3 GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON TRANSPORTATION
TOTAL TRANSPORTATION REVENUES BY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT
The federal government generates revenues from the
use of transportation facilities and services. Revenues
from cost-recovery initiatives are credited to the budgets
of federal departments, while revenues from other
sources are credited to the federal government's
Consolidated Revenue Fund. Both are included in this
analysis. Excise fuel taxes collected by the federal and
provincial governments, as well as provincial licence and
other fees, constitute revenues collected from transport
users. Table 3-4 highlights government revenues from
transport users from 2000/2001 to 2004/05.
In 2003/04, the most recent year for which budget
information is available for all government levels, federal
and provincial/territorial governments collected $15.3 billion
from transport users through fuel taxes and permit and
licence fees. This was a three per cent increase from
2003/004. Road fuel taxes make up the largest
component of government tax revenues from
transportation; they averaged $10.4 billion, or 73 per cent
of all government revenues from transport users, from
1999/2000 to 2003/04. In 2003/04, road fuel tax revenues
increased by $478 million, or 4.5 per cent. Other fuel
tax revenues decreased in 2003/04 by $12 million, or
2.0 per cent, due to a combination of reduced activity and
increased fuel efficiency in other modes.
In 2004/05, federal government transportation
revenues other than fuel taxes are expected to fall
3.9 per cent to $762 million. This is due primarily to lower
air travellers security fees, which are expected to
decrease from $420 million to $375 million. Marine fees
are expected to total about $60 million, down from
$72 million in 2003/04. Table 3-4 also shows other federal
revenues not credited to transport, such as revenues from
the leases of hopper cars or the sale of port assets.
TABLE 3-4: GOVERNMENT REVENUES FROM TRANSPORT USERS, 2000/01 – 2004/05
| (Millions of dollars) |
| |
2000/01 |
2001/02 |
2002/03 |
2003/04 |
2004/05 F |
| Airport revenues |
250 |
264 |
319 |
226 |
256 |
| Aircraft services |
28 |
34 |
26 |
23 |
30 |
| Air travellers security charge |
- |
- |
443 |
420 |
375 |
| Marine revenues 1 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
72 |
60 |
| Leases of hopper cars 2 |
14 |
14 |
15 |
19 |
15 |
| Other fees and recoveries 3 |
35 |
26 |
33 |
34 |
26 |
| Total |
397 |
408 |
905 |
793 |
762 |
| Federal fuel taxes |
4,807 |
4,758 |
4,873 |
5,119 |
N/A |
| Public and non-transport use 4,5 |
405 |
396 |
384 |
402 |
N/A |
| Road 5 |
4,168 |
4,136 |
4,252 |
4,458 |
N/A |
| Other modes 5 |
234 |
227 |
237 |
258 |
N/A |
| Provincial/territorial fuel taxes |
7,040 |
7,010 |
7,345 |
7,676 |
N/A |
| Sales tax equivalent 5,6 |
799 |
777 |
793 |
860 |
N/A |
| Road 5 |
5,952 |
5,965 |
6,280 |
6,551 |
N/A |
| Other modes 5 |
289 |
268 |
273 |
264 |
N/A |
| Provincial/territorial licences/fees 7 |
2,737 |
2,769 |
2,914 |
2,977 |
N/A |
| Total tax revenues from transport users |
13,379 |
13,365 |
13,955 |
14,509 |
N/A |
| Total tax and fee revenues from transport users |
13,776 |
13,772 |
14,860 |
15,302 |
N/A |
Note: N/A = Not available. More yearly data are available on Transport Canada's Web site
(www.tc.gc.ca).
- Includes Coast Guard user fees and sales of marine assets credited to the Consolidated Revenue
Fund.
- Credited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
- Includes air safety fees, other licensing and administrative fees, inter- and intra-departmental
transfers for services and various regulatory fees credited to either Transport Canada or the
Consolidated Revenue Fund.
- Estimated fuel taxes from public administrations and mobile users of the public transport system.
- Estimates by Transport Canada (revised).
- Estimates based on the sales tax that would have applied to provincial fuel prices.
- The amounts shown exclude licences and registration fees dedicated to the Société de
l'Assurance Automobile du Québec.
- Forecast at January 31, 2005, of full year.
Source: Transport Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; provincial/territorial departments
of transportation
Government Transportation Expenditures
Total Transportation Revenues by Level of Government
Overview of Expenditures and Revenues by Mode
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