FEDERAL SUPPORT TO PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES - Additional notes
	1	The Fiscal Stabilization payments to Newfoundland and Labrador ($31.7 million) and to Alberta ($251.4 million) for 2015-16 are not included.  The Fiscal Stabilization payments to Alberta ($251.40 million) and Saskatchewan ($20.3 million) for 2016-17 are also not included. 										
		One-time recoverable payments to Ontario ($150 million) and Prince Edward Island ($1 million) for 2011-12 are not included either.										
	2	Canada Health Transfer includes transition protection payments to Newfoundland and Labrador and Nunavut in 2014-15.										
	3	Canada Social Transfer excludes $31.2 million from Budget 2008 transition protection payments to Saskatchewan notionally allocated over five years beginning in 2008-09. 										
	4	Offshore Offsets to Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia include cash amounts from the 1985 and 1986 Accords and cash and notional amounts from the 2005 Arrangements.										
		They also include Cumulative Best-of Guarantee payments/recovery to Nova Scotia.  										
	5	Territorial Formula Financing (TFF) payments include an additional $67 million to Yukon ($16 million), Northwest Territories ($24 million), and Nunavut ($26 million) in 2016-17, stemming from the legislative amendments to enhance the stability and predictability of the program. 										
		TFF includes transition payments to Yukon ($1.3 million) and Northwest Territories ($1.7 million) for five years starting in 2019-20.										
	6	Total Transfer Protection was provided between 2010-11 and 2013-14 to ensure that a province’s total major transfers in one of these years are no lower than in the prior year. 										
		For the purpose of calculating Total Transfer Protection, total major transfers comprise Equalization, Canada Health Transfer, Canada Social Transfer and prior year Total Transfer Protection.