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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
Note: Figures for the years 1868 to 1913 are given on pp. 845 to 847 of the Canada Year Book; those for 1914 to 1929 on p. 930 of the Canada Year Book, 1945 edition.
1. Includes pensions to blind persons.
2. Includes various non-enumerated items.
3. Excludes civil pensions.
4. For details, see Table 10 in Canada Year Book, 1947, p. 960.
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1947.