The Canadian government ran a $941-million deficit for October compared with a $3.21-billion deficit in the same month last year.

Ottawa’s fiscal monitor says the improvement came as revenue increased 11.1%, boosted by higher personal income tax and Goods and Services Tax revenues.

The results of a year ago included a one-time adjustment downward due to the introduction of the Conservative government’s income-splitting plan for families and a doubling of the children’s fitness tax credit.

The newly elected Liberal government is planning to discontinue income splitting.

Program spending for October 2015 increased by 0.4%, while public debt charges fell 6.4%.

For the April to October period, the government posted a surplus of $634 million compared with a deficit of $3.95 billion in the same period a year earlier.

Revenue for the first seven months of the fiscal year was up 8.7%, while program spending was up 6.6%. Public debt charges fell 3.6%.