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Old 08-28-2015, 09:32 AM   #1211
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Equalization payments, total and per capita in 2012-13
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Province	Population	Total Equalization 2012-2013
         (millions of $)	Eq      per capita
Quebec	        7,979,700	$7,391	$926
Ontario	        13,373,000	$3,261	$243
Manitoba        1,250,600	$1,671	$1,338
New Brunswick	755,000	        $1,495	$1,980
Nova Scotia	945,500  	$1,268	$1,342
PEI	        146,000	        $337	$2,308
Every taxpayer in Canada pays in, money goes out to provinces based on the formula in effort to 'maintain a similar level of service for a similar tax burden' throughout the country.
Ontario is therefore a have not province.
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