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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
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.