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Government transfers increased 69% from 2015 to 2020, driven by pandemic-related benefits

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Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut -50 0 50 100 150 200 growth rate (%) 2010 to 20152010 to 2015 2015 to 20202015 to 2020
Note(s):
Growth represents the change in the median government transfers of economic families and persons not in economic families (excluding zeros).
Source(s):
National Household Survey, 2011 (5178) and Census of Population, 2016 and 2021 (3901).

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Government transfers increased 69% from 2015 to 2020, driven by pandemic-related benefits, growth rate (%)
  2010 to 2015 2015 to 2020
Canada 11.4 69.4
Newfoundland and Labrador -1.3 37.7
Prince Edward Island 0.0 40.0
Nova Scotia 3.7 52.2
New Brunswick 9.6 46.0
Quebec 11.2 46.2
Ontario 23.2 80.6
Manitoba 6.4 81.9
Saskatchewan 3.7 77.6
Alberta -1.3 135.6
British Columbia -4.7 100.0
Yukon 4.6 24.5
Northwest Territories -1.8 147.7
Nunavut -7.3 102.2
Note(s):
Growth represents the change in the median government transfers of economic families and persons not in economic families (excluding zeros).
Source(s):
National Household Survey, 2011 (5178) and Census of Population, 2016 and 2021 (3901).
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