Eliminating Corporate Subsidies in Canada: An Opportunity to Boost Growth finds that federal and provincial spending on corporate subsidies increased substantially from 2007 to 2024 (the most recent year of available comparable data from Statistics Canada). Between 2007 and 2015, spending on subsidies increased by 12.8 per cent: a jump from $22.2 billion to $25.1 billion (in inflation-adjusted dollars).
Capital Investment by Province: An Update measures growth in both residential and non-residential investment at the provincial level over the 2018 to 2025 period after accounting for the effects of depreciation, finding that three energy-producing provinces, Alberta (-1.05 per cent), Saskatchewan (-0.44 per cent), and Newfoundland and Labrador (-0.67 per cent), all experienced net declines.
Government Spending, Public Sector Employment, and Labour Market Crowding Out in Canada finds that between 2015 and 2025, public-sector employment grew 29%, while non-public-sector employment increased by only 15%, leading to rising shares of public-sector employment and crowding out of non-public sector employment, creating implications for long term Canadian productivity and economic growth.
Provincial Occupational Licensing Index, 2026 introduces the first comprehensive index of occupational licensing across Canada’s provinces, finding that Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario license the most professions, whereas Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador license the fewest professions.
