I'm certain most of us Canadians at some point have thought about how our thousands of dollars in income tax are used each year.  I found this article on MoneySense.ca and had to share.  It's quite interesting to see the budget in plain view based on the income tax paid by an average individual.  Some of the gross numbers are staggering.  How about 400 billion dollars in spending every year from income tax alone.  

http://www.moneysense.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/TaxReceiptv1-1.pdf