AIMS Fraser Institute

 

Atlantic Canada Prosperity

— Oct 17, 2023
Printer-friendly version

Comparing Median Employment Incomes in Atlantic Canada and New England Metropolitan Areas measures median employment income in 20 metropolitan areas in Atlantic Canada and New England (from 2010-2019), finding that most major urban areas in Atlantic Canada underperformed compared to the neighbouring region.

— Sep 7, 2023
Printer-friendly version

The Forgotten Demographic: Assessing the Possible Benefits and Serious Cost of COVID-19 School Closures on Canadian Children is a new study that finds prolonged COVID school closures imposed across Canada from 2020 to 2022 will impose life-long costs on affected children, despite evidence available to policymakers early on that closures wouldn’t slow the transmission of COVID-19, including learning loss, increased inequality, and a spike in mental health problems.

— Sep 1, 2023
Printer-friendly version

Public and Private Sector Job Growth in the Provinces during the COVID-19 Era finds that from February 2020 to June 2023, in all ten provinces, the rate of job growth was faster in the government sector (including federal, provincial and municipal) than in the private sector (including the self-employed). Nationally, the number of government-sector jobs increased 11.8 per cent over that time period, while the number of private sector jobs increased only 3.3 per cent.

— Aug 10, 2023
Printer-friendly version
New Brunswick’s Divergent Finances: A Possible Opportunity for Tax Reduction

New Brunswick’s Divergent Finances: A Possible Opportunity for Tax Reduction finds that as a result of the New Brunswick government’s recent spending restraint, the province is now positioned to introduce meaningful tax relief, which if current government revenue and spending growth continues, could reach over $3,600 per taxpayer by 2032/33 without jeopardizing the province’s balanced budget.

— Aug 3, 2023
Printer-friendly version
The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth in Canada

The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth in Canada is a new study that finds an increase in share of the population aged 65 years or older results in a reduction in the growth rate of per person GDP, and by 2043, the population share of seniors is projected to reach between 21.1 per cent and 25.5 per cent based on data from Statistics Canada.

— Jun 19, 2023
Printer-friendly version

This year, Tax Freedom Day is Monday, June 19. If you had to pay all your federal, provincial and municipal taxes up front, you would give government every dollar you earned from January 1st to Tax Freedom Day, when Canadians finally start working for themselves. In 2023, the average Canadian family (with two or more people) will pay 46.1 per cent of its annual income in taxes, including income taxes, payroll taxes, health taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, fuel taxes, carbon taxes and more.

Subscribe to the Fraser Institute

Get the latest news from the Fraser Institute on the latest research studies, news and events.

Research Experts

  • Director, Natural Resource Studies, Fraser Institute
  • Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
  • Director, Fiscal Studies, Fraser Institute
  • Resident Fellow, Dr. Michael A. Walker Chair in Economic Freedom
  • Director, Addington Centre for Measurement, Fraser Institute
  • Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
  • Professor of Economics, St. Mary's University
  • Associate Director, Atlantic Canada Prosperity, Fraser Institute