The chart is a stacked bar chart that highlights the after-tax cost of a $1000 investment in flow-through shares for the province or territory where the taxpayer resides, taking into account the top marginal tax rate of the taxpayer as of June 2012. The taxpayer reduces the cost of his or her investment according to the amount of abatements or tax credits available under the tax acts in force in each jurisdiction. The investment cost data by jurisdiction are shown in ascending order. A taxpayer in Quebec has the lowest after-tax cost at $284. This is followed by Manitoba at $319, British Columbia at $383, Nova Scotia at $425, Saskatchewan at $428, Ontario at $433, Prince Edward Island at $447, Newfoundland and Labrador at $481, New Brunswick at $482, the Northwest Territories at $484, the Yukon at $490, Nunavut at $506, and lastly, Alberta at $519. The variation in the after-tax cost among the various jurisdictions is due mainly to the different tax rates in force and the availability of tax credits and allowances over and above the Canadian Exploration Expense deduction.