Each of the so-called receiving provinces — Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan — receives an amount calculated on the basis of its population.
Chacune des provinces dites bénéficiaires, soit Terre-Neuve et le Labrador, la Nouvelle-Écosse, l'Île-du-Prince- Édouard, le Nouveau-Brunswick, le Québec, le Manitoba et la Saskatchewan, obtient un montant calculé en fonction de sa population.