Comparing per-Person Spending and Revenue in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, 2009–2019 is a new study that finds across the 26 municipalities that constitute the GTHA, per person spending (adjusted for inflation) increased by 9.6 per cent between 2009 and 2019, and Toronto remained the highest spending municipality in 2019. Not surprisingly, there is a connection between high spending municipalities and high tax municipalities, as Toronto, the highest spending municipality was also the 3rd highest taxing municipality (total per person revenues adjusted for inflation) in 2019.
Director, Natural Resource Studies, Fraser Institute
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Senior Economist, Fraser Institute
Professor of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of Guelph
Director, Fiscal Studies, Fraser Institute
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Professor of Economics, University of Guelph
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