Transfer payments increased by $0.5 billion on a year-over-year basis, driven mainly by an increase in transfers to persons. Major transfers to persons, consisting of elderly and EI benefits, were up $0.4 billion, or 11.4 per cent. ###>Les paiements de transfert ont connu une hausse de 0,5 milliard de dollars, d’une année sur l’autre, principalement en raison d’une hausse des transferts aux particuliers.