Financial Data and Charitable Donations

Description: These annual data provide demographic and income characteristics of Canadian taxfilers classified as investors, savers, RRSP contributors and charitable donors.

Who/what is surveyed: Using Income Tax files, information is compiled for all individuals who complete a personal income tax form

How the data is collected: Administrative sources

Geographic detail: Canada, provinces and territories, postal geography and user-defined areas

Demographic detail: Age and sex

Information collected:

Financial and charitable donation characteristics: RRSP contributions, investment income; savers; interest income; charitable donors and donations

Frequency: Annual

Sample size: 20,883,430

Data availability: 1990-ongoing

Reference period: Taxation year

Release dates: 10 months after the reference calendar year

What makes the data valuable: The availability of annual data for small geographic units.

Responsible division: Small Area and Administrative Data