Crown Land: Indicators and Statistics - Ministry of Forests

Figure 12 Government Resource Revenue by Source, 2000/2001 to 2008/2009
Source: Government of BC, Budget 2010.
Revenue from Crown land tenure rents, royalties and
land sales averaged $70 million annually (in 2009
dollars) between 2000/2001 and 2008/2009. That
figure represents nearly 2% of the $3.9 billion in
total revenues generated from the natural resource
revenue category over this same period.
Discussion
Natural resources are an important part of the
provincial economy and support employment and
prosperity in many regions of the province. Natural
resource revenues contribute, on average, 13% to
provincial government revenues, which makes natural
resource revenues the third largest contributor. The
top two contributors to government revenues are
taxation revenue at 55%, and transfers from the
federal government at 15%.
Resource rents, royalties, or similar charges are paid
to the province for the use of Crown-owned land
and resources. A number of different regulatory and
pricing structures are administered by the province to
ensure that British Columbians receive an appropriate
rate of return for the use of land and resources.
Examples of natural resource charges levied by the
provincial government include: mineral taxes, natural
gas royalties, water licence fees, Crown land rents,
quarrying royalties and forestry stumpage fees.
Since 2001, forestry’s per annum contribution to
natural resource revenue has decreased, from $1.3
billion (29%) to $540 million (14%). Over the same
period, per annum petroleum, natural gas and
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