Canadian Government expenses by sector and quarter 2022

Canadian government quarterly expenses by government sector from Q1 2013 to Q4 2022 (in million Canadian dollars)

Characteristic	Federal government	Provincial and territorial government	Local government	Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP)
Q4 2022	109,953	158,197	57,454	19,730
Q3 2022	108,723	148,849	52,659	19,951
Q2 2022	98,671	146,836	54,962	19,192
Q1 2022	124,277	165,714	54,666	19,651
Q4 2021	105,033	147,529	53,842	18,688
Q3 2021	114,626	141,133	49,619	18,682
Q2 2021	126,589	140,090	51,617	18,414
Q1 2021	149,541	155,959	51,155	18,949
Q4 2020	122,706	139,948	51,168	18,213
Q3 2020	155,106	134,449	46,682	18,366
Q2 2020	178,156	131,730	47,136	17,798
Q1 2020	106,277	137,916	48,999	17,815
Q4 2019	86,182	129,694	49,156	17,229
Q3 2019	84,673	125,705	45,832	17,152
Q2 2019	84,213	123,386	48,566	16,849
Q1 2019	95,759	133,756	46,895	16,830
Q4 2018	81,330	126,227	47,000	16,446
Q3 2018	80,604	120,325	44,067	16,185
Q2 2018	77,254	119,156	47,290	16,208
Q1 2018	87,908	129,309	45,395	16,222
Q4 2017	77,401	117,041	45,357	15,640
Q3 2017	76,843	114,560	41,743	15,483
Q2 2017	75,338	114,785	44,598	15,384
Q1 2017	85,318	119,753	42,978	15,487
Q4 2016	74,418	113,787	42,887	14,851
Q3 2016	72,918	110,572	40,164	14,800
Q2 2016	70,530	110,416	42,933	14,526
Q1 2016	77,804	115,918	41,547	14,593
Q4 2015	69,461	110,284	41,019	14,176
Q3 2015	70,401	107,651	38,466	14,335
Q2 2015	67,701	105,863	41,436	13,959
Q1 2015	75,271	114,055	40,297	14,261
Q4 2014	67,114	107,079	39,828	13,448
Q3 2014	66,708	103,576	37,291	13,378
Q2 2014	66,644	103,858	39,741	13,046
Q1 2014	73,628	110,508	38,497	13,238
Q4 2013	66,742	104,879	38,735	13,168
Q3 2013	66,913	102,141	36,183	12,754
Q2 2013	66,260	100,032	38,440	12,735
Q1 2013	73,587	108,800	36,935	12,838

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March 2023

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Q1 2013 to Q4 2022

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Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, Q1 2013 to Q4 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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Between 2013 and 2022, the quarterly expenses of the Canadian government increased overall. The sector that registered the highest expenses throughout the period considered was the provincial and territorial government, with the notable exception of the second and third quarter of 2020. In these two quarters, in fact, federal government expenses boomed. In the fourth quarter of 2020, this sector accounted for over 124.7 billion Canadian dollars in spending. The provincial and territorial government's expenses, on the other hand, amounted to almost 138.3 billion Canadian dollars.