Table 14: Federal and Provincial Government Expenditures
(in thousands of nominal dollars) on Regulation (1973-74 to 1995-96)

Province

1973-74

1980-81

1987-88

1993-94

1995-96

PEI

1,032

3,068

5,669

7,222

6,669

NF

2,970

12,340

16,533

23,455

31,779

NS

6,540

19,032

35,523

48,777

50,705

NB

5,954

16,043

36,105

47,887

51,652

PQ

68,018

205,968

359,604

465,334

478,504

ON

76,970

237,942

477,908

720,368

635,294

MB

12,166

28,121

44,422

66,826

57,822

SK

8,877

25,237

51,093

70,863

79,637

AB

25,471

83,431

103,269

153,490

140,822

BC

21,834

79,617

119,153

202,821

236,984

All Provinces

232,700

722,833

1,262,717

1,826,004

1,786,175

Federal

567,021

1,363,019

2,203,447

2,799,299

2,639,894

Total

799,721

2,085,852

3,466,164

4,625,303

4,426,069

Source: Data prepared on a public accounts basis by Dr. Paul Reed, Senior Social Scientist, Statistics Canada, 1998.