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Ontario, the country's most populous province, is a major manufacturing and trade hub with extensive linkages to the northeastern and midwestern United States. The economies of Alberta , Saskatchewan , Newfoundland and Labrador and the territories rely heavily on natural resources .
In 2014, Alberta had the second-largest economy in Canada after Ontario, with a GDP exceeding CA$376 billion. [91] The GDP of the province calculated at basic prices rose by 4.6% in 2017 to $327.4 billion, which was the largest increase recorded in Canada, and it ended two consecutive years of decreases.
The highest rates were in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut at 38.2 and 37.6. The lowest costs were in Québec at 7.3. Manitoba at 9.9, British Columbia at 12.6, New Brunswick at 12.7, Ontario at 13, and Newfoundland and Labrador at 13.8 were all lower than Alberta. [78]
From 1990 to 2003, Alberta's economy grew by 57% compared to 43% for all of Canada—the strongest economic growth of any region in Canada. [3] In 2006 Alberta's per capita GDP was higher than all US states, and one of the highest figures in the world.
A few comparative studies have found that cancer survival rates vary more widely among different populations in the U.S. than they do in Canada. Mackillop and colleagues compared cancer survival rates in Ontario and the U.S. They found that cancer survival was more strongly correlated with socio-economic class in the U.S. than in Ontario.
Canada offers the same drugs at cheaper prices because the Canadian government, which foots the bill for prescription drugs, will not pay for a drug if a government review board believes the cost ...
Before 2015, at 10%, "Alberta had the lowest corporate tax rate in Canada." [2] [3] The 2015 corporate tax increase to 12% meant that both British Columbia and Ontario had a 0.5% lower corporate tax rate than Alberta, and taxes in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Quebec that were almost identical to Alberta's. [2]
The National Energy Program (French: Programme énergétique national, NEP) was an energy policy of the Canadian federal government from 1980 to 1985. The economically nationalist policy sought to secure Canadian energy independence, though was strongly opposed by the private sector and the oil-producing Western Canadian provinces, most notably Alberta.