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Transportation in Canada 2002 |
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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 federal departments' budget, while revenues
from other sources are credited to the federal government's Consolidated
Revenue Fund. Both are part of 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 1998/99 to 2002/03.
TABLE 3-4: GOVERNMENT REVENUES FROM TRANSPORT USERS, 1998/99 – 2002/03
| |
(Millions of dollars) |
| |
1998/99 |
1999/2000 |
2000/01 |
2001/02 |
2002/03F |
| Air Transportation Tax1 |
295 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
| Airport revenues |
267 |
271 |
250 |
264 |
316 |
| Aircraft services |
28 |
27 |
28 |
34 |
30 |
| Air security fee |
- |
- |
- |
- |
375 |
| Marine revenues2 |
73 |
79 |
72 |
76 |
80 |
| Leases of hopper cars3 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
14 |
10 |
| Other fees and recoveries4 |
30 |
38 |
35 |
28 |
32 |
| Total credited |
705 |
431 |
397 |
416 |
843 |
| Federal fuel taxes |
4,742 |
4,786 |
4,807 |
4,758 |
N/A |
| Public and non-transport use5,6 |
430 |
438 |
447 |
439 |
|
| Road6 |
4,138 |
4,164 |
4,164 |
4,136 |
N/A |
| Other modes6 |
174 |
185 |
196 |
183 |
N/A |
| Provincial/territorial fuel taxes |
6,831 |
6,976 |
6,923 |
7,060 |
N/A |
| Sales tax equivalent6 |
581 |
643 |
763 |
729 |
N/A |
| Road6 |
5,941 |
5,996 |
5,852 |
6,050 |
N/A |
| Other modes6 |
309 |
336 |
308 |
281 |
N/A |
| Provincial/territorial Licences/fees |
2,645 |
2,688 |
2,687 |
2,711 |
N/A |
| Total tax revenues from road users |
12,724 |
12,848 |
12,703 |
12,897 |
N/A |
| Total fuel tax revenues from other transport users |
483 |
521 |
504 |
494 |
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| Total tax revenues from transport users |
13,207 |
13,369 |
13,207 |
13,361 |
N/A |
| Total tax and fee revenues from transport users |
13,912 |
13,800 |
13,605 |
13,777 |
N/A |
Note: N/A = Not available. More yearly data are available in the Addendum on Transport Canada’s Web site (www.tc.gc.ca).
Since 1996/97, the Air transport tax, formerly netted against Transport Canada budget has been credited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
1 Includes Coast Guard user fees and sales of marine assets credited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
2 Credited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
3 Includes inter and intra-departmental transfers for services and various regulatory, licensing and administrative fees credited to either Transport Canada or the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
4 Estimated fuel taxes from mobile users off the public transport system.
5 Estimates by Transport Canada (revised).
6 Estimates based on the sales tax that would have applied to provincial fuel prices before provincial fuel taxes.
F Forecast at January 31, 2003, of full year.
Source: Transport Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Provincial/territorial departments of transportation
In 2001/02, the most recent year for which budget information
is available for all government levels, federal and provincial/territorial
governments collected $13.8 billion from transport users through
fuel taxes and permit and licence fees. This was 1.3 per cent
more than in 2000/01. By far, road fuel taxes make up the largest
component of government tax revenues from transportation, averaging
$10 billion, or 73 per cent of all government revenues from transport
users, from 1998/99 to 2001/02. For a while, road fuel tax revenues
were showing the fastest growth. In recent years, the growth of
road fuel demand and road fuel tax revenues was moderated by higher
fuel prices. Some of this effect was cancelled by a 12 per cent
gain in disposable income between 1999 and 2001. Other fuel tax
revenues decreased in 2002/03 by $10 million, or two per cent,
due to a combination of reduced activity and better fuel efficiency
in other modes.
In 2002/03, federal government transportation revenues other
than fuel taxes are expected to total $843 million, more than
doubling the 2001/02 levels. The new air security fee would yield
$375 million.2 Another gain in excess of $52 million was made
from airport revenues (mostly lease rents). Marine fees are expected
to bring in around $80 million. Other federal revenues not credited
to transport, such as the revenues from the leases of hopper cars
or the sale of port assets, are also reported in Table 3-4.
Government Transportation Expenditures
Total Transportation Revenues by Level of Government
Overview of Expenditures and Revenues by Mode
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