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1. Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Quebec, 2017

   Main Conclusions Using data on individual workers from January to December 2015, this report estimates the wage differential between the government and private sectors in Quebec. It also evaluates four available non-wage benefits in an attempt to quantify ...

2. Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Ontario, 2017

   Using data on individual workers from January to December 2015, this report estimates the wage differential between the government and private sectors in Ontario. It also evaluates four available non-wage benefits in an attempt to quantify compensation ...

3. The Cost of Government Debt in Canada, 2017

   Budget deficits and increasing debt are key fiscal issues as the federal and provincial governments prepare to release their budgets this year. Combined federal and provincial net debt has increased from $833 billion in 2007/08 to a projected $1.4 ...

4. Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in British Columbia, 2017

   Main Conclusions Using data on individual workers from January to December 2015, this report estimates the wage differential between the government and private sectors in British Columbia. It also evaluates four available non-wage benefits in an attempt ...

5. Generosity in Canada and the United States: The 2016 Generosity Index

   Manitoba had the highest percentage of tax filers that donated to charity among the provinces (24.8%) during the 2014 tax year while New Brunswick had the lowest (19.6%). Manitoba also donated the highest percentage of its aggregate income to ...

6. Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Canada

   Using data on individual workers from January to December 2015, this report estimates the wage differential between the government and private sectors in Canada. It also evaluates four available non-wage benefits in an attempt to quantify compensation ...

7. Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2016 Report

   Waiting for treatment has become a defining characteristic of Canadian health care. In order to document the lengthy queues for visits to specialists and for diagnostic and surgical procedures in the country, the Fraser Institute has—for over two decades ...

8. Leaving Canada for Medical Care, 2016

   In 2015, an estimated 45,619 Canadians received non-emergency medical treatment outside Canada. Physicians in British Columbia reported the highest proportion of patients (in a province) receiving treatment abroad (1.5%). The largest number of patients ...

9. Average Canadian family paid $34,154 in taxes in 2015

   In a recent study, we tracked the total tax bill of the average Canadian family from 1961 to 2015. For 2015, we estimate that the average Canadian family (including single Canadians) earned $80,593 in income and paid $34,154 in total ...

10. Estimating the price of public health care for Canadian families

    Last year, the amount of money spent by provincial governments on Canada’s public health-care system accounted for about seven per cent of the country’s economy and was the single-largest item of their respective budgets (representing 40 ...