Table 7: Tax Rates*, percent

1981**

1985**

1992

1998^re

1999^pe

NF

37.4

34.9

37.3

41.2

40.2

PE

34.2

42.8

38.2

44.5

43.6

NS

35.5

37.0

39.9

45.8

45.9

NB

34.2

41.6

39.7

45.2

44.0

QC

42.9

45.6

46.4

53.4

52.8

ON

40.3

39.5

44.6

50.4

49.0

MB

37.2

33.8

41.1

48.2

48.4

SK

39.0

37.1

44.5

49.9

48.8

AB

40.6

38.5

42.8

47.4

45.8

BC

43.4

45.2

44.2

50.1

49.5

CDA

40.8

42.7

44.5

50.4

49.5

Without Natural Resources,

SK

36.5

34.8

43.3

48.2

47.3

AB

34.2

33.3

40.8

45.5

43.9

BC

42.6

44.3

43.3

48.9

48.3

Cda

39.9

42.1

44.1

50.0

49.1

*Based on total taxes as a percentage of cash income for families with two or more individuals.
**Will be revised when Statistics Canada’s historical revision of the Provincial Economic Accounts is completed.
Source: The Fraser Institute, 1999.