This article lists Canadian provinces and territories by gross domestic product. As of 2006, Canada has a total gross domestic product (GDP) of C$1.439 trillion or (at purchasing power parity (PPP)) roughly US$1.164 trillion, ranking 12th in the world. GDP per capita — essentially total GDP divided by population — for Canada is C$44,109 or US$35,778, ranking 7th worldwide.

While Canada’s ten provinces and three territories exhibit high GDPs, there is wide variation among them. Ontario, the country's most populous province, is a manufacturing and trade locus with extensive linkages to the northeastern and midwestern United States; if compared to countries, Ontario's GDP would rank 25th largest in the world. Conversely, territorial GDPs are comparable to those of smaller island nations and, in turn, smaller than many larger Canadian cities and towns.

There is also variation among provincial and territorial GDPs per capita. Largely the result of its oil industry, Alberta’s very high GDP per capita is more than double that of Prince Edward Island, the province with the lowest GDP per capita. To equilibrate these disparities and enable comparable service delivery nationwide, the federal government pools and transfers moneys through equalization payments from the ‘have’ provinces (those with above average economies) — namely Ontario and Alberta — to ‘have-not’ ones (those having below average economies). In absolute terms, Quebec is a major long-standing recipient of equalization. In the last decade, British Columbia and Saskatchewan have both subsidized and received equalization. Newfoundland and Labrador, traditionally a ‘have-not’ province, has undergone a dramatic increase in its GDP in recent years due largely to a number of off-shore oil projects. The territories generally exhibit higher GDP per capita values, attributable to heightened federal transfers that accommodate for the high costs of living amidst the inclement Arctic climate of northern Canada.

Listings

Real GDP

Real gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory 2001 and 2006 Plus percent of TOTAL GDP 2006 for each jurisdiction, real growth in dollars, percent of total growth
(millions of chained (1997) C$ sorted by GDP 2006, descending)

Province or territory	GDP 2001	% of 2001 GDP	GDP 2006	% of 2006 GDP	Real Growth	% of TOTAL Growth
Ontario	.	42.31	.	41.46	.	35.80
Quebec	.	21.18	.	20.35	.	14.87
Alberta	.	11.94	.	12.83	.	18.69
British Columbia	.	12.20	.	12.67	.	15.56
Manitoba	.	3.21	.	3.11	.	2.50
Saskatchewan	.	3.00	.	2.88	.	2.12
Nova Scotia	.	2.23	.	2.17	.	1.34
New Brunswick	.	1.87	.	1.83	.	1.60
Newfoundland and Labrador	.	1.21	.	1.32	.	2.04
Northwest Territories	.	0.28	.	0.35	.	0.75
Prince Edward Island	.	0.30	.	0.29	.	0.27
Yukon	.	0.11	.	0.11	.	0.08
Nunavut	.	0.08	.	0.07	.	0.05
TOTAL	.	100.00	.	100.00	.	100.00

Derived from: Statistics Canada - Real gross domestic product, 2002-2006^[1]

Consolidated

A consolidated table listing total GDP (expenditure-based), population, and per capita GDP; subnational entities are ordered alphabetically.

Province or territory	GDP (million C$, 2006)	Population (2006)	GDP per capita (C$, 2006)
Alberta	.	.	.
British Columbia	.	.	.
Manitoba	.	.	.
New Brunswick	.	.	.
Newfoundland and Labrador	.	.	.
Northwest Territories	.	.	.
Nova Scotia	.	.	.
Nunavut	.	.	.
Ontario	.	.	.
Prince Edward Island	.	.	.
Quebec	.	.	.
Saskatchewan	.	.	.
Yukon	.	.	.
Canada	.	.	.

Ordered by GDP

Canadian provinces and territories are listed in descending order of GDP. For each, after currency conversion, comparable countries (per the International Monetary Fund in 2006) are listed.

Rank		Province or territory, with flag	GDP (2006)		Comparable country
All	Territory		million C$	% of total
1	–	Ontario	.	38.65	Poland
2	–	Quebec	.	29.74	Sweden
3	–	Alberta	.	16.37	Austria
4	–	British Columbia	.	12.49	Peru
5	–	Saskatchewan	.	3.13	Cameroon
6	–	Manitoba	.	3.11	Oman
7	–	Nova Scotia	.	2.22	Latvia
8	–	New Brunswick	.	1.75	Bosnia and Herzegovina
9	–	Newfoundland and Labrador	.	1.73	Panama
10	–	Prince Edward Island	.	0.30	Netherlands Antilles
11	1	Northwest Territories	.	0.28	Eritrea
12	2	Yukon	.	0.11	Samoa
13	3	Nunavut	.	0.08	Guinea-Bissau
		Canada	.	100

Ordered by GDP per capita

Canadian provinces and territories are listed in descending order of GDP (PPP) per capita. For each, after currency conversion, comparable countries in 2006 are listed.

Rank			Province or territory, with flag	GDP (PPP) per capita (C$, 2005)	Comparable country[4]
All	Province	Territory
1	–	1	Northwest Territories	.	Luxembourg
2	1	–	Alberta	.	Norway
3	–	2	Yukon	.	Norway
4	2	–	Newfoundland and Labrador	.	Norway
5	3	–	Saskatchewan	.	United States
6	4	–	Ontario	.	Republic of Ireland
7	5	–	British Columbia	.	Iceland
8	–	3	Nunavut	.	Iceland
9	6	–	Manitoba	.	Denmark
10	7	–	Quebec	.	Hong Kong, SAR
11	8	–	Nova Scotia	.	Belgium
12	9	–	New Brunswick	.	Japan
13	10	–	Prince Edward Island	.	Singapore
			Canada	.

Notes

References

See also

• Economy of Canada
• [[1]]
• [[2]]

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