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$1 billion, folded out
One pixel is $10,000, so $1 billion is a column 100,000 pixels long. Real Newfoundland and Labrador amounts are stacked into it in gold, smallest first, each at its true size. The blue is what is left.
A year of the median full-time wage is 6 pixels. In 2024-25 the province spent $10.6 billion: this whole column 10.6 times over.
$64,896 · A median full-time wage for a year
Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0064-01 · 52 weeks at the median wage · 6 px
Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0064-01 · 52 weeks at the median wage · 6 px
$116,500 · The middle registered nurse on the over-$100,000 list, 2025
The middle of the 2,260 registered nurses paid over $100,000 in 2025, overtime included, as published by NL Health Services. · 93 weeks at the median wage · 12 px
The middle of the 2,260 registered nurses paid over $100,000 in 2025, overtime included, as published by NL Health Services. · 93 weeks at the median wage · 12 px
$1.4 million · Every MHA's allowance spending in 2024-25, together
Office, travel and constituency allowances, all members · 21.2 years at the median wage · 138 px
Office, travel and constituency allowances, all members · 21.2 years at the median wage · 138 px
$3.4 million · Every minister's expense claim, December 2020 to May 2026, together
Executive Council expense reports · 52.8 years at the median wage · 342 px
Executive Council expense reports · 52.8 years at the median wage · 342 px
$28.3 million · Largest emergency award: Canadian Health Labs
Nursing Staffing Services · 435 years at the median wage · 2,825 px
Nursing Staffing Services · 435 years at the median wage · 2,825 px
$31.3 million · The House of Assembly for a year, 2024-25
Legislature, gross spending · 482 years at the median wage · 3,126 px
Legislature, gross spending · 482 years at the median wage · 3,126 px
$36.8 million · Everything the Town of Paradise paid out in 2024
Paradise payment registers · 567 years at the median wage · 3,681 px
Paradise payment registers · 567 years at the median wage · 3,681 px
$53.7 million · Largest sole-source award: Microsoft Canada Inc.
Microsoft Volume Licensing Agreement · 827 years at the median wage · 5,369 px
Microsoft Volume Licensing Agreement · 827 years at the median wage · 5,369 px
$255 million · Largest federal contract with an NL supplier: SC2.0 STEPPED CARE SOLUTIONS INC.
Other health services not elsewhere specified · 3,933 years at the median wage · 25,526 px
Other health services not elsewhere specified · 3,933 years at the median wage · 25,526 px
$442 million · Professional services in the Physician Services program, 2024-25
Medical Care Plan · 6,811 years at the median wage · 44,204 px
Medical Care Plan · 6,811 years at the median wage · 44,204 px
Carried forward $100 million
$100 millionCarried forward $200 million
$200 millionCarried forward $300 million
$300 millionCarried forward $400 million
$400 millionCarried forward $500 million
$500 millionCarried forward $600 million
$600 millionCarried forward $700 million
$700 millionCarried forward $800 million
$800 millionCarried forward $900 million
$900 million
$1,000,000,000
15,409 years of work at the median wage. The gold above adds up to $852 million. The province spent $1 billion about every 34 days in 2024-25.