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Government transfer payments to persons

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
	$ millions
All government levels	117,633	121,047	124,775	130,044	134,766
Federal	57,965	60,857	62,949	65,438	67,282
Family and youth allowances	116	133	140	157	165
Child tax benefit or credit	7,379	7,824	8,051	8,547	9,174
Pensions – First and Second World Wars	1,196	1,398	1,463	1,527	1,571
War veterans' allowances	267	212	223	266	292
Grants to aboriginal persons and organizations	4,448	4,800	4,951	5,191	5,584
Goods and services tax credit	3,099	3,140	3,264	3,346	3,472
Employment insurance benefits	11,361	12,837	13,361	13,269	12,937
Old Age Security Fund payments	24,789	25,747	26,931	27,992	29,085
Scholarships and research grants	560	585	612	668	692
Miscellaneous and other transfers	4,750	4,181	3,953	4,475	4,310
Provincial	29,662	29,781	30,066	31,074	32,551
Social assistance, income maintenance	6,547	6,603	6,641	6,788	6,893
Social assistance, other	2,966	2,936	3,061	3,180	3,252
Workers compensation benefits	4,840	5,150	5,036	5,081	5,295
Grants to benevolent associations	8,406	8,500	8,667	8,920	9,155
Miscellaneous transfers	6,903	6,592	6,661	7,105	7,956
Local	3,641	2,637	2,747	2,903	2,912
Canada Pension Plan	20,023	21,076	21,986	23,129	24,225
Quebec Pension Plan	6,342	6,696	7,027	7,500	7,796
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table (for fee) 384-0009 and Catalogue no 13-213-XDB. Last modified: 2007-11-08.

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