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Principal items of revenue, years ended March 31, 1930 to 1946

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Principal items of revenue, years ended March 31, 1930 to 1946
	Customs duties	Excise duties	Income tax	Excess Profits Tax¹	Banks, insurance companies, etc.
	$
1930	179,429,920	65,035,701	69,020,726	173,300	1,482,836
1931	131,208,955	67,746,808	71,048,022	34,430	1,503,520
1932	104,132,677	48,654,862	61,254,400	3,000	1,402,273
1933	70,072,932	37,833,858	62,066,697	54	2,153,685
1934	66,305,356	35,494,220	61,399,171	0	2,077,227
1935	76,561,975	43,189,655	66,808,066	0	2,118,580
1936	74,004,560	44,409,797	82,709,803	0	2,041,776
1937	83,771,091	45,956,857	102,365,242	0	1,984,257
1938	93,455,750	52,037,333	120,365,532	0	1,973,679
1939	78,751,111	51,313,658	142,026,138	0	1,905,315
1940	104,301,487	61,032,044	134,448,566	0	1,874,923
1941	130,757,012	88,607,559	248,143,022²	23,995,269	2,505,556
1942	142,392,232	110,090,941	510,243,017²	135,168,345	2,636,623
1943	118,962,839	138,720,723	860,188,672³	434,580,677³	12,281,142
1944	167,882,089	142,124,331	1,036,757,035³	428,717,840³	7,691,066
1945	115,091,376	151,922,140	977,758,068³	341,305,357³	8,233,638
1946	128,876,811	186,726,318	932,729,273	426,696,483	8,971,967
	Sales and other excise taxes	Succession duties	Post office	Interest on investments	Total revenue⁴
1930	63,409,143	0	33,345,385	13,518,205	453,007,129
1931	34,734,661	0	30,212,326	10,421,224	357,720,435
1932	59,606,391	0	32,234,946	9,330,125	334,508,081
1933	82,191,575	0	30,928,317	11,220,989	311,735,286
1934	106,575,575	0	30,893,157	11,148,231	324,660,590
1935	112,192,069	0	31,248,324	10,963,478	361,973,764
1936	112,733,048	0	32,507,889	10,614,125	372,595,996
1937	152,473,422	0	34,274,552	11,231,035	454,153,747
1938	180,818,767	0	35,546,161	13,120,523	516,692,749
1939	161,710,572	0	35,288,220	13,163,015	502,171,354
1940	166,027,944	0	36,729,105	13,393,432	562,093,459
1941	284,167,032	0	40,383,366	14,910,554	872,169,645
1942	453,425,105	6,956,574	45,993,872	21,748,701	1,488,536,342
1943	488,712,425	13,273,483	48,868,762	41,242,237⁵	2,249,496,177
1944	638,619,292	15,019,831	61,070,919	48,281,313⁵	2,765,017,713
1945	543,065,271	17,250,798	66,055,520	60,749,186⁵	2,687,334,799
1946	496,909,961	21,447,573	68,613,113	70,914,626⁵	3,013,185,074
1. Belated revenue from the business profits tax not charged on profits accruing after December 31, 1920, continued to be received until 1933.
2. Includes National Defence Tax.
3. Excludes refundable portion.
4. Includes other items not specified.
5. Includes interest on investments, profits of Bank of Canada, Central Mortgage Bank and other items.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.