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 1999/2000
to 2003/04.
TABLE 3-4: GOVERNMENT REVENUES FROM TRANSPORT USERS, 1999/2000 - 2003/04
| (Millions of dollars) |
| |
1999/2000 |
2000/01 |
2001/02 |
2002/03 |
2003/04 F |
| Airport revenues |
271 |
250 |
264 |
319 |
227 |
| Aircraft services |
27 |
28 |
34 |
26 |
25 |
| Airport security fee 1 |
- |
- |
- |
421 |
400 |
| Marine revenues 2 |
79 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
70 |
| Leases of hopper cars 3 |
13 |
14 |
14 |
15 |
12 |
| Other fees and recoveries 4 |
41 |
35 |
26 |
33 |
31 |
| Total |
431 |
397 |
408 |
883 |
766 |
| Federal fuel taxes |
4,786 |
4,807 |
4,758 |
5,014 |
N/A |
| Public and non-transport use 5,6 |
440 |
445 |
437 |
424 |
|
| Road5 |
4,138 |
4,142 |
4,109 |
4,396 |
N/A |
| Other modes 5 |
208 |
219 |
211 |
193 |
N/A |
| Provincial/territorial fuel taxes |
6,968 |
6,914 |
6,958 |
7,263 |
N/A |
| Sales tax equivalent 6,7 |
668 |
799 |
777 |
793 |
|
| Road 6 |
5,993 |
5,805 |
5,894 |
6,184 |
N/A |
| Other modes 6 |
307 |
310 |
287 |
286 |
N/A |
| Provincial/territorial licences/fees 8 |
2,689 |
2,738 |
2,807 |
2,919 |
N/A |
| Total tax revenues from transport users |
13,335 |
13,214 |
13,309 |
13,979 |
N/A |
| Total tax and fee revenues from transport users |
13,767 |
13,611 |
13,717 |
14,862 |
N/A |
Note: N/A = Not available. More yearly data are available 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.
- Accrual basis.
- 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.
- IThe amounts shown exclude licences and registration fees dedicated to the Société de
l'Assurance Automobile du Québec.
- Planned and/or actual.
Source: Transport Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; provincial/territorial departments of
transportation
In 2002/03, the most recent year for which budget information is available
for all government levels, federal and provincial/territorial governments
collected $14.9 billion from transport users through fuel taxes and permit
and licence fees. This was 7.7 per cent more than in 2001/02. By far,
road fuel taxes make up the largest component of government tax revenues
from transportation, averaging $10.1 billion, or 73 per cent of all government
revenues from transport users, from 1999/2000 to 2002/03. In recent years,
the growth of road fuel demand and road fuel tax revenues was moderated
by higher fuel prices. However, in 2002/03, road fuel tax revenues increased
by 5.4 per cent as a result of higher fuel taxes in most of Atlantic
Canada and British Columbia and lower fuel prices, which stimulated demand.
Other fuel tax revenues decreased in 2002/03 by $19 million, or 3.9 per
cent, due to a combination of reduced activity and better fuel efficiency
in other modes.
In 2003/04, federal government transportation revenues other than fuel
taxes are expected to total $766 million, down 13.2 per cent from 2002/03
levels. This expected drop is a result of the lowering of air security
fees and airport rents. Marine fees are expected to bring in around $70
million. Other federal revenues not credited to transport, such as 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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