Local Government

In order to appreciate the importance of local governments in Canadian society, it can be useful to compare them to the provinces, both in terms of population and in total expenditures

Provinces and Municipalities compared

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Province or City Population Expenditure
($ billions)
Newfoundland & Labrador 519720 8.9
PEI 142905 1.7
Nova Scotia 923600 10.0
New Brunswick 747100 8.6
Quebec 8164360 100.1
Ontario 13448490 133.9
Manitoba 1278365 16.3
Saskatchewan 1098355 14.5
Alberta 4067175 46.5
BC  4648055 47.5
Montreal 1704694 5.1
Ottawa 934243 3.2
Toronto 2731571 13.2
Winnipeg 705244 1.1
Calgary 1239220 3.7
Vancouver 631486 1.6

 

Budget data in this table are for 2016-17; population data from 2016 Census



 



 


 



 

 

 

 

(c) Andrew Heard 2018