Equalization and federal transfer payments to Nova Scotia

the following statement represents the Federal Transfer Payments made to this Province for the past ten years

Sourced from the Department of Finance website


equalization and Federal Transfer Payments to NOVA SCOTIA
($millions$)
2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08
Major Transfers:
Canada Health Transfer 944 896 852 839 800 760 728 700 662 639
Canada Social Transfer 350 341 334 328 323 317 310 302 296 270
Equalization 1,722 1,690 1,619 1,458 1,268 1,167 1,110 1,391 1,465 1,465
Offshore Offset Payments
  1985 Accord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2005 Arrangement 44 125 196 350 443 250 227 180 106 68
Total - Offshore Offset Payments 44 125 196 350 443 250 227 180 106 68
Total Transfer Protection 0 0 0 0 13 158 250 0 0 0
Additional payment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0
Total - Federal Support 3,060 3,052 3,001 2,975 2,848 2,652 2,626 2,648 2,529 2,442
Capita Allocation (dollars) 3,225 3,236 3,182 3,153 3,014 2,810 2,788 2,824 2,703 2,611


Last Modified Date: 10/22/2017