Table 1
Canadian taxfilers by income, selected years

Canadian taxfilers by income, selected years
	Income threshold	Taxfilers	Total – Income	Men – Income	Women – Income	Men – Taxfilers	Women – Taxfilers
	2012 dollars	number	% of total income	% of total income	% of total income	% of taxfilers within income group	% of taxfilers within income group
Top 1%
1982	154,100	151,340	7.1	6.3	0.8	88.6	11.4
2006	210,300	242,435	12.1	10.2	1.9	80.5	19.5
2011	212,700	258,465	10.6	8.7	1.9	78.9	21.1
2012	215,700	261,365	10.3	8.4	1.9	78.7	21.3
Top 5%
1982	92,200	756,770	19.1	16.8	2.3	88.0	12.0
2006	105,400	1,212,200	25.1	20.0	5.1	76.4	23.6
2011	109,900	1,292,335	23.8	18.4	5.4	74.6	25.4
2012	112,100	1,306,835	23.6	18.3	5.3	74.8	25.2
Top 10%
1982	74,900	1,513,475	30.2	26.1	4.1	85.7	14.3
2006	81,900	2,424,350	36.1	27.5	8.6	72.2	27.8
2011	85,400	2,584,685	35.1	25.8	9.3	69.7	30.3
2012	86,700	2,613,730	34.9	25.7	9.2	70.2	29.8
Bottom 90%
1982	74,900	13,620,460	69.8	42.0	27.8	48.5	51.5
2006	81,900	21,818,935	63.9	32.8	31.2	45.5	54.5
2011	85,400	23,261,730	64.9	33.0	31.9	45.6	54.4
2012	86,700	23,522,670	65.1	33.0	32.0	45.6	54.4
Bottom 95%
1982	92,200	14,377,165	80.9	51.3	29.6	50.3	49.7
2006	105,400	23,031,085	74.9	40.3	34.7	46.7	53.3
2011	109,900	24,554,080	76.2	40.3	35.9	46.7	53.3
2012	112,100	24,829,565	76.4	40.5	35.9	46.7	53.3
Bottom 99%
1982	154,100	14,982,595	92.9	61.9	31.1	51.8	48.2
2006	210,300	24,000,850	87.9	50.1	37.8	47.8	52.2
2011	212,700	25,587,950	89.4	50.1	39.4	47.7	52.3
2012	215,700	25,875,035	89.7	50.3	39.4	47.8	52.2

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