Supporting Documentation: Major transfer payments by province and territory as per the Public Accounts of Canada

General notes

Amounts are rounded to the nearest million, matching how the values are represented in the associated table within the Public Accounts of Canada. As of the PAC 2025 release of this data, a new field Amount-units_Montant-unite has been added to the CSV file to clearly indicate this for all rows.
Amounts relating to element "Old age security benefits" include the guaranteed income supplement and the spouse’s allowance.
Additional details on amounts related to elements "Other" or "Other major transfers" are provided in a footnote under Table 3.7 in Section 3 of Volume I of the Public Accounts of Canada.
Quebec abatement is comprised of federal tax abated under the Alternative Payments for Standing Programs and the Youth Allowance Program of that province.
As of the 2025 release, the following columns were renamed to improve readability and bilingualism:
- PROVTER_EN was renamed to Prov-Terr_eng
- PROVTER_FR was renamed to Prov-Terr_fra
- ADJ_EN was renamed to Adjusts_Rajusts_eng
- ADJ_FR was renamed to Adjusts_Rajusts_fra
- TYPE_EN was renamed to Type-detail_eng
- TYPE_FR was renamed to Type-detail_fra

2007

Under the header Type-detail_eng, element "Other" was changed to "Other major transfers".

2008

The title of the table was changed from "Certain Transfer Payments by Province" to "Major Transfer Payments by Province".

2009

The title of the table was changed from "Major Transfer Payments by Province" to "Major Transfer Payments by Province and Territory".
Amounts relating to element "Canada health transfer and Canada social transfer" include payments from 2008.

2010

Under the header Type-detail_eng, element "Canada health transfer and Canada social transfer" was divided into the two following elements: "Canada health transfer"; and "Canada social transfer". The total amount of these two new elements corresponds to that of the initial element.

2011 to 2016

Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform to the presentation of the years in question.

2011 to 2017

Under the header Type-detail_eng, element "Alternative payments for standing programs" was replaced by "Quebec abatement". It is comprised of federal tax abated under the Alternative Payments for Standing Programs and the Youth Allowance Program of that province.

2017

Under the header Type-detail_eng, element "Employment insurance benefits" was modified to read "Employment insurance".

2020

Under header Type-detail_eng, element "Canada Emergency Response Benefit" was added.

2021

Under header Type-detail_eng:
- element "Employment insurance" was modified to read "Employment Insurance and support measures"
- element "Canada Emergency Response Benefit" was modified to read "COVID-19: Support measures"
Amounts relating to element "Employment Insurance and support measures" include the Employment Insurance emergency response benefit of $24,644 million ($1,761 million in 2020).
Amounts relating to element "COVID-19: Support measures" include $55,832 million ($4,739 million in 2020) for the Canada emergency response benefit and Canada recovery benefits, and $80,166 million (nil in 2020) for the Canada emergency wage subsidy.
Amounts relating to element "Canada Health Transfer" include an additional $4 billion one-time increase, in response to the COVID-19.
Amounts relating to element "Other major transfers" include the contributions under the federal Canada Community-Building Fund (previously Gas Tax Fund) program of $4,341 million ($2,170 million in 2020), certain COVID-19 support measures such as $12,977 million under the Safe Restart Agreement; $2,884 million for the Essential Workers Wage Top-up; $2,170 million for additional one-time payments under the Canada Community-Building Fund, and, $2,000 million under the Safe Return to Class Fund.

2022

Under header Type-detail_eng:
- element "COVID-19: Support measures" was modified to read "COVID-19 income support for workers "
- two new elements were added as follows: “Canada emergency wage subsidy” and “Canada-wide early learning and child care”
Amounts relating to the element "Canada Health Transfer" include an additional $2 billion ($4 billion in 2021), a top up in response to the COVID-19.
Amounts relating to element "Employment Insurance and support measures" Includes Employment Insurance Emergency Response Benefit overpayments to be recovered of $40 million ($24,644 million of expenses in 2021).
Amounts relating to element "Other major transfers" include the contributions under the federal Canada Community-Building Fund (previously Gas Tax Fund) program of $2,320 million ($4,341 million in 2021). Certain COVID-19 support measures were nil for 2022: Safe Restart Agreement ($12,977 million in 2021); Essential Workers Wage Top-up ($2,884 million in 2021); additional one-time payments under the Canada Community-Building Fund ($2,170 million in 2021), and Safe Return to Class Fund ($2,000 million in 2021).

2023

Amounts relating to the element "Canada Health Transfer" include an additional nil top up payment ($2 billion in 2022) in response to the COVID-19.
Amounts relating to element "Employment Insurance and support measures" includes Employment Insurance Emergency Response Benefit overpayments to be recovered of $69 million ($40 million in 2022).
Amounts relating to element "Other major transfers" include the contributions under the federal Canada Community-Building Fund (previously Gas Tax Fund) program of $2,269 million ($2,320 million in 2022).

2024

Amounts relating to element "Employment Insurance and support measures" includes Employment Insurance Emergency Response Benefit overpayments to be recovered of $385 million ($69 million of expenses in 2023).
Amounts relating to element "Other major transfers" include the contributions under the federal Canada Community-Building Fund program of $2,368 million ($2,269 million in 2023).

2025

Under header Type-detail_eng, element "Canada emergency wage subsidy" was removed.

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