This article lists Canadian provinces and territories by gross domestic product. As of 2005, Canada has a total gross domestic product (GDP) of dollar|C$" target="_blank" >^*1.368 trillion or (at purchasing power parity (PPP)) roughly States dollar|US$" target="_blank" >^*1.105 trillion, ranking 11th in the world. GDP per capita — essentially total GDP divided by population — for Canada is C$42 402 or US$34 273, ranking 7th worldwide.

While Canada’s ten provinces and three territories exhibit high GDPs, there is wide variation among them. Ontario, the country's most populous province, is a manufacturing and trade locus with extensive linkages to the northeastern and midwestern United States; if compared to countries, Ontario's GDP would rank 25th largest in the world. Conversely, territorial GDPs are comparable to those of smaller island nations and, in turn, smaller than many larger Canadian cities and towns.

There is also variation among provincial and territorial GDPs per capita. Alberta’s very high GDP per capita, which is more than double that of Prince Edward Island (the province with the lowest GDP per capita), is largely the result of its oil industry. To equilibrate these disparities and enable comparable service delivery nationwide, the federal government pools and transfers moneys through equalization payments from the ‘have’ provinces (those with above average economies) — namely Ontario and Alberta — to ‘have-not’ ones (those having below average economies). In absolute terms, Quebec is a major long-standing recipient of equalization. In the last decade, British Columbia and Saskatchewan have both subsidized and received equalization. Newfoundland and Labrador, traditionally a ‘have-not’ province, has undergone a dramatic increase in its GDP in recent years due largely to a number of off-shore oil projects. The territories generally exhibit higher GDP per capita values, attributable to heightened federal transfers that accommodate for the high costs of living amidst the inclement Arctic climate of northern Canada.

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Listings

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Consolidated

A consolidated table listing total GDP (expenditure-based), population, and per capita GDP; subnational entities are ordered alphabetically.

Canada

Province or territory, with flag	GDP (million C$, 2005)	Population (2005) Population figures as of 1 July 2005	GDP per capita (C$, 2005)
	215 858	3 256 800	66 279
	168 011	4 254 500	39 490
	41 933	1 177 600	35 609
	23 727	752 000	31 552
	21 534	516 000	41 733
	4 083	43 000	94 953
	31 451	937 900	33 533
	1 101	30 000	36 700
	537 604	12 541 400	42 866
	4 142	138 100	29 993
	274 863	7 598 100	36 175
	42 490	994 100	42 742
	1 522	31 000	49 097
1 368 319	32 270 500	42 402

Ordered by GDP

Canadian provinces and territories are listed in descending order of GDP. For each, after currency conversion, comparable countries (per the International Monetary Fund in 2005) are listed.

Canada

Rank		Province or territory, with flag	GDP (2005)		Comparable country
All	Territory		million C$	% of total
1	–		537 604	39.29	Philippines
2	–		274 863	20.09	Switzerland
3	–		215 858	15.78	Nigeria
4	–		168 011	12.28	Morocco
5	–		42 490	3.11	Uruguay
6	–		41 933	3.06	Uruguay
7	–		31 451	2.30	Bolivia
8	–		23 727	1.73	Guinea
9	–		21 534	1.57	Cyprus
10	–		4 142	0.30	Guyana
11	1		4 083	0.30	Guyana
12	2		1 522	0.11	Guinea-Bissau
13	3		1 101	0.08	Solomon Islands
		1 368 319	100

Ordered by GDP per capita

Canadian provinces and territories are listed in descending order of GDP per capita. For each, after currency conversion, comparable countries in 2005 are listed.

Canada

Rank			ProvinceBold indicates current ‘have’ provinces or territory, with flag	GDP per capita (C$, 2005)	Comparable country (by nominal GDP per capita)
All	Province	Territory
1	–	1		94 953	Luxembourg
2	1	–		66 279	Norway
3	–	2		49 097	United States
4	2	–		42 866	Netherlands
5	3	–		42 742	Netherlands
6	4	–		41 733	Austria
7	5	–		39 490	Belgium
8	–	3		36 700	France
9	6	–		36 175	France
10	7	–		35 609	Italy
11	8	–		33 533	Italy
12	9	–		31 552	United Arab Emirates
13	10	–		29 993	Singapore
			42 402

Notes

References

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• GDP (totals): Statistics Canada, accessed 27 April 2006
• population: Statistics Canada, accessed 27 April 2006
• Department of Finance Canada: Equalization Program

See also

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• List of Canadian provinces and territories by population
• Economy of Canada

Economy of Canada | Lists of subnational entities | Provinces and territories of Canada