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Government consumption: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Government consumption. All 13 provinces and territories with data in GDP by type of spending, provinces and territories, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 36-10-0222-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-10-30

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National value: 21.4 (Canada).

Lowest: 16 to 20.1 %
Group 2: 20.1 to 24.9 %
Group 3: 24.9 to 29.5 %
Group 4: 29.5 to 50.5 %
Highest: 50.5 to 68.4 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Northwest Territories	68.4
2	Yukon	53.7
3	Nunavut	50.5
4	Nova Scotia	33.6
5	New Brunswick	31.8
6	Manitoba	29.5
7	Prince Edward Island	28.6
8	Newfoundland and Labrador	24.9
9	Quebec	24.4
10	Ontario	20.2
11	British Columbia	20.1
12	Saskatchewan	19.8
13	Alberta	16

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 36-10-0222-01: Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, provincial and territorial, annual. Reference period: 2024.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by government consumption (2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 36-10-0222-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-30. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-government-consumption/

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