Federal program spending in 2007-08 as a percentage share of the Canadian economy: 13.3.
Last year’s percentage: 12.8.
Increase in federal transfers to provinces and
territories, 2007-2014: $39 billion.
Annual federal transfers to Alberta in 2006-07:
$5.198 billion.
Population of Alberta: 3,290,350.
Annual transfer per person: $1,733.
Annual federal transfers to Ontario, 2006-07:
$19.581 billion.
Population of Ontario: 12,160,282.
Transfer per person: $1,632.
Federal transfers to Quebec 2006-07: $16.677 billion.
Population of Quebec: 7,546,131.
Transfer per person: $2,382.
Federal transfers to PEI in 2006-07: $474 million.
Population of PEI: 135,851.
Transfer per person: $3,489.
Federal transfers to Yukon, 2006-07: $554 million.
Population of the Yukon: 30,372.
Transfer per person: $18,240.
Number of times Yukon’s population would fit in
PEI’s population: 4.5.
Total capital expenditures of PEI, 2006-07:
$247.8 million.
Total estimated capital expenditures of Yukon,
2006-07: $191 million.
PEI’s total operating revenue, 2006-07: $1.1 billion.
Yukon’s estimated total budget income, 20006:07:
$787 million.
Federal transfers to Nunavut, 2006-07: $874 million.
Population of Nunavut: 29,474.
Transfer per person: $29,653. (RM).