Provincial Expenditures on Social Services and Health

Question

A political science graduate student is looking for historical data (back to the 1970s) for provincial governments expenditures in social services and health. CANSIM Table 385-0008 provides data from 1989 onward and Historical Statistics of Canada (H332-344. Provincial governments, gross general expenditure by function) presents data from 1965 to 1975.

Where can we find statistics for the missing period, 1976 to 1988?

Answer

Time series data prior to 1989 were removed from Statistics Canada's CANSIM database because the statistical concepts and universe coverage employed when these terminated data were produced, differed significantly from SNA 93 international guidelines. SNA 93 guidelines were implemented during the 1997 Canadian System of National Accounts (CSNA) Historical Revision and the data which Public Institutions Division currently produces and supports covering the 1989 to present period, subscribe to these new guidelines.

Unfortunately, data prior to 1989 are unsupportable and unavailable.