,440
1976–77 14,634 5,363 521 8,637 29,155 2,470 3,658 35,283
1977–78 13,988 5,280 569 9,123 28,960 2,537 4,136 35,633
1978–79 14,656 5,654 645 9,697 30,652 2,783 4,779 38,214
1979–80 16,808 6,951 883 10,215 34,857 2,778 5,675 43,310
1980–81 19,837 8,106 966 11,661 40,570 3,303 9,308 53,181
1981–82 24,046 8,118 1,138 15,843 49,145 4,753 13,391 67,289
1982–83 26,330 7,139 1,130 15,776 50,375 4,900 12,155 67,430
1983–84 26,530 7,174 908 16,215 50,827 7,229 7,205 65,261
1984–85 28,455 9,234 1,021 18,177 56,887 7,676 7,436 71,999
1985–86 32,238 9,068 1,053 19,491 61,850 8,630 7,262 77,742
1986–87 36,733 9,732 1,355 21,049 68,869 9,667 8,210 86,746
1987–88 42,422 10,710 1,162 22,941 77,235 10,602 9,378 97,215
1988–89 45,456 11,549 1,578 25,771 84,354 11,107 10,888 106,349
1989–90 50,584 12,820 1,361 28,155 92,920 10,727 12,240 115,887
1990–91 56,201 11,545 1,372 24,067 93,185 12,551 13,949 119,685
1991–92 59,687 9,215 1,261 27,308 97,471 15,338 13,277 126,086
1992–93 58,331 7,095 1,191 26,771 93,388 17,576 13,522 124,486
1993–94 55,173 9,098 1,533 26,940 92,744 19,298 11,831 123,873
1994–95 60,648 10,969 1,700 27,457 100,774 18,293 11,724 130,791
1995–96 64,049 15,372 1,882 27,251 108,554 19,089 12,614 140,257
1996–97 67,796 16,235 2,671 29,204 115,906 19,949 14,034 149,889
1997–98 74,949 21,179 1,999 31,146 129,273 19,242 12,349 160,864
1998–99 77,894 21,213 2,208 31,717 133,032 19,064 13,424 165,520
1999–00 85,070 22,115 2,646 33,298 143,129 18,628 14,651 176,408
2000–01 92,662 28,293 2,982 35,769 159,706 18,655 15,988 194,349
2001–02 86,972 24,242 2,925 37,133 151,272 17,637 15,021 183,930
2002–03 89,530 22,222 3,291 41,357 156,400 17,870 16,300 190,570
2003–04 92,957 27,431 3,142 41,365 164,895 17,546 16,149 198,590
2004–05 98,521 29,956 3,560 42,857 174,894 17,307 19,742 211,943
2005–06 103,691 31,724 4,529 46,156 186,100 16,535 19,568 222,203
2006–07 110,477 37,745 4,877 45,317 198,416 16,789 20,761 235,966
2007–08 113,063 40,628 5,693 44,207 203,591 16,558 22,271 242,420
2008–09 116,024 29,476 6,298 39,806 191,604 16,887 24,601 233,092
Due to a break in the series following the introduction of full accrual accounting, data from 1983–84 onward are not directly comparable with earlier years.
Table 4
Revenues (per cent of GDP)
  Tax revenues      
 
     
Year Personal income tax Corporate income tax Non-resident income tax Other taxes and duties Total tax revenues Employment
Insurance premiums		 Other revenues Total revenues
  (per cent of GDP)
1961–62 5.0 3.2 0.5 5.4 14.0 0.7 1.1 15.8
1962–63 4.5 2.9 0.5 5.4 13.3 0.6 1.1 15.0
1963–64 4.5 2.9 0.5 5.3 13.1 0.6 1.2 14.9
1964–65 4.8 3.2 0.4 5.5 13.9 0.6 1.3 15.8
1965–66 4.6 3.0 0.5 5.8 13.8 0.6 1.4 15.8
1966–67 4.7 2.7 0.5 5.6 13.5 0.5 1.4 15.4
1967–68 5.2 2.6 0.5 5.3 13.6 0.5 1.5 15.7
1968–69 5.7 2.9 0.4 4.9 13.9 0.6 1.7 16.2
1969–70 6.7 3.4 0.4 4.8 15.3 0.6 1.8 17.6
1970–71 7.1 2.7 0.4 4.5 14.7 0.5 1.8 17.1
1971–72 7.3 2.4 0.4 4.7 14.9 0.6 1.9 17.4
1972–73 7.6 2.7 0.3 4.8 15.4 0.7 1.9 18.0
1973–74 7.2 2.9 0.3 4.9 15.2 0.8 1.8 17.8
1974–75 7.6 3.1 0.3 5.5 16.5 1.0 1.9 19.5
1975–76 7.3 3.3 0.3 4.7 15.6 1.2 1.9 18.7
1976–77 7.3 2.7 0.3 4.3 14.6 1.2 1.8 17.6
1977–78 6.3 2.4 0.3 4.1 13.1 1.1 1.9 16.1
1978–79 6.0 2.3 0.3 4.0 12.5 1.1 2.0 15.6
1979–80 6.0 2.5 0.3 3.7 12.5 1.0 2.0 15.5
1980–81 6.3 2.6 0.3 3.7 12.9 1.1 3.0 16.9
1981–82 6.7 2.3 0.3 4.4 13.6 1.3 3.7 18.7
1982–83 6.9 1.9 0.3 4.2 13.3 1.3 3.2 17.8
1983–84 6.4 1.7 0.2 3.9 12.4 1.8 1.8 15.9
1984–85 6.3 2.1 0.2 4.0 12.7 1.7 1.7 16.0
1985–86 6.6 1.9 0.2 4.0 12.7 1.8 1.5 16.0
1986–87 7.2 1.9 0.3 4.1 13.4 1.9 1.6 16.9
1987–88 7.6 1.9 0.2 4.1 13.8 1.9 1.7 17.4
1988–89 7.4 1.9 0.3 4.2 13.8 1.8 1.8 17.3
1989–90 7.7 1.9 0.2 4.3 14.1 1.6 1.9 17.6
1990–91 8.3 1.7 0.2 3.5 13.7 1.8 2.1 17.6
1991–92 8.7 1.3 0.2 4.0 14.2 2.2 1.9 18.4
1992–93 8.3 1.0 0.2 3.8 13.3 2.5 1.9 17.8
1993–94 7.6 1.3 0.2 3.7 12.8 2.7 1.6 17.0
1994–95 7.9 1.4 0.2 3.6 13.1 2.4 1.5 17.0
1995–96 7.9 1.9 0.2 3.4 13.4 2.4 1.6 17.3
1996–97 8.1 1.9 0.3 3.5 13.9 2.4 1.7 17.9
1997–98 8.5 2.4 0.2 3.5 14.6 2.2 1.4 18.2
1998–99 8.5 2.3 0.2 3.5 14.5 2.1 1.5 18.1
1999–00 8.7 2.3 0.3 3.4 14.6 1.9 1.5 18.0
2000–01 8.6 2.6 0.3 3.3 14.8 1.7 1.5 18.1
2001–02 7.8 2.2 0.3 3.4 13.7 1.6 1.4 16.6
2002–03 7.8 1.9 0.3 3.6 13.6 1.5 1.4 16.5
2003–04 7.7 2.3 0.3 3.4 13.6 1.4 1.3 16.4
2004–05 7.6 2.3 0.3 3.3 13.5 1.3 1.5 16.4
2005–06 7.5 2.3 0.3 3.4 13.5 1.2 1.4 16.2
2006–07 7.6 2.6 0.3 3.1 13.7 1.2 1.4 16.3
2007–08 7.4 2.7 0.4 2.9 13.3 1.1 1.5 15.8
2008–09 7.3 1.8 0.4 2.5 12.0 1.1 1.5 14.6
Due to a break in the series following the introduction of full accrual accounting, data from 1983–84 onward are not directly comparable with earlier years.
Table 5
Revenues (per cent of total)
  Tax revenues      
 
     
Year Personal income tax Corporate income tax Non-resident income tax Other taxes and duties Total tax revenues Employment
 Insurance premiums		 Other revenues Total revenues
  (per cent of total)
1961–62 31.5 20.0 3.0 33.9 88.5 4.3 7.3 100.0
1962–63 30.1 19.4 3.2 35.7 88.4 4.2 7.4 100.0
1963–64 30.3 19.2 3.0 35.3 87.8 4.1 8.1 100.0
1964–65 30.5 20.1 2.8 34.8 88.2 3.7 8.0 100.0
1965–66 28.9 19.3 3.0 36.6 87.8 3.6 8.6 100.0
1966–67 30.6 17.5 3.1 36.4 87.5 3.4 9.1 100.0
1967–68 33.4 16.7 3.0 34.0 87.1 3.2 9.8 100.0
1968–69 35.2 18.0 2.6 30.4 86.1 3.5 10.4 100.0
1969–70 37.9 19.2 2.4 27.2 86.7 3.3 10.0 100.0
1970–71 41.6 15.8 2.5 26.4 86.2 3.2 10.6 100.0
1971–72 42.2 14.0 2.5 27.1 85.8 3.3 10.9 100.0
1972–73 42.3 14.7 1.8 26.6 85.4 3.8 10.8 100.0
1973–74 40.1 16.1 1.5 27.6 85.4 4.4 10.3 100.0
1974–75 39.1 16.1 1.4 28.4 85.1 5.3 9.7 100.0
1975–76 39.2 17.7 1.5 25.1 83.5 6.3 10.2 100.0
1976–77 41.5 15.2 1.5 24.5 82.6 7.0 10.4 100.0
1977–78 39.3 14.8 1.6 25.6 81.3 7.1 11.6 100.0
1978–79 38.4 14.8 1.7 25.4 80.2 7.3 12.5 100.0
1979–80 38.8 16.0 2.0 23.6 80.5 6.4 13.1 100.0
1980–81 37.3 15.2 1.8 21.9 76.3 6.2 17.5 100.0
1981–82 35.7 12.1 1.7 23.5 73.0 7.1 19.9 100.0
1982–83 39.0 10.6 1.7 23.4 74.7 7.3 18.0 100.0
1983–84 40.7 11.0 1.4 24.8 77.9 11.1 11.0 100.0
1984–85 39.5 12.8 1.4 25.2 79.0 10.7 10.3 100.0
1985–86 41.5 11.7 1.4 25.1 79.6 11.1 9.3 100.0
1986–87 42.3 11.2 1.6 24.3 79.4 11.1 9.5 100.0
1987–88 43.6 11.0 1.2 23.6 79.4 10.9 9.6 100.0
1988–89 42.7 10.9 1.5 24.2 79.3 10.4 10.2 100.0
1989–90 43.6 11.1 1.2 24.3 80.2 9.3 10.6 100.0
1990–91 47.0 9.6 1.1 20.1 77.9 10.5 11.7 100.0
1991–92 47.3 7.3 1.0 21.7 77.3 12.2 10.5 100.0
1992–93 46.9 5.7 1.0 21.5 75.0 14.1 10.9 100.0
1993–94 44.5 7.3 1.2 21.7 74.9 15.6 9.6 100.0
1994–95 46.4 8.4 1.3 21.0 77.0 14.0 9.0 100.0
1995–96 45.7 11.0 1.3 19.4 77.4 13.6 9.0 100.0
1996–97 45.2 10.8 1.8 19.5 77.3 13.3 9.4 100.0
1997–98 46.6 13.2 1.2 19.4 80.4 12.0 7.7 100.0
1998–99 47.1 12.8 1.3 19.2 80.4 11.5 8.1 100.0
1999–00 48.2 12.5 1.5 18.9 81.1 10.6 8.3 100.0
2000–01 47.7 14.6 1.5 18.4 82.2 9.6 8.2 100.0
2001–02 47.3 13.2 1.6 20.2 82.2 9.6 8.2 100.0
2002–03 47.0 11.7 1.7 21.7 82.1 9.4 8.6 100.0
2003–04 46.8 13.8 1.6 20.8 83.0 8.8 8.1 100.0
2004–05 46.5 14.1 1.7 20.2 82.5 8.2 9.3 100.0
2005–06 46.7 14.3 2.0 20.8 83.8 7.4 8.8 100.0
2006–07 46.8 16.0 2.1 19.2 84.1 7.1 8.8 100.0
2007–08 46.6 16.8 2.3 18.2 84.0 6.8 9.2 100.0
2008–09 49.8 12.6 2.7 17.1 82.2 7.2 10.6 100.0
Due to a break in the series following the introduction of full accrual accounting, data from 1983–84 onward are not directly comparable with earlier years.


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