Table 2 
Fiscal burden as a percentage of gross domestic product, 2008 to 2019 

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Fiscal burden as a percentage of gross domestic product, 2008 to 2019
  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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Canadian general government          28.1          28.8          28.5          28.3          28.8          28.7
Federal government          13.1          13.3          12.9          12.9          12.9          13.1
Provincial governments1          15.1          15.5          15.6          15.5          15.9          15.6
   Newfoundland and Labrador          10.0          12.7          11.5          10.9          13.4          11.7
   Prince Edward Island          16.4          16.5          16.3          16.6          16.8          17.0
   Nova Scotia          16.4          17.0          17.9          17.6          18.2          17.7
   New Brunswick          15.2          15.2          15.3          15.2          15.1          15.3
   Quebec          20.3          20.2          20.9          21.3          21.7          21.7
   Ontario          16.1          15.8          16.3          16.3          16.6          16.5
   Manitoba          15.6          15.8          15.9          15.9          15.8          16.1
   Saskatchewan          13.2          14.0          13.9          12.2          12.9          12.4
   Alberta            9.0          10.6            9.1            8.9            9.6            9.5
   British Columbia          14.0          14.2          14.7          14.5          14.7          14.4
   Yukon            7.7            7.7            7.4            7.7            8.2            8.1
   Northwest Territories            7.2            8.4            7.3            7.3          10.2            9.1
   Nunavut            5.7            5.7            5.1            5.2            5.0            4.7
  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Canadian general government          28.4          30.0          30.4          30.3          30.9          30.4
Federal government          13.0          13.7          13.8          13.8          14.2          14.1
Provincial governments1          15.5          16.4          16.7          16.6          16.7          16.3
   Newfoundland and Labrador          11.8          13.7          15.4          14.4          14.7          13.6
   Prince Edward Island          17.2          17.2          16.8          17.1          17.0          16.4
   Nova Scotia          18.5          18.9          18.8          18.5          17.9          18.2
   New Brunswick          16.2          16.0          16.6          16.9          17.0          16.6
   Quebec          21.8          22.3          21.9          21.8          21.8          21.5
   Ontario          16.3          16.7          16.9          17.4          17.2          16.8
   Manitoba          16.5          16.6          16.7          16.3          16.4          16.4
   Saskatchewan          12.5          12.9          12.5          12.8          13.2          13.8
   Alberta            9.0          10.5          11.2          10.2          11.1          10.2
   British Columbia          14.7          15.1          15.8          15.4          16.1          15.5
   Yukon            6.8            6.6            6.8            6.9            7.4            7.2
   Northwest Territories            8.0            8.2          10.1            8.5            8.5            9.1
   Nunavut            4.7            5.2            4.8            4.4            5.0            4.4
Source(s):
Tables 10-10-0147-01, 10-10-0016-01 and 36-10-0222-01.

Table note 1

Provincial, territorial and local governments.
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