Table 1 
Consolidated per capita spending by selected Canadian Classification of Functions of Government, 2016 

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Consolidated per capita spending by selected Canadian Classification of Functions of Government, 2016
  Canadian General Government Provincial–
territorial and local governments		 Federal government1 Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec
  dollarsdollarsdollarsdollarsdollarsdollarsdollarsdollars
General public services 2,887 1,658 2,330 3,006 1,977 1,807 2,099 2,560
Defence 419 0 428 0 0 0 0 0
Public order and safety 960 723 292 627 506 676 658 619
Police services 452 331 164 270 204 336 365 310
Fire protection services 131 132 0 80 58 112 80 105
Law courts 164 121 47 126 96 151 77 133
Prisons 119 63 62 86 102 57 64 39
Public order and safety not elsewhere classified 94 77 19 65 46 18 71 33
Economic affairs 1,542 1,275 396 1,382 1,604 1,036 1,370 1,363
Environmental protection 348 301 51 198 228 328 197 201
Waste management 104 92 13 125 150 128 36 80
Waste water management 97 98 0 26 29 39 71 79
Pollution abatement 69 54 15 11 17 88 18 14
Protection of biodiversity and landscape 41 28 13 17 15 22 42 6
Environmental protection not elsewhere classified 37 29 9 20 17 50 29 22
Housing and community amenities 300 239 93 334 163 207 154 172
Health 4,626 4,475 1,123 5,910 4,432 5,109 5,057 4,370
Recreation, culture, and religion 472 349 135 238 172 251 192 395
Recreational and sporting services 156 142 16 110 112 60 45 162
Cultural services 142 91 60 80 54 59 56 135
Broadcasting and publishing services 91 35 57 11 0 0 0 9
Recreation, culture, and religion not elsewhere classified 82 80 3 37 7 132 91 89
Education 2,578 2,455 138 2,929 2,725 2,500 2,509 2,082
Primary and secondary education 1,605 1,568 44 1,781 1,606 1,403 1,432 1,394
College education 327 288 40 243 404 226 248 337
University education 614 574 41 860 631 833 586 345
Education not elsewhere classified 32 25 14 46 84 38 243 6
Social protection 4,627 1,770 2,990 1,430 1,247 1,300 1,740 2,140
  Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
  dollarsdollarsdollarsdollarsdollarsdollarsdollarsdollars
General public services 1,321 1,832 1,446 947 1,340 4,189 6,198 7,243
Defence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Public order and safety 758 844 871 762 686 2,094 2,953 3,425
Police services 360 284 352 288 318 676 994 1,142
Fire protection services 147 181 91 149 138 86 53 69
Law courts 112 119 118 110 128 367 645 845
Prisons 55 209 153 65 41 420 819 970
Public order and safety not elsewhere classified 84 51 156 151 62 545 442 399
Economic affairs 1,059 969 1,763 2,112 823 7,205 6,479 9,793
Environmental protection 297 215 293 584 251 2,806 1,124 559
Waste management 95 29 67 109 103 89 252 46
Waste water management 106 63 93 133 107 620 52 78
Pollution abatement 28 5 6 301 10 288 139 1
Protection of biodiversity and landscape 50 25 10 12 7 1,406 321 165
Environmental protection not elsewhere classified 17 93 117 29 24 404 360 269
Housing and Community Amenities 200 360 259 352 285 1,238 1,679 4,416
Health 4,180 5,340 4,813 4,944 4,369 7,285 11,718 11,892
Recreation, culture, and religion 320 151 322 431 379 1,042 1,148 1,538
Recreational and sporting services 164 21 123 229 31 316 802 579
Cultural services 86 44 64 117 34 378 205 664
Broadcasting and publishing services 50 13 0 0 98 0 4 6
Recreation, culture, and religion not elsewhere classified 20 72 135 85 215 347 138 288
Education 2,485 2,540 3,302 3,047 2,104 4,629 5,688 7,416
Primary and secondary education 1,589 1,786 2,102 2,000 1,211 2,642 3,907 4,440
College education 275 215 285 307 234 1,458 1,302 1,804
University education 603 514 883 712 640 49 126 51
Education not elsewhere classified 18 25 32 28 19 479 353 1,122
Social protection 1,771 1,809 2,334 1,393 1,361 3,561 5,773 7,838
Source(s):
Calculations are based on data from CANSIM tables 051-0001, 385-0040 and 385-0041.

Table note 1

Federal government data is not consolidated.
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