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The Canadian ten-dollar note is one of the most common banknotes of the Canadian dollar. The current $10 note is purple, and the obverse features a portrait of Viola Desmond , a Black Nova Scotian businesswoman who challenged racial segregation at a film theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia , in 1946.
Quebec's high provincial taxes account for its budget surplus, although without equalization Quebec would have had a deficit. [28] Quebec residents pay the highest provincial tax in the country but the lowest federal tax. [41] Quebec residents pay 16.5% less federal income tax annually than other Canadian provinces due to the Quebec Abatement. [42]
The provincial GDP in 2021 was C$504,5 billion, [9] making Quebec the second largest economy in Canada after Ontario. The provincial debt-to-GDP ratio peaked at 50.7% in fiscal year 2012–2013, is now resting at 38.1 in 2022, [10] and is projected to decline to 34% in 2023–2024. [11]
The Currency Act of 1910 provided for gold coins to be issued in denominations of $2.50, $5, $10 and $20. [4] However, the Ottawa Branch of the Royal Mint only issued $5 and $10 pieces, with gold patterns first struck in 1911. [5] The $10 coin is the same size as the US eagle minted
On July 1, 2006, the Government of Canada reduced the tax by 1 percentage point (to 6%). [ 10 ] [ 11 ] They again lowered it to 5%, effective January 1, 2008. [ 12 ] This reduction was included in the Final 2007 Budget Implementation Bill (Bill C-28), [ 13 ] which received Royal Assent on December 14, 2007.
An Inuit inuksuk at the Place de l'Assemblée-Nationale in front of the Parliament of Quebec. Although they represent today approximately 3% of the Quebec population, the indigenous peoples of Quebec have contributed a lot to Quebec society thanks to their ideals of respect for flora, fauna, nature and the environment as well as thanks to their ...
The Toronto-Dominion Centre in Toronto. The economy of Ontario is diversified.Ontario is the largest economy in Canada, making up around 38% of Canadian GDP. [1] [2] Though manufacturing plays an important role in Ontario's economy responsible for 12.6% of Ontario's GDP, the service sector makes up the bulk, 77.9%, of the economy. [3]
Taxable capital is the amount determined under Part 1.3 of the Income Tax Act (Canada) plus accumulated other comprehensive income. On January 1, 2006, capital tax was eliminated at the federal level. Some provinces continued to charge corporate capital taxes, but effective July 1, 2012, provinces have stopped levying corporation capital taxes.