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.