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.

This statistic shows the income distribution of Canadians for 2020, distinguished by level of income. In 2020, about 302,050 Canadians had an income of 250,000 Canadian dollars or more.

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

In 2021, Canadians in the lowest decile had an average after-tax income of 12,700 Canadian dollars, while those in the highest decile had an income of 224,800 dollars, a gap of over 212,000 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 260,000 Canadian dollars. It was also in this province that the gap between the two deciles was the most significant.

In 2022, 22.6 percent of the Canadian population had an annual income of 100,000 Canadian dollars or more. Moreover, some 19 percent had an annual income between 60,000 and 79,999 Canadian dollars, representing the second largest group.

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.

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.

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.

Families of tax filers; Single-earner and dual-earner census families by number of children (final T1 Family File; T1FF).

In 2022, 9.9 percent of all Canadians were living in low income. Between 2000 and 2022, the percentage of population with low income experienced a decrease, reaching the lowest value in 2020. The highest share of Canadians with low income was recorded in 2015, with 14.5 percent of the total population.

Low Income Measures

The low income measures (LIMs) were developed by Statistics Canada in the 1990s. They, along with the low income cut-offs (LICOs) and the market basket measure (MBM), were created in order to measure and track the low income population of Canada. With low income measures, individuals are classified as being in low income if their income falls below fifty percent of the median adjusted household income. The median income is adjusted in order to reflect the differing financial needs of households based on the number of its members. The low income measures are a useful tool to compare low income populations between countries as they do not rely on an arbitrary standard of what constitutes the threshold for poverty. Statistics Canada insists that the low income measures are not meant to be representative of a poverty rate. The department has no measure which they define as a measurement of poverty in Canada. Latest data and trends In 2022, around 2.1 million people were living in low income families in Canada. This figure has been fluctuating over the years, both in absolute numbers and in proportion over the total population. More women than men were living in low income families in 2022, though the number of men in low income has risen at twice the rate as that of women. One of the more drastic changes has been the rise in the number of single individuals living in low income, increasing by more than 60 percent since 2000.

The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is conducted annually to obtain work experience and income information from Canadian households. The Survey provides up-to-date information on the distribution and sources of income, before and after taxes, for families and individuals. With this file, users may identify specific family types, such as two-parent and lone-parent families. Information is also provided on earnings, transfers, and total income for the head and the spouse of the census family unit, as well as personal and labour-related characteristics. This reference year for this file is 1997. Commencing with the 1998 microdata files, annual cross-sectional income data will be sourced from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID).

Survey of Household Spending (SHS), average household spending, Canada, regions and provinces.

This statistic shows the top 10 drug classes in Canada based on share of total public drug program spending in 2022. In that year, 1.9 percent of total drug program spending was dedicated to HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) which are often used for treating high cholesterol.

This statistic displays the total public drug program expenditures in Canada in the top 10 drug classes in 2022. During this year, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins), which are often used for treating high cholesterol, accounted for some 330 million Canadian dollars in public drug expenditures.

In 2024, Canadian hospitals' highest medication purchase was on cancer treatment drugs, with some 5.4 billion Canadian dollars spent. In comparison, the second-highest amount spent on drugs by hospitals was about 920 million Canadian dollars for biologicals.

This statistic shows information on the forecasted sales value of luxury apparel in Canada from 2020 to 2024. In 2024, the sales value of the luxury apparel market was forecast to amount to approximately 2.9 billion Canadian dollars, up from approximately 2.14 billion Canadian dollars generated in 2020.

This statistic shows the top 10 drug classes prescribed to seniors (65 years and older) in Canada in 2021, by rate of use. In that year, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) was the top drug class among seniors in Canada, with a usage rate of 51.5 percent.

In Canada, data from March 2023 based on geolocated users showed that the largest share of mobile luxury fashion consumers consists of people from ages 18 to 24 (**** percent). Adults between ages 25 and ** followed closely behind, with **** percent.

This statistic displays the distribution of the top 10 drug classes in Canada by public drug program spending on seniors in 2022. In that year, 2.6 percent of total drug program spending for seniors in Canada was dedicated to HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) which are often used for treating high cholesterol.

This statistic shows the top drug therapeutic classes of medications by share of total spending in Canada in 2023. During this year, around 12 percent of overall spending was done through medications for inflammatory conditions, while the share of diabetes spending was only 0.3 percent lower.