Canada - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Canada was 306,617,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 306,617,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 98,150,000,000 in 1990.

Definition: Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 98,150,000,000
1991 101,039,000,000
1992 102,800,000,000
1993 101,988,000,000
1994 103,540,000,000
1995 110,498,000,000
1996 119,332,000,000
1997 132,114,000,000
1998 137,962,000,000
1999 148,163,000,000
2000 164,336,000,000
2001 162,312,000,000
2002 159,687,000,000
2003 165,989,000,000
2004 178,249,000,000
2005 189,062,000,000
2006 199,766,000,000
2007 210,372,000,000
2008 205,310,000,000
2009 193,343,000,000
2010 195,474,000,000
2011 209,409,000,000
2012 213,133,000,000
2013 221,108,000,000
2014 235,565,000,000
2015 246,612,000,000
2016 253,122,000,000
2017 269,978,000,000
2018 292,023,000,000
2019 306,617,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Canada was 13.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 14.86 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.62 in 2013.

Definition: Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 14.16
1991 14.45
1992 14.36
1993 13.70
1994 13.11
1995 13.33
1996 13.92
1997 14.57
1998 14.67
1999 14.70
2000 14.86
2001 14.18
2002 13.38
2003 13.23
2004 13.34
2005 13.30
2006 13.35
2007 13.33
2008 12.39
2009 12.30
2010 11.73
2011 11.80
2012 11.66
2013 11.62
2014 11.81
2015 12.39
2016 12.50
2017 12.61
2018 13.06
2019 13.27

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance