Average and median market, total and after-tax income of individuals by visible minority group, Indigenous group and immigration status, Canada and provinces.

Average after-tax income, by economic family type.

Distribution of market, total and after-tax income of individuals, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas, annual.

Market income, government transfers, total income, income tax and after-tax income, by economic family type, annual.

In four decades, the average after-tax income of Canadians in the lowest decile rose from ***** to ****** Canadian dollars, an increase of around ** percent. The income of those in the highest decile rose by more than ** percent between 1980 and 2021, from ******* to ******* Canadian dollars. The gap in average income between the two deciles has therefore widened from approximately ******* dollars in 1980 to over ******* dollars in 2021.

In 2021, Canadians in the lowest decile had an average after-tax income of ****** Canadian dollars, while those in the highest decile had an income of ******* dollars, a gap of over ******* dollars. The province with the smallest average income for the lowest decile was Saskatchewan. By contrast, it was in Alberta that the income of the highest decile was the greatest, with an average after-tax income of almost ******* Canadian dollars. It was also in this province that the gap between the two deciles was the most significant.

Upper income limit, income share and average of adjusted market, total and after-tax income by income decile, annual.

All household types in Canada received a higher income after-tax in 2021 than they received in 2019, except for elderly people not in an economic family. This increase was partially due to the higher level of government transfers in 2020.

This table presents income shares, thresholds, tax shares, and total counts of individual Canadian tax filers, with a focus on high income individuals (95% income threshold, 99% threshold, etc.). Income thresholds are based on national threshold values, regardless of selected geography; for example, the number of Nova Scotians in the top 1% will be calculated as the number of taxfiling Nova Scotians whose total income exceeded the 99% national income threshold. Different definitions of income are available in the table namely market, total, and after-tax income, both with and without capital gains.

The median total income in Canada increased by 1,440 dollars (+3.46 percent) in 2022. With 43,090 dollars, the median total income thereby reached its highest value in the observed period.

Income of individuals by age group, sex and income source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas, annual.

This statistic shows the median annual total income of an individual in Canada from 2000 to 2022, distinguished by gender. In 2022, the median annual income for women tax filers stood at 37,690 Canadian dollars.

Low income cut-offs (LICOs) before and after tax by community size and family size, in current dollars, annual.

This statistic shows the average expenditure of a Canadian family on taxes in 2021, by type of tax. In 2021, Canadian families spent 13,113 Canadian dollars, on average, on income tax.

Between 2017 and 2019, the difference between the median wages, salaries, and commissions of women and men employed in Toronto, in the province of Ontario in Canada, was between 10,060 and 10,650 Canadian dollars. In 2022, this gap was over 11,000 Canadian dollars. Since 2017, the median wages, salaries, and commissions of men have increased relatively steadily, while those of women decreased between 2019 and 2020.

Canada CA: Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes data was reported at 131.000 Hour in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 131.000 Hour for 2018. Canada CA: Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes data is updated yearly, averaging 131.000 Hour from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2019, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 131.000 Hour in 2019 and a record low of 119.000 Hour in 2009. Canada CA: Time to Prepare and Pay Taxes data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.World Bank.WDI: Company Statistics. Time to prepare and pay taxes is the time, in hours per year, it takes to prepare, file, and pay (or withhold) three major types of taxes: the corporate income tax, the value added or sales tax, and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social security contributions.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Key information about Canada Tax Revenue

• Canada Tax Revenue was reported at 22.369 USD bn in Sep 2025.
• This is a decrease from the previous figure of 22.572 USD bn for Aug 2025.
• Canada Tax Revenue data is updated monthly, averaging 15.422 USD bn from Jan 1996 to Sep 2025, with 357 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 30.398 USD bn in Feb 2025 and a record low of 5.257 USD bn in Apr 1996.
• Canada Tax Revenue data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by CEIC Data.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Global Economic Monitor – Table: Tax Revenue: USD: Monthly.

This statistic depicts the median annual family income in Canada in 2021, distinguished by province. In 2021, the median annual family income in Alberta was 106,960 Canadian dollars.

Individuals; Tax filers and dependants with income by total income, income taxes paid and after-tax income, sex and age groups (final T1 Family File; T1FF).

Graph and download economic data for Real Disposable Personal Income: Per Capita (A229RX0) from Jan 1959 to Aug 2025 about disposable, personal income, per capita, personal, income, real, and USA.