Table 14
Government transfer payments to persons, Canada

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Table 14
Government transfer payments to persons, Canada
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Government transfer payments to persons. 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.
Federal:
Family and youth allowances 1,958 2,204 2,303 2,393 2,492 2,524 2,552 2,595 2,634 2,711 2,824 2,870 37 37 38 39 43 58 84 99 116 133 140 157 165 187 205 210 211
Child tax benefit/credit ... ... ... ... ... 395 402 351 488 579 598 658 5,252 5,259 5,214 5,228 5,310 5,600 5,939 6,577 7,379 7,824 8,051 8,547 9,174 9,470 9,495 9,468 9,716
Universal child care benefit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 1,175 2,451 2,518 2,590
Pensions, World Wars I and II 487 544 598 625 637 653 676 702 738 822 777 856 848 864 909 914 921 918 910 973 1,196 1,398 1,463 1,530 1,584 1,693 1,694 1,696 1,686
War veterans' allowances 346 390 424 468 519 505 475 448 436 432 439 443 441 417 397 383 387 387 414 404 267 212 223 266 289 331 464 588 639
Grants to aboriginal persons and organizations 536 633 773 990 1,052 1,397 1,444 1,701 1,863 2,209 2,376 2,573 2,886 3,027 3,566 3,564 3,730 4,447 4,271 4,511 4,448 4,800 4,951 5,254 5,752 5,823 6,179 7,534 6,532
Goods and services tax credit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 580 1,805 2,557 2,655 2,833 2,810 2,866 2,905 2,924 2,943 2,974 3,099 3,140 3,264 3,346 3,472 3,566 3,599 3,692 3,942
Employment insurance benefits 4,757 8,454 10,062 9,859 10,118 10,394 10,369 10,781 11,445 13,119 17,323 18,648 17,591 15,012 12,889 11,859 10,874 10,713 10,150 9,615 11,361 12,837 13,361 13,269 12,937 12,498 12,561 13,275 18,755
Old age security payments 8,213 9,304 10,137 10,999 12,150 13,148 14,006 14,801 15,718 16,705 17,955 18,776 19,479 20,170 20,622 21,221 21,798 22,398 22,907 23,790 24,789 25,747 26,931 27,992 29,085 30,468 31,929 33,538 34,973
Scholarships and research grants 273 330 377 442 459 492 495 521 555 665 691 726 727 780 687 686 700 519 519 531 560 585 612 734 789 858 883 922 880
Miscellaneous and other 469 629 1,286 1,592 1,763 1,308 1,216 1,148 1,046 1,175 597 1,210 1,684 1,767 1,747 1,992 2,566 2,775 3,438 4,005 4,750 4,181 3,953 4,508 4,656 4,478 7,118 7,678 8,127
Total federal 17,039 22,488 25,960 27,368 29,190 30,816 31,635 33,048 34,923 38,997 45,385 49,317 51,600 50,166 48,879 48,752 49,234 50,739 51,575 53,479 57,965 60,857 62,949 65,603 67,903 70,547 76,578 81,119 88,051
Provincial:
Social insurance benefits, workers' compensation 1,452 1,791 1,933 2,187 2,338 2,721 2,998 3,170 3,442 3,938 3,982 4,091 3,925 3,811 3,992 4,198 4,067 3,886 4,073 4,434 4,840 5,150 5,036 5,083 5,229 5,316 5,500 5,797 5,970
Social insurance benefits, other ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 830 1,452 1,561 1,649
Grants to benevolent associations 1,887 2,110 2,220 2,150 2,160 2,349 2,793 3,163 4,151 4,999 5,571 6,848 5,506 5,577 5,962 6,123 6,714 7,196 7,322 7,953 8,406 8,500 8,667 9,011 9,581 10,593 11,280 12,153 12,877
Social assistance - income maintenance 2,617 3,313 4,077 4,509 4,888 5,120 5,363 5,584 5,891 6,617 7,960 9,371 9,660 9,863 9,854 9,258 8,723 8,050 7,048 6,538 6,547 6,603 6,641 6,788 6,918 7,123 7,480 7,784 8,232
Social assistance - other 766 822 849 906 960 996 1,080 1,105 1,117 1,168 1,230 1,213 2,239 2,316 2,308 2,371 2,408 2,241 2,546 2,906 2,966 2,936 3,061 3,167 3,445 3,791 3,989 4,354 4,986
Miscellaneous transfers 971 1,208 1,360 1,564 1,765 1,780 1,877 2,023 1,929 2,203 2,194 2,128 3,273 3,248 3,290 3,626 4,033 5,344 6,181 6,743 6,903 6,592 6,661 6,932 8,124 10,917 9,745 11,273 11,316
Total provincial 7,693 9,244 10,439 11,316 12,111 12,966 14,111 15,045 16,530 18,925 20,937 23,651 24,603 24,815 25,406 25,576 25,945 26,717 27,170 28,574 29,662 29,781 30,066 30,981 33,297 38,570 39,446 42,922 45,030
Total local 521 610 744 802 850 939 1,045 1,129 1,250 1,713 2,700 3,410 3,899 3,949 3,738 2,950 2,640 3,523 2,990 3,248 3,641 2,637 2,747 2,940 3,026 2,976 3,305 3,827 4,268
Canada Pension Plan 2,321 2,873 3,485 4,045 4,676 5,349 6,948 8,095 9,137 10,199 11,298 12,808 14,058 15,132 15,777 16,559 17,327 18,054 18,540 19,183 20,023 21,076 21,986 23,129 24,225 25,417 26,624 28,089 29,611
Quebec Pension Plan 818 995 1,211 1,544 1,841 2,066 2,329 2,606 2,884 3,170 3,510 3,891 4,163 4,433 4,712 5,028 5,285 5,525 5,731 6,003 6,342 6,696 7,027 7,500 7,796 8,244 8,656 9,144 9,670
Total 28,392 36,210 41,839 45,075 48,668 52,136 56,068 59,923 64,724 73,004 83,830 93,077 98,323 98,495 98,512 98,865 100,431 104,558 106,006 110,487 117,633 121,047 124,775 130,153 136,247 145,754 154,609 165,101 176,630
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