Dabid Thomson and family had a total net worth of 48.8 billion U.S. dollars, representing the richest in Canada in 2022. Changpeng Zhao, co-founder and executive chairman of Binance, is the second richest person in Canada, with a net worth of 17.4 U.S. dollars.

Canada CA: Account: 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: 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: 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. Denotes the percentage of respondents who report having an account (by themselves or together with someone else). For 2011, this can be an account at a bank or another type of financial institution, and for 2014 this can be a mobile account as well (see year-specific definitions for details) (income, richest 60%, % age 15+). [ts: data are available for multiple waves].; ; 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 7,600 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.

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.

This statistic shows the share of total after-tax income earned by the highest and lowest income deciles in Canada from 1990 to 2021. In 2021, the top ten percent of income earners earned 27.1 percent of all income in Canada.