Payments to recipient provinces are increasing even as the gap between richer and poorer provinces shrinks.
equalization program
December 16, 2021
8:10AM
According to forecasts, overpayments will account for 35 per cent of the program’s cost in 2025/26.
November 3, 2021
3:21PM
Ottawa raised $280 billion more from Albertans than it spent in Alberta from 2007 to 2019.
October 12, 2021
1:14PM
Reforms in the 1990s led to a marked decline in welfare dependency and reduced spending on social assistance.
August 4, 2021
5:00PM
Alberta received just $249 million in payments despite a revenue loss of $7.2 billion.
July 7, 2021
3:18PM
Currently, equalization payments increase in line with nominal GDP growth.
June 17, 2021
11:12AM
In 2019/20, equalization comprised 21 per cent of provincial government revenue in Prince Edward Island.
January 4, 2021
11:54AM
The three Maritime provinces rely more heavily on federal transfers than any other province.
December 8, 2020
4:03PM
As a share of the province’s total government revenue, New Brunswick’s equalization payments fell from 23.7 per cent to 19 per cent.