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

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Principal items of expenditures, years ended March 31, 1930 to 1946
  Ordinary expenditures
  Interest on debt Old age pensions Pensions, war, military and civil Public works
  $
1930 121,566,21 1,537,174 40,406,565 19,819,032
1931 121,289,84 5,658,143 45,965,723 25,452,742
1932 121,151,10 10,032,410 48,686,389 17,647,854
1933 134,999,06 11,512,543 45,078,919 13,108,013
1934 139,725,41 12,313,595 43,883,132 10,827,171
1935 138,533,20 14,942,459 44,235,808 9,904,494
1936 134,549,16 16,764,484 43,337,096 12,945,277
1937 137,410,34 21,149,352 43,356,180 14,518,758
1938 132,117,42 28,653,0051 42,823,277 12,382,073
1939 127,995,61 29,043,6391 42,793,055 15,484,197
1940 129,315,44 29,976,5541 42,868,901 13,065,212
1941 139,178,67 29,911,7001 42,195,709 11,506,678
1942 155,017,90 29,611,7961 41,244,221 11,937,005
1943 188,556,24 29,976,0141 39,699,351 12,013,845
1944 242,681,181 30,377,4681 38,997,929 12,280,674
1945 318,994,821 32,227,7181 39,371,792 13,168,726
1946 409,134,500 32,715,0921 39,996,360 16,283,531
  National defence Subsidies to provinces Post office Total2
  $
1930 21,986,537 12,496,958 36,557,012 363,237,478
1931 23,736,447 17,435,736 37,891,693 386,584,863
1932 18,221,632 13,694,970 36,052,208 372,101,318
1933 13,750,314 13,677,384 31,607,404 354,643,201
1934 13,476,862 13,727,565 30,553,768 351,771,161
1935 14,185,772 13,768,953 30,252,310 359,700,909
1936 17,177,074 13,768,953 31,437,719 372,539,149
1937 22,923,093 13,735,196 31,906,272 387,112,072
1938 32,760,307 13,735,336 33,762,269 414,891,410
1939 34,432,023 13,752,110 35,455,182 413,032,202
1940 13,118,732 13,768,953 36,725,870 398,323,206
1941 193,985 13,768,953 38,699,674 390,629,350
1942 260,482 14,408,622 41,501,869 444,777,696
1943 415,128 14,490,085 44,741,987 561,251,063
1944 68,713 14,449,353 48,485,009 630,380,760
1945 67,293 14,445,267 54,629,281 767,375,932
1946 126,543 14,446,629 57,729,646 1,061,902,119
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1947.