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Table 2
Income thresholds

  Individuals Families
1982 1992 2004 1982 1992 2004
2004 $ ('000)
Bottom 1% 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bottom 5% 0 2 1 3 7 7
10% 2 5 5 9 11 11
20% 8 10 10 17 16 17
25% 11 12 12 21 20 21
40% 19 18 19 33 31 33
50% 25 23 25 42 39 43
60% 31 30 31 51 49 55
75% 44 42 44 69 69 77
80% 49 47 50 76 77 88
90% 64 63 69 99 102 119
Top 5% 80 78 89 123 128 154
Top 1% 142 139 181 210 220 305
Top 0.1% 383 402 648 546 597 1,045
Top 0.01% 1,36 1,319 2,833 1,781 1,949 4,301
Source: Statistics Canada, T1 Family File.