Canadian public finance data, analysis and commentary
Finances of the Nation assembles data on the revenue, spending, debt and fiscal arrangements of Canada's federal, provincial and territorial governments, organized into consistent series that can be compared across jurisdictions and over time.
Alongside the data are interactive simulators, and analysis and commentary from academic researchers. Everything is free to explore, download and reuse.
Compare governments on a few headline measures, and select one to see its latest figures, trends and rankings.
Datasets grouped by topic. Each opens an interactive explorer with downloads.
Change the assumptions or the policy and see what follows.
Analysis and updates from the Finances of the Nation team and contributors.
Recent articles in the Finances of the Nation series of the Canadian Tax Journal.
Finances of the Nation is an effort by academic researchers, in partnership with the Canadian Tax Foundation, to assemble Canadian public finance data, analysis and commentary and make it available to researchers, journalists, students and the general public.
Pictures on this page are illustrations, not data.
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