Table 4 
Distribution of household primary income and disposable income by equivalized disposable income quintile, selected years 

Distribution of household primary income and disposable income by equivalized disposable income quintile, selected years
  1999 2008 2010 2015 2017
  %%%%%
Primary income by quintile 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Lowest quintile 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.5
Second quintile 9.4 9.1 8.9 8.8 9.2
Third quintile 16.2 15.1 15.7 15.2 15.0
Fourth quintile 24.6 23.6 24.3 24.7 24.5
Highest quintile 46.3 48.8 47.9 48.1 47.9
Disposable income by quintile 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Lowest quintile 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.4 6.7
Second quintile 12.6 12.3 12.4 12.2 12.4
Third quintile 17.3 16.4 16.9 16.8 16.6
Fourth quintile 23.1 22.4 22.8 23.0 22.9
Highest quintile 40.4 42.2 41.2 41.5 41.4
Source(s):
CANSIM table 378-0152.
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