List of Canadian provinces and territories by gross domestic product

Map of the Canadian provinces and territories by GDP in millions of Canadian dollars in 2021.
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  • This article lists Canadian provinces and territories by gross domestic product (GDP).

    While Canada's ten provinces and three territories exhibit high per capita GDPs, there is wide variation among them. Ontario, the country's most populous province, is a major manufacturing and trade hub with extensive linkages to the northeastern and midwestern United States. The economies of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador and the territories rely heavily on natural resources. On the other hand, Manitoba, Quebec and The Maritimes have the country's lowest per capita GDP values.

    In the face of these long-term regional disparities, the Government of Canada redistributes some of its revenues through unconditional equalization payments and finances the delivery of comparable levels of government services through the Canada Health Transfer and the Canada Social Transfer.

    GDP and per capita GDP, 2022

    A table listing total GDP (expenditure-based), share of Canadian GDP, population, and per capita GDP in 2022. For illustrative purposes, market income (total income less government transfers)[1] per capita from tax returns is included. (The per capita, rather than per tax filer, measure is chosen for comparability with GDP per capita.)

    Province
    or
    territory
    GDP
    (million
    CAD, 2022)
    Share of
    national GDP
    (%, 2022)
    Population
    (July 1, 2022)
    GDP
    per capita
    (CAD, 2022)
    Market
    income
    per capita
    (CAD, 2021)
     Canada 2,813,289 100.00 38,939,056 72,249 37,473
     Alberta 459,288 16.33 4,510,891 101,818 40,385
     British Columbia 395,215 14.05 5,356,284 73,785 39,773
     Manitoba 86,531 3.08 1,413,409 61,221 31,711
     Newfoundland and Labrador 40,720 1.45 531,583 76,601 32,309
     New Brunswick 44,501 1.58 809,568 54,969 30,125
     Northwest Territories 5,574 0.20 44,685 124,740 46,058
     Nova Scotia 54,383 1.93 1,025,445 53,034 32,252
     Nunavut 4,753 0.17 40,485 117,402 27,303
     Ontario 1,048,258 37.26 15,145,006 69,215 38,979
     Prince Edward Island 9,376 0.33 167,188 56,081 31,152
     Quebec 545,594 19.39 8,672,185 62,913 35,171
     Saskatchewan 114,412 4.07 1,178,422 97,089 33,835
     Yukon 3,930 0.14 43,905 89,511 46,020

    Source: Statistics Canada: GDP (totals),[2] Population,[3] Total income and government transfers,[4] Population covered by income data[5]

    International comparisons, 2022

    In the table below, the figures from the previous table are converted to United States dollars using the ratio of the International Monetary Fund's estimate for Canada's GDP by purchasing power parity (PPP) to Canada's nominal GDP.[6] The per capita GDP PPP for the relevant year of other advanced economies with a population of at least 15 million according to the International Monetary Fund is provided as comparison.

    (Note that because the same conversion rate is used for all of Canada, this method overstates the GDP PPP of provinces and territories with high price levels, and understates the GDP PPP of provinces and territories with low price levels.)

    Province
    or
    territory
    GDP PPP
    (million
    Int$, 2022)
    GDP
    per capita PPP
    (Int$, 2022)
     Canada 2,290,267 58,817
     Ontario 853,375 56,347
     Quebec 444,162 51,217
     Alberta 373,901 82,889
     British Columbia 321,740 60,068
     Saskatchewan 93,142 79,039
     Manitoba 70,444 49,840
     Nova Scotia 44,273 43,174
     New Brunswick 36,228 44,750
     Newfoundland and Labrador 33,150 62,360
     Prince Edward Island 7,633 45,655
     Northwest Territories 4,538 101,549
     Nunavut 3,869 95,575
     Yukon 3,199 72,870
     Australia 62,026
     France 56,305
     Germany 64,086
     Italy 51,827
     Japan 49,090
     South Korea 53,845
     Netherlands 70,728
     Spain 47,711
     Taiwan 69,290
     United Kingdom 54,824
     United States 76,343

    Source: International Monetary Fund[7]

    Real GDP at basic prices, 2014-2018

    A table listing annual GDP at basic prices from 2014 through 2018 in chained 2012 dollars. Caution: GDP at basic prices differs from GDP in the treatment of taxes and subsidies.[8]

    Province
    or
    territory
    GDP
    (million
    chained (2012)
    CAD, 2014)
    GDP
    (million
    chained (2012)
    CAD, 2015)
    GDP
    (million
    chained (2012)
    CAD, 2016)
    GDP
    (million
    chained (2012)
    CAD, 2017)
    GDP
    (million
    chained (2012)
    CAD, 2018)
    British Columbia 219,060.9 224,153.4 231,509.9 240,657.9 246,506.3
    Alberta 338,262.6 326,476.7 313,241.5 327,596.2 335,095.6
    Saskatchewan 80,175.7 79,574.2 79,364.4 81,179.0 82,502.7
    Manitoba 58,276.3 59,082.5 60,066.2 61,941.2 62,723.1
    Ontario 659,861.2 677,384.0 693,900.4 712,984.3 728,363.7
    Quebec 338,319.0 341,688.0 346,713.7 356,677.9 365,614.4
    New Brunswick 29,039.6 29,275.7 29,686.3 30,271.8 30,295.3
    Prince Edward Island 5,205.6 5,280.7 5,372.2 5,553.3 5,700.0
    Nova Scotia 34,747.2 35,013.4 35,549.3 36,075.4 36,518.2
    Newfoundland and Labrador 31,143.3 30,806.0 31,334.5 31,610.6 30,757.9
    Yukon 2,510.9 2,320.2 2,482.5 2,554.5 2,626.1
    Northwest Territories 4,574.6 4,621.3 4,679.8 4,861.3 4,954.7
    Nunavut 2,363.6 2,353.0 2,434.3 2,685.3 2,955.0

    Source: Statistics Canada[9]

    Components of GDP, 2022

    A table of Canadian provinces and territories by descending GDP (at current prices and expenditure-based); all figures are from Statistics Canada.[10]

    Province
    or
    territory
    GDP
    (million
    CAD, 2022)
    = Final
    consumption
    expenditure
    + Gross
    capital
    formation
    + Investment
    in
    Inventories
    + Exports − Imports
    Canada 2,813,289 2,095,366 655,217 58,343 1,479,834 1,476,141
    British Columbia 395,215 303,857 107,640 8,666 162,910 187,951
    Alberta 459,288 248,988 104,139 3,932 313,150 211,024
    Saskatchewan 114,412 64,776 21,169 4,761 82,793 59,107
    Manitoba 86,531 75,823 16,876 1,250 45,974 53,391
    Ontario 1,048,258 806,682 243,641 23,684 531,292 557,299
    Quebec 545,594 440,988 124,559 13,604 254,954 288,681
    New Brunswick 44,501 43,572 8,762 1,199 33,216 42,259
    Prince Edward Island 9,376 8,960 2,110 254 4,379 6,325
    Nova Scotia 54,383 58,082 13,261 196 19,786 36,951
    Newfoundland and Labrador 40,720 29,210 9,424 452 23,525 21,896
    Yukon 3,930 4,004 1,234 −112 1,180 2,377
    Northwest Territories 5,574 5,164 1,118 221 3,550 4,481
    Nunavut 4,753 3,497 1,266 236 3,121 3,371

    Figures may not add up precisely due to omission of the statistical discrepancy column and the "Outside Canada" row.

    Census metropolitan areas (CMA) by GDP

    This is a list of Canadian metropolitan areas by their gross domestic product (GDP) according to data by Statistics Canada.[11]

    Rank Census metropolitan areas GDP
    (million
    CAD, 2019
    1 Toronto (Census Metropolitan Area) 442,180
    2 Montreal (Census Metropolitan Area) 233,996
    3 Vancouver (Census Metropolitan Area) 163,475
    4 Calgary (Census Metropolitan Area) 111,259
    5 Edmonton (Census Metropolitan Area) 91,568
    6 Ottawa–Gatineau (Census Metropolitan Area) 88,664
    7 Quebec (Census Metropolitan Area) 48,544
    8 Winnipeg (Census Metropolitan Area) 46,301
    9 Hamilton (Census Metropolitan Area) 37,578
    10 Tri-Cities (Census Metropolitan Area) 33,538
    11 London (Census Metropolitan Area) 28,750
    12 Halifax (Census Metropolitan Area) 24,098
    13 Victoria (Census Metropolitan Area) 22,758
    14 Saskatoon (Census Metropolitan Area) 20,691
    15 Regina (Census Metropolitan Area) 18,460
    16 St. Catharines – Niagara (Census Metropolitan Area) 17,272
    17 Windsor (Census Metropolitan Area) 16,359
    18 Oshawa (Census Metropolitan Area) 14,056
    19 St. John's (Census Metropolitan Area) 13,272
    20 Kelowna (Census Metropolitan Area) 10,911
    21 Guelph (Census Metropolitan Area) 10,503
    22 Sudbury (Census Metropolitan Area) 10,142
    23 Sherbrooke (Census Metropolitan Area) 9,761
    24 Kingston (Census Metropolitan Area) 9,409
    25 Barrie (Census Metropolitan Area) 8,468
    26 Saguenay (Census Metropolitan Area) 8,364
    27 Moncton (Census Metropolitan Area) 8,149
    28 Abbotsford – Mission (Census Metropolitan Area) 8,148
    29 Trois-Rivières (Census Metropolitan Area) 6,823
    30 Lethbridge (Census Metropolitan Area) 6,743
    31 Thunder Bay (Census Metropolitan Area) 6,554
    32 Saint John (Census Metropolitan Area) 6,521
    33 Brantford (Census Metropolitan Area) 5,984
    34 Belleville (Census Metropolitan Area) 5,280
    35 Peterborough (Census Metropolitan Area) 5,163

    See also

    Notes

    1. ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (3 May 2017). "Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016 - Market income". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
    2. ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (8 November 2023). "Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, provincial and territorial, annual". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
    3. ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (27 September 2023). "Population estimates, quarterly". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
    4. ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics. "Tax filers and dependants with income by source of income". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
    5. ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics. "Selected characteristics of tax filers and dependants, income and demographics (final T1 Family File)". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
    6. ^ "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2023". www.imf.org. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
    7. ^ "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2023". www.imf.org. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
    8. ^ "Glossary". www150.statcan.gc.ca. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
    9. ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by industry, provinces and territories (x 1,000,000)". Government of Canada, Statistics. September 7, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
    10. ^ "Table 36-10-0222-01 - Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, provincial and territorial, annual (dollars unless otherwise noted), CANSIM (database)". Statistics Canada. 2023-11-08.
    11. ^ "Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada. May 17, 2023. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2020.

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    • Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory 2006-2010 (Statistics Canada)
    • Population by year, by province and territory 2007-2011 (Statistics Canada)
    • Department of Finance Canada: Equalization Program
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