Between 2008/09 and 2019/20, the province's net debt increased by $71.8 billion.
alberta finances
June 30, 2021
8:50AM
Albertans will likely vote on equalization in October.
June 25, 2021
12:57PM
Provincial program spending increased from $8,012 in 1999/00 to $10,618 by 2006/07.
February 25, 2021
4:41PM
As a share of the provincial economy, Alberta's recent deficits are larger than those incurred in the early ’90s.
February 18, 2021
2:31PM
Alberta's deficit this year will be the largest in history, relative to the size of the provincial economy, at 6.9 per cent of GDP.
December 15, 2020
1:22PM
The province expects a $15.5 billion budget deficit next year.
December 2, 2020
10:52AM
Alberta's net government debt will reach a projected $90.1 billion by 2022/23.
July 16, 2020
10:59AM
The cost of servicing the province’s debt has increased to more than $2 billion.
June 23, 2020
8:37PM
Canada's equalization program cost Alberta taxpayers approximately $3.1 billion in 2017.