# AlbertaBitcoin.com

> Alberta has sent a net $231 billion to Ottawa over fifteen years. This site quantifies what that money would have grown to if even a tiny fraction had been allocated to Bitcoin, using only primary-source Statistics Canada data and historical exchange prices.

The site has no advertising, no tracking, no affiliate links. It is a single-purpose calculator and editorial site about Alberta's fiscal position within Canadian federation and the opportunity cost of provincial cash holdings.

## Key pages

- [Calculator (homepage)](https://www.albertabitcoin.com/): Interactive scenario calculator. Live counter of net fiscal outflow, four allocation scenarios (Pioneer 0.05%, Bhutan 0.5%, El Salvador 2.2%, MicroStrategy fixed), year range slider, sovereign comparison table.
- [Methodology and sources](https://www.albertabitcoin.com/methodology.html): Full methodology and every primary source cited.
- [llms.txt](https://www.albertabitcoin.com/llms.txt): This file.

## Core thesis

Alberta is the largest per-capita net contributor to Canadian federal revenue and has been for fifteen years. The Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund holds $31.9 billion. The cumulative net outflow over the same period exceeds $231 billion — more than seven times the Heritage Fund. Even allocating 0.05 percent of the outflow to Bitcoin starting in January 2013 would have produced a position larger than the Heritage Fund itself.

## Sections of the calculator

- Hero: Live $602-per-second counter of net fiscal outflow, sourced from Statistics Canada Table 36-10-0450-01.
- Scenarios: Four investment scenarios, each tied to a real-world sovereign or institutional Bitcoin allocation moment.
- Sovereign comparison: How Alberta's hypothetical BTC position compares to El Salvador, Bhutan, and US strategic reserve figures.
- Bitcoin Budget: Nine specific Canadian government spending decisions (Peace Bridge, Big Blue Ring, Keystone XL writedown, Green Line LRT termination, etc.), each card linking to its CBC source article, each card showing what that money would have bought in Bitcoin and what tax relief it could have funded.

## Primary data sources

- [Statistics Canada Table 36-10-0450-01](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3610045001): Federal revenue minus federal expenditure by province. The headline number comes from here.
- [Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund](https://www.alberta.ca/heritage-savings-trust-fund): Audited annual reports for fund AUM history.
- [Alberta revenue overview](https://www.alberta.ca/revenue): Provincial tax revenue by category, used for tax-relief calculations.
- [Statistics Canada Table 17-10-0009-01](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000901): Alberta population.
- [Kraken XBT/CAD](https://api.kraken.com/0/public/Ticker?pair=XXBTZCAD): Live BTC/CAD price.
- [Blockchain.info ticker](https://blockchain.info/ticker): Fallback BTC/CAD price.

## Editorial spending sources

Each Bitcoin Budget card links to a primary CBC News article. The full list with URLs is on the methodology page.

## What this site is not

- Not financial advice.
- Not investment recommendation.
- Not a prediction about Bitcoin's future price.
- Not affiliated with any political party.
- Not an official position of the Government of Alberta or Bitcoin Brains Media.

## Contact

This site is published by Bitcoin Brains Media. For corrections or source updates, contact dave@bitcoinbrains.com.