General Government Final Consumption Expenditure

General government final consumption expenditure represents the spending of general governments (including federal, provincial, territorial, local and Aboriginal) on goods and services.

The goods and services are consumed by the general government within the year they are purchased. The expenditures are often made on behalf of households, such as expenditures on health care and education. These expenditures do not include expenditures on assets such as buildings, machinery and equipment, roads, bridges or expenditures on research and development. Expenditures on assets are included in gross fixed capital formation.

The following table provides estimates of general government final consumption expenditures by level of government by economic classification (wages and salaries, consumption of fixed capital, use of goods and services).