Characteristics of high income Canadians, total income, national thresholds, Canada, 2010

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Characteristics of high income Canadians, total income, national thresholds, Canada, 2010
  Income group
Top 1% Bottom 99%
Threshold value (dollars) 201,400 201,400
Number of taxfilers (persons) 254,730 25,217,145
Males (%) 79.1 47.7
Females (%) 20.9 52.3
Married or common-law (%) 82.7 56.9
Males (%) 86.7 59.2
Females (%) 67.7 54.8
Median age (years) 51 47
Median income (dollars) 283,400 28,400
Average income (dollars) 429,600 36,600
Share of income (%) 10.6 89.4
Males (%) 8.7 49.9
Females (%) 1.9 39.5
Federal and provincial or territorial income taxes paid    
Median (dollars) 90,100 1,800
Average (dollars) 142,900 5,400
Share (%) 21.2 78.8
Income from wages and salaries (%) 63.9 68.4
Males (%) 66.9 71.3
Females (%) 50.2 64.7
Percentage in same quantile    
Last year (%) 72.1 99.7
Five years ago (%) 52.7 99.5
Percentage in top 5 percentiles    
Last year (%) 94.1 4.2
Five years ago (%) 84.9 4.3
At least once during the preceding five-year period (%) 96.9 8.1
Percentage always in top 5 percentiles during the preceding five-year period 80.4 2.1