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Provincial and local spending per person by function, Canada

Spending per resident in 2024 on health (and on hospitals within it), education (and on primary and secondary schools within it), social protection, transport, interest and other public debt transactions, and environmental protection, derived by Quadranac from Statistics Canada's figures and July 1, 2024 population estimates. Consolidated spending of each province's or territory's provincial government and its local governments (municipalities, school boards and other local bodies), classified by function of government (Canadian Classification of Functions of Government, based on the IMF/UN COFOG), in the government finance statistics framework. Federal spending in each province is not included.

Reference period
2024
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Source: Statistics Canada, Table 10-10-0005-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
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Provincial and local spending per person by function, Canada: Health per resident ($, derived)13 areas ranked by Health per resident ($, derived). Highest: Nunavut (23k); lowest: Ontario (5,738); national value 6,290.NunavutNunavut: 23k23kNorthwest TerritoriesNorthwest Territories: 19k19kYukonYukon: 10k10kNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador: 8,0918,091Nova ScotiaNova Scotia: 7,3247,324New BrunswickNew Brunswick: 7,1177,117ManitobaManitoba: 7,0457,045British ColumbiaBritish Columbia: 6,9506,950SaskatchewanSaskatchewan: 6,6586,658QuebecQuebec: 6,5556,555Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island: 6,2346,234AlbertaAlberta: 5,7945,794OntarioOntario: 5,7385,738National 6,290
Provincial and local spending per person by function, Canada: Health per resident ($, derived)13 areas ranked by Health per resident ($, derived). Highest: Nunavut (23k); lowest: Ontario (5,738); national value 6,290.NunavutNunavut: 23k23kNorthwest Territo…Northwest Territories: 19k19kYukonYukon: 10k10kNewfoundland and …Newfoundland and Labrador: 8,0918,091Nova ScotiaNova Scotia: 7,3247,324New BrunswickNew Brunswick: 7,1177,117ManitobaManitoba: 7,0457,045British ColumbiaBritish Columbia: 6,9506,950SaskatchewanSaskatchewan: 6,6586,658QuebecQuebec: 6,5556,555Prince Edward Isl…Prince Edward Island: 6,2346,234AlbertaAlberta: 5,7945,794OntarioOntario: 5,7385,738National 6,290
Health per resident ($, derived), 2024, sorted high to low. 13 areas ranked by Health per resident ($, derived). Highest: Nunavut (23k); lowest: Ontario (5,738); national value 6,290. Full data in the table below.Source: Statistics Canada.

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Canada6,2904,2313,1761,9732,7109151,280387
Newfoundland and Labrador8,0915,2033,2991,8381,4337611,813283
Prince Edward Island6,2343,8243,3881,9901,8178331,045632
Nova Scotia7,3244,9233,2901,8041,311629756396
New Brunswick7,1175,3913,3052,2621,644993898212
Quebec6,5554,7583,1052,0713,3139762,199468
Ontario5,7383,5973,2771,9852,5291,0721,111342
Manitoba7,0453,8313,1712,2282,9184221,700290
Saskatchewan6,6584,5783,6482,3163,4225741,039385
Alberta5,7944,2413,1642,0682,378768693286
British Columbia6,9504,7462,7751,5202,828694881488
Yukon10,3395,4954,8862,0133,8383,5862522,663
Northwest Territories19,12810,2056,4944,1088,1724,4621,2152,783
Nunavut22,6819,7488,4695,0678,5183,692386507

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 10-10-0005-01: Canadian Classification of Functions of Government (CCOFOG) by consolidated government component
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0005-01: Population estimates on July 1, by age and gender. Reference period: 2024.

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Source agency
Statistics Canada
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Table 10-10-0005-01
Table
Provincial and local spending per person by function, Canada
Data last updated
2026-11-10
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Provincial and local spending per person by function, Canada (Canada, 2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 10-10-0005-01. Retrieved 2026-11-10 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/ca-government-spending-per-person/