Budget 2023 Summary
Budget 2023 Fiscal Plan
($ millions)
Revenue
Expense
Pandemic Recovery Contingencies
Supplementary Estimates
Forecast allowance
Surplus (Deficit)
Updated
Forecast
2022/23
Budget
Estimate
2023/24
Plan
2024/25
Plan
2025/26
82,700
77,690 79,724
(74,393)
(80,206) (82,978)
(2,000) (1,000)
82,223
(84,766)
(2,715)
(700)
3,592
(4,216)
(500)
(500)
(3,754) (3,043)
Capital spending:
Taxpayer-supported capital spending
8,117
Self-supported capital spending ....
4,055
11,813
4,027
Total capital spending
12,172
15,840
12,634 13,098
4,116 2,853
16,750 15,951
Declining deficits of
$4.2 billion in 2023/24 to
$3.0 billion in 2025/26
$37.5 billion in taxpayer-
supported capital spending
over the three-year plan
Provincial Debt:
Taxpayer-supported debt
63,701
75,617
Self-supported debt.
29,788
31,607
Total debt (including forecast allowance)
Taxpayer-supported debt to GDP ratio
16.4%
Taxpayer-supported debt to revenue ratio
78.7%
93,489 107,924
18.9%
100.1%
88,436 99,395
33,671 34,405
122,607 134,300
21.3% 23.0%
114.8% 124.9%
Debt metrics are lower
than in Budget 2022
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