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Fiscal Reference Tables – 2012: Part 3 of 10

Table 6
Other taxes and duties
Year Goods and
Services Tax		 Sales tax Customs import
duties		 Energy taxes Other Total other taxes
and duties
  (millions of dollars)
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
2006–07 31,296   3,704 5,128 5,189 45,317
2007–08 29,920   3,903 5,139 5,245 44,207
2008–09 25,740   4,036 5,161 4,869 39,806
2009–10 26,947   3,490 5,178 4,958 40,573
2010–11 28,379   3,520 5,342 5,662 42,903
2011–12 28,370   3,862 5,328 5,546 43,106
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 7
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
  (millions of dollars)
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 5,223 11,523 1,464 12,987
1969–70 2,888 2,237 1,892 5,904 12,921 1,694 14,615
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 15,636 37,472 4,708 42,180
1977–78 11,104 8,512 3,981 17,384 40,981 5,531 46,512
1978–79 12,030 9,551 4,315 18,323 44,219 7,024 51,243
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 26,600 10,443 53,308 136,231 39,651 175,882
2002–03 48,011 30,640 11,803 56,225 146,679 37,270 183,949
2003–04 50,022 29,370 12,869 61,415 153,676 35,769 189,445
2004–05 51,307 41,927 14,318 68,810 176,362 34,118 210,480
2005–06 52,609 40,757 15,034 66,813 175,213 33,772 208,985
2006–07 55,582 42,481 15,732 74,474 188,269 33,945 222,214
2007–08 58,147 46,119 17,331 77,901 199,498 33,325 232,823
2008–09 61,586 46,476 18,770 81,025 207,857 30,990 238,847
2009–10 68,579 56,940 20,863 98,402 244,784 29,414 274,198
2010–11 68,135 52,787 21,273 97,397 239,592 30,871 270,463
2011–12 68,418 56,794 22,783 92,402 240,397 31,026 271,423
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 8
Expenses (per cent of GDP)
Year Major transfers
to persons		 Major transfers
to other levels of government		 National Defence Other Total program expenses Public debt charges Total expenses
  (per cent of GDP)
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 3.2 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
2006–07 3.8 2.9 1.1 5.1 13.0 2.3 15.3
2007–08 3.8 3.0 1.1 5.1 13.0 2.2 15.2
2008–09 3.8 2.9 1.2 5.1 13.0 1.9 14.9
2009–10 4.5 3.7 1.4 6.4 16.0 1.9 17.9
2010–11 4.2 3.2 1.3 6.0 14.7 1.9 16.6
2011–12 4.0 3.3 1.3 5.4 14.0 1.8 15.8
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 9
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
  (per cent of total)
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 32.0 83.8 16.2 100.0
2006–07 25.0 19.1 7.1 33.5 84.7 15.3 100.0
2007–08 25.0 19.8 7.4 33.5 85.7 14.3 100.0
2008–09 25.8 19.5 7.9 33.9 87.0 13.0 100.0
2009–10 25.0 20.8 7.6 35.9 89.3 10.7 100.0
2010–11 25.2 19.5 7.9 36.0 88.6 11.4 100.0
2011–12 25.2 20.9 8.4 34.0 88.6 11.4 100.0
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.
Table 10
Major transfers to persons
Year Old Age
Security benefits		 Family allowance/
children's benefits		 Employment Insurance
benefits		 Relief for Heating
Expenses		 Total
  (millions of dollars)
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
2006–07 30,284 11,214 14,084   55,582
2007–08 31,955 11,894 14,298   58,147
2008–09 33,377 11,901 16,308   61,586
2009–10 34,653 12,340 21,586   68,579
2010–11 35,629 12,656 19,850   68,135
2011–12 38,045 12,726 17,647   68,418
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 11
Major transfers to other levels of government
Year Canada Health and Social Transfer(1) Fiscal transfers(2) Insurance
and
medical care		 Education support Canada Assistance Plan Other Quebec
Abatement(2)		 Total
(millions of dollars)
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   9,822 7,115 2,365 7,191   -417 26,076
1996-97 14,911 9,863 -217 -41 105   -2,459 22,162
1997-98 12,421 10,464 162 5 24   -2,572 20,504
1998-99 16,018 12,121 2   8   -2,626 25,523
1999-00 14,891 11,254     56   -2,958 23,243
2000-01 13,500 13,016       1,217 -3,009 24,724
2001-02 17,300 12,188       359 -3,247 26,600
2002-03 21,100 11,397       982 -2,839 30,640
2003-04 22,341 10,004       320 -3,295 29,370
2004-05 28,031 13,467       3,779 -3,350 41,927
2005-06 27,225 12,977       3,882 -3,327 40,757
2006-07 28,640 13,740       3,985 -3,884 42,481
2007-08 31,346 15,178       2,923 -3,328 46,119
2008-09 33,327 15,807       985 -3,643 46,476
2009-10 35,678 16,789       7,772 -3,299 56,940
2010-11 37,210 17,577       1,751 -3,751 52,787
2011-12 38,688 19,188       2,847 -3,929 56,794
(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.
(2) Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform to the current year's presentation.
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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