Table 8
Provincial government revenue and expenditure, Nova Scotia

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Table 8
Provincial government revenue and expenditure, Nova Scotia
Table summary
This table displays the results of Provincial government revenue and expenditure. This information is grouped by Item appearing as row headers and is grouped by 1981 to 2009 appearing as column headers calculated using millions of dollars as a unit of measure.
Item 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
millions of dollars
Source: Statistics Canada, Provincial and Territorial Economic Accounts: Data Tables, catalogue number 13-018-X.
Revenue:
Direct taxes from persons 322 357 424 475 528 596 674 737 740 940 960 922 880 955 938 1,007 1,020 1,109 1,221 1,306 1,322 1,411 1,421 1,435 1,540 1,629 1,736 1,819 1,791
Direct taxes from corporate and government business enterprises 62 50 55 78 84 96 118 115 97 96 67 70 82 101 123 124 138 151 190 254 179 195 291 281 291 357 309 307 396
Contributions to social insurance plans 40 45 50 51 56 59 68 76 86 94 108 112 128 140 148 132 134 141 153 161 161 168 186 178 223 243 255 274 288
Taxes on production and imports 427 526 629 705 833 861 913 997 1,070 1,131 1,139 1,186 1,226 1,343 1,362 1,387 1,375 1,416 1,528 1,576 1,624 1,793 1,944 2,012 2,058 2,075 2,079 2,168 2,214
Other current transfers from persons 28 36 43 41 48 57 61 68 63 62 61 63 55 77 89 89 89 84 118 106 105 106 124 133 156 165 176 190 193
Investment income 175 201 204 219 227 258 273 290 314 322 344 354 342 336 352 383 382 411 443 433 436 434 435 373 349 348 349 349 327
Current transfers from federal government 958 1,055 1,094 1,252 1,241 1,226 1,327 1,559 1,608 1,722 1,674 1,694 1,662 1,836 2,027 2,015 1,846 1,837 2,125 1,972 2,301 1,989 2,175 2,039 3,803 2,785 3,204 3,658 4,414
Current transfers from local governments 1 1 1 1 1 9 15 18 21 20 23 25 49 50 32 22 5 13 18 20 6 6 5 3 4 6 6 6 6
Total revenue 2,013 2,271 2,500 2,822 3,018 3,162 3,449 3,860 3,999 4,387 4,376 4,426 4,424 4,838 5,071 5,159 4,989 5,162 5,796 5,828 6,134 6,102 6,581 6,454 8,424 7,608 8,114 8,771 9,629
Current expenditure:
Net current expenditure on goods and services 1,286 1,383 1,439 1,640 1,774 1,835 1,918 2,079 2,266 2,451 2,534 2,628 2,599 2,589 2,684 2,686 2,778 2,893 3,078 3,102 3,264 3,470 3,640 3,784 4,001 4,335 4,712 4,973 5,326
Current transfers to persons 157 187 197 211 230 242 247 287 315 341 395 428 437 443 458 451 611 695 737 648 651 662 666 714 777 816 853 877 905
Current transfers to business 122 144 110 107 115 88 77 89 79 79 75 58 59 54 63 64 53 80 97 72 63 65 74 75 81 75 99 101 92
Current transfers to federal government 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 0
Current transfers to local governments 524 585 607 646 670 688 729 785 809 843 867 925 921 854 919 873 759 757 767 792 763 754 817 834 989 930 1,007 1,055 1,139
Interest on public debt 269 364 421 482 540 579 613 615 640 728 794 830 860 914 943 907 914 936 1,057 1,074 1,151 1,148 1,085 1,107 1,060 1,028 1,028 1,010 1,000
Total current expenditure 2,358 2,663 2,774 3,086 3,329 3,432 3,584 3,855 4,109 4,442 4,665 4,872 4,880 4,858 5,071 4,982 5,115 5,361 5,736 5,688 5,892 6,102 6,284 6,520 6,908 7,184 7,699 8,016 8,462
Saving -345 -392 -274 -264 -311 -270 -135 5 -110 -55 -289 -446 -456 -20 0 177 -126 -199 60 140 242 0 297 -66 1,516 424 415 755 1,167
Capital consumption allowances 135 151 160 169 180 183 191 202 208 216 217 220 228 240 250 256 258 260 263 267 274 283 294 307 318 339 363 394 416
Net capital transfers -9 -20 -53 -49 -11 -7 -48 -108 -105 -33 -13 -9 -9 -8 -9 -13 -13 -19 -19 -8 -11 -29 -18 -55 -49 -46 -51 -44 -38
Acquisition of non-financial capital 184 183 154 161 182 201 247 265 290 263 249 288 259 245 255 152 217 174 178 240 315 351 475 414 434 542 493 458 781
Investment in fixed capital
180 180 150 164 187 199 247 277 298 269 250 281 274 256 252 152 216 174 177 239 314 351 475 414 434 542 493 458 781
Existing assets
4 3 4 -3 -5 2 0 -12 -8 -6 -1 7 -15 -11 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 0
Net lending -403 -444 -321 -305 -324 -295 -239 -166 -297 -135 -334 -523 -496 -33 -14 268 -98 -132 126 159 190 -97 98 -228 1,351 175 234 647 764
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