David Thomson and family had a total net worth of 72.7 billion U.S. dollars, representing the richest in Canada in 2024. Changpeng Zhao, co-founder and executive chairman of Binance, is the second-richest person in Canada, with a net worth of 63.7 U.S. dollars.

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 geography-specific; 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% income threshold of Nova Scotian tax filers. Different definitions of income are available in the table namely market, total, and after-tax income, both with and without capital gains.

Canada CA: Account at a Financial Institution: Income: Richest 60%: % Aged 15+ data was reported at 99.587 % in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 97.701 % for 2011. Canada CA: Account at a Financial Institution: Income: Richest 60%: % Aged 15+ data is updated yearly, averaging 98.644 % from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2014, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 99.587 % in 2014 and a record low of 97.701 % in 2011. Canada CA: Account at a Financial Institution: Income: Richest 60%: % Aged 15+ 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: Banking Indicators. Account at a financial institution denotes the percentage of respondents who report having an account (by themselves or together with someone else) at a bank or another type of financial institution.; ; Demirguc-Kunt et al., 2015, Global Financial Inclusion Database, World Bank.; Weighted average;

In 2021, Canadians who were neither part of a visible minority nor the Indigenous population had an average total income at least ***** Canadian dollars higher than these population categories. The visible minorities with the highest average total income that year were people of Chinese, Latin American and Arab origin. Conversely, those with the lowest incomes were other visible minorities and the Native population.