Table 1 
Income, consumption and saving, average value per household, by income quintile, 2019 to third quarter 2020, Canada 

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Income, consumption and saving, average value per household, by income quintile, 2019 to third quarter 2020, Canada
  2019 Quarter 1 2020 Quarter 2 2020 Quarter 3 2020 Q1 2020/2019 Q2 2020/Q1 2020 Q3 2020/Q2 2020
  dollarsdollarsdollarsdollars % difference% difference% difference
Household disposable income 81,351 19,958 22,755 23,576 -1.9 14.0 3.6
Lowest income quintile 25,430 6,129 8,187 8,386 -3.6 33.6 2.4
Second income quintile 52,011 12,847 15,919 15,798 -1.2 23.9 -0.8
Third income quintile 71,153 17,648 20,655 21,109 -0.8 17.0 2.2
Fourth income quintile 95,200 23,188 26,178 27,392 -2.6 12.9 4.6
Highest income quintile 162,963 39,979 42,837 45,198 -1.9 7.1 5.5
Compensation of employees 74,834 18,646 17,303 18,555 -0.3 -7.2 7.2
Lowest income quintile 10,980 2,644 2,338 2,596 -3.7 -11.6 11.0
Second income quintile 33,699 8,228 7,366 8,167 -2.3 -10.5 10.9
Third income quintile 62,253 15,418 14,059 15,148 -0.9 -8.8 7.7
Fourth income quintile 100,049 24,870 23,101 24,869 -0.6 -7.1 7.7
Highest income quintile 167,190 42,069 39,652 41,994 0.6 -5.7 5.9
Net mixed income 13,081 3,112 2,918 3,924 -4.8 -6.2 34.5
Lowest income quintile 4,509 1,026 768 1,646 -9.0 -25.1 114.3
Second income quintile 9,204 2,164 2,022 2,805 -6.0 -6.6 38.7
Third income quintile 11,613 2,732 2,494 3,636 -5.9 -8.7 45.8
Fourth income quintile 15,021 3,582 3,437 4,419 -4.6 -4.0 28.6
Highest income quintile 25,057 6,056 5,869 7,112 -3.3 -3.1 21.2
Current transfers received 22,348 6,083 9,587 7,759 8.9 57.6 -19.1
Lowest income quintile 19,106 4,969 7,234 6,252 4.0 45.6 -13.6
Second income quintile 24,061 6,449 10,102 8,182 7.2 56.6 -19.0
Third income quintile 24,142 6,611 10,646 8,355 9.5 61.0 -21.5
Fourth income quintile 22,101 5,904 10,015 7,686 6.9 69.6 -23.3
Highest income quintile 22,331 6,480 9,937 8,323 16.1 53.3 -16.2
Household final consumption expenditure 83,043 19,388 17,903 20,488 -6.6 -7.7 14.4
Lowest income quintile 52,733 15,050 13,932 15,660 14.2 -7.4 12.4
Second income quintile 63,448 15,460 14,580 16,415 -2.5 -5.7 12.6
Third income quintile 76,738 18,285 17,095 19,484 -4.7 -6.5 14.0
Fourth income quintile 92,381 21,124 19,531 22,436 -8.5 -7.5 14.9
Highest income quintile 129,915 27,023 24,377 28,446 -16.8 -9.8 16.7
  2019 Quarter 1 2020 Quarter 2 2020 Quarter 3 2020 Q1 2020 - 2019 Q2 2020 - Q1 2020 Q3 2020 - Q2 2020
  dollarsdollarsdollarsdollars dollar differencedollar differencedollar difference
Household net saving 1,157 1,112 5,762 3,633 823 4,650 -2,129
Lowest income quintile -27,426 -8,942 -5,803 -7,366 -2,085 3,139 -1,563
Second income quintile -12,035 -2,873 1,195 -881 136 4,068 -2,076
Third income quintile -4,156 -483 4,077 1,805 556 4,560 -2,272
Fourth income quintile 8,948 3,562 8,734 6,440 1,325 5,172 -2,294
Highest income quintile 40,454 14,296 20,606 18,166 4,182 6,310 -2,440
Note(s):
  • The household groupings are fixed to the 2019 distributions of household economic accounts.
  • All dollar values are expressed in nominal, unadjusted rates. Dollar estimates for 2019 are expressed at annual rates, while estimates for the first to the third quarter of 2020 are expressed at quarterly rates.
  • Difference calculations for "Q1 2020/2019" and "Q1 2020 - 2019" are based on quarterized values for 2019.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, National Economic Accounts Division, distributions of household economic accounts, sub-annual experimental estimates.
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