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Québec's Budgetary Statistics

Generations Fund(8)

(millions of dollars)
Dedicated revenues
Water-power royalties
Hydro-Québec Private
producers
Indexation
of the price
of heritage
electricity
Other
contributions
from
Hydro-Québec
Mining
revenues
Specific
tax on
alcoholic
beverages
Unclaimed
property
Investment
income
Total Other
deposits
Deposits
in the
Generations
Fund
2020-2021 736 104 385 215 292 500 15 437 2 684 2 684
2019-2020 706 102 305 215 245 500 15 416 2 504 2 504
2018-2019 699 103 258 215 231 500 15 1 085 3 106 3 106
2017-2018 695 102 218 215 145 500 6 412 2 293 2 293
2016-2017 678 104 164 80 500 53 422 2 001 2 001
2015-2016 641 100 98 161 100 55 298 1 453 131(9) 1 584
2014-2015 660 101 71 100 32 315 1 279 1 279
2013-2014 670 93 19 339 1 121 300(10) 1 421
2012-2013 625 92 12 232 961 961
2011-2012 591 91 9 149 840 840
2010-2011 560 90 16 94 760 760
2009-2010 569 89 7 60 725 725
2008-2009 548 88 1 –50 587 132(11) 719
2007-2008 367 46 36 449 200(12) 649
2006-2007 65 11 500(13) 5 3 584 584
  1. The Generations Fund began operations on January 1, 2007 pursuant to the Act to reduce the debt and establish the Generations Fund (CQLR, chapter R 2.2.0.1).
  2. The deposit of $131 million in 2015-2016 was from the accumulated surplus of the Commission des normes du travail.
  3. The deposit of $300 million in 2013-2014 was from the Territorial Information Fund.
  4. The deposit of $132 million in 2008-2009 was taken from the stabilization reserve and derived from the sale of assets by the Société immobilière du Québec.
  5. The deposit of $200 million in 2007-2008 was taken from the sums allocated to the budgetary reserve in 2006-2007.
  6. The revenue of $500 million in 2006-2007 was taken from the sale of Hydro-Québec’s investment in Transelec Chile.