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Selected geographical area: Canada

Average total income for top 1% tax filers - Canada
(2021)

$579,100

9.4%

(annual change)
Median after-tax income, economic families and persons not in an economic family - Canada
(2021)

$68,400

0.9%

(annual change)

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Selected geographical area: Canada

Median household after-tax income - Canada
(2020)

$73,000
Percent change in median household after-tax income - Canada
(2015 to 2020)

9.8%
Gini index, adjusted household after-tax income - Canada
(2020)

0.302
Change in the Gini index of household after-tax income - Canada
(2015 to 2020)

-0.040
Prevalence of low income - Canada
(2020)

11.1%
Percentage point change in prevalence of low income - Canada
(2015 to 2020)

-3.3
Median net worth of Canadian families - Canada
(2019)

$329,900
Median total income of households in 2015 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

$70,336
Proportion of population in low income in 2015 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

14.2%
Proportion of persons younger than 18 in low income in 2015 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

17.0%
Proportion of couples with fairly equal total income in 2015 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

32.0%
Proportion of households contributing to TFSA, RRP or RRSP in 2015 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)

65.2%

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1. Distributions of household economic accounts, number of households, by income quintile and by socio-demographic characteristic
Table: 36-10-0101-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Annual
Description: This table contains 186 series (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Income quintile (6 items: All quintiles; Lowest income quintile; Second income quintile; Third income quintile; ...); Socio-demographic characteristics (31 items: All households; One-person households; Single less than 65 years; Single 65 years and older; ...).
Release date: 2024-04-17
2. Distributions of household economic accounts, income, consumption and saving, by characteristic, annual
Table: 36-10-0587-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Annual
Description:
This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Statistics (4 items: Value; Distribution of value; Value per household; Value per consumption unit); Characteristics (21 items: All households; Lowest income quintile; Second income quintile; Third income quintile; ...); Income, consumption and savings (23 items: Household disposable income; Compensation of employees; Net mixed income; Property income received; ...).
Release date: 2024-04-17
3. Distributions of household economic accounts, income, consumption and saving, Canada, provinces and territories, annual
Table: 36-10-0588-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description:
Geography (14 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...); Statistics (4 items: Value; Distribution of value; Value per household; Value per consumption unit); Characteristics (1 item: All households); Income, consumption and savings (23 items: Household disposable income; Compensation of employees; Net mixed income; Property income received; ...).
Release date: 2024-04-17
4. Distributions of household economic accounts, income, consumption and saving, by characteristic, quarterly
Table: 36-10-0662-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Quarterly
Description:
Household income, consumption and saving and their subcomponents, distributions, dollar values and dollar value per household, by household characteristics such as income quintile, age, housing tenure and composition, Canada, 2020 quarter one to current quarter.
Release date: 2024-04-17
5. Distributions of household economic accounts, income, consumption and saving, Canada, provinces and territories, quarterly
Table: 36-10-0663-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Quarterly
Description:
Household income, consumption and saving and their subcomponents, distributions, dollar values and dollar value per household, by household characteristics such as income quintile, age, housing tenure and composition, Canada, provinces and territories, 2020 quarter one to current quarter.
Release date: 2024-04-17
6. Adjusted household disposable income, Canada, provinces and territories, annual
Table: 36-10-0612-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description:
Annual adjusted household disposable income including social transfers in kind.
Release date: 2024-03-26
7. Current and capital accounts - Households, Canada, quarterly
Table: 36-10-0112-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Quarterly current and capital accounts for the household sector, including property income, disposable income, net saving and net lending, Canada.
Release date: 2024-02-29
8. Compensation of employees, Canada, quarterly
Table: 36-10-0114-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Quarterly compensation of employees paid to residents and non-residents; wages and salaries in goods-producing and services-producing industries, Canada.
Release date: 2024-02-29
9. Changes in income across different levels of educational attainment during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
Stats in brief: 98-200-X2021015
Description: This Census in Brief article examines how changes in income from 2019 to 2020, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, differed by level of education. It looks at changes in employment income, income-replacement benefits (COVID-19 benefits and employment insurance) and the combination of these two income types. It also examines how changes in income varied by major field of study and by province.
Release date: 2023-10-04
10. Household sector, selected indicators, Canada, quarterly, inactive Archived
Table: 36-10-0435-01
Frequency: Quarterly
Description:
Quarterly household disposable income, debt service ratio and other statistics, Canada.
Release date: 2018-08-30

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1. Distributions of household economic accounts, number of households, by income quintile and by socio-demographic characteristic
Table: 36-10-0101-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Annual
Description: This table contains 186 series (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Income quintile (6 items: All quintiles; Lowest income quintile; Second income quintile; Third income quintile; ...); Socio-demographic characteristics (31 items: All households; One-person households; Single less than 65 years; Single 65 years and older; ...).
Release date: 2024-04-17
2. Distributions of household economic accounts, income, consumption and saving, by characteristic, annual
Table: 36-10-0587-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Annual
Description:
This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Statistics (4 items: Value; Distribution of value; Value per household; Value per consumption unit); Characteristics (21 items: All households; Lowest income quintile; Second income quintile; Third income quintile; ...); Income, consumption and savings (23 items: Household disposable income; Compensation of employees; Net mixed income; Property income received; ...).
Release date: 2024-04-17
3. Distributions of household economic accounts, income, consumption and saving, Canada, provinces and territories, annual
Table: 36-10-0588-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description:
Geography (14 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; Nova Scotia; ...); Statistics (4 items: Value; Distribution of value; Value per household; Value per consumption unit); Characteristics (1 item: All households); Income, consumption and savings (23 items: Household disposable income; Compensation of employees; Net mixed income; Property income received; ...).
Release date: 2024-04-17
4. Distributions of household economic accounts, income, consumption and saving, by characteristic, quarterly
Table: 36-10-0662-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Quarterly
Description:
Household income, consumption and saving and their subcomponents, distributions, dollar values and dollar value per household, by household characteristics such as income quintile, age, housing tenure and composition, Canada, 2020 quarter one to current quarter.
Release date: 2024-04-17
5. Distributions of household economic accounts, income, consumption and saving, Canada, provinces and territories, quarterly
Table: 36-10-0663-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Quarterly
Description:
Household income, consumption and saving and their subcomponents, distributions, dollar values and dollar value per household, by household characteristics such as income quintile, age, housing tenure and composition, Canada, provinces and territories, 2020 quarter one to current quarter.
Release date: 2024-04-17
6. Adjusted household disposable income, Canada, provinces and territories, annual
Table: 36-10-0612-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description:
Annual adjusted household disposable income including social transfers in kind.
Release date: 2024-03-26
7. Current and capital accounts - Households, Canada, quarterly
Table: 36-10-0112-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Quarterly current and capital accounts for the household sector, including property income, disposable income, net saving and net lending, Canada.
Release date: 2024-02-29
8. Compensation of employees, Canada, quarterly
Table: 36-10-0114-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Quarterly
Description: Quarterly compensation of employees paid to residents and non-residents; wages and salaries in goods-producing and services-producing industries, Canada.
Release date: 2024-02-29
9. Household sector, selected indicators, Canada, quarterly, inactive Archived
Table: 36-10-0435-01
Frequency: Quarterly
Description:
Quarterly household disposable income, debt service ratio and other statistics, Canada.
Release date: 2018-08-30
10. Historical: Relation between gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices, gross national product (GNP) at market prices, net national income at factor cost and gross domestic product at factor cost, 1968 System of National Accounts (SNA), annual, 1926 - 1986 Archived
Table: 36-10-0150-01
Geography: Canada
Frequency: Annual
Description: Historical: Transformation from gross domestic product at market prices to gross national product at market prices to net national income at factor cost to gross domestic product at factor cost, based on the 1968 System of National Accounts international standards, 1926 to 1986.
Release date: 2016-11-30

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1. Changes in income across different levels of educational attainment during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
Stats in brief: 98-200-X2021015
Description: This Census in Brief article examines how changes in income from 2019 to 2020, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, differed by level of education. It looks at changes in employment income, income-replacement benefits (COVID-19 benefits and employment insurance) and the combination of these two income types. It also examines how changes in income varied by major field of study and by province.
Release date: 2023-10-04

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