Table 2 
Income, consumption and saving, average value per household, by age group of major income earner, 2019 to third quarter 2020, Canada 

Income, consumption and saving, average value per household, by age group of major income earner, 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
Younger than 35 years 75,337 18,259 21,934 21,953 -3.1 20.1 0.1
35 to 44 years 93,641 22,859 25,728 26,781 -2.4 12.6 4.1
45 to 54 years 104,868 25,456 29,400 30,453 -2.9 15.5 3.6
55 to 64 years 87,365 21,283 24,251 25,721 -2.6 13.9 6.1
65 years and older 60,193 15,243 16,630 17,286 1.3 9.1 3.9
Compensation of employees 74,834 18,646 17,303 18,555 -0.3 -7.2 7.2
Younger than 35 years 85,308 20,990 19,340 20,993 -1.6 -7.9 8.5
35 to 44 years 109,778 27,546 25,369 26,937 0.4 -7.9 6.2
45 to 54 years 122,610 30,663 28,392 30,486 0.0 -7.4 7.4
55 to 64 years 85,218 21,227 20,088 21,424 -0.4 -5.4 6.7
65 years and older 11,887 2,957 2,739 2,983 -0.5 -7.4 8.9
Net mixed income 13,081 3,112 2,918 3,924 -4.8 -6.2 34.5
Younger than 35 years 9,744 2,245 2,141 2,773 -7.8 -4.6 29.5
35 to 44 years 14,820 3,514 3,324 4,384 -5.2 -5.4 31.9
45 to 54 years 16,664 3,920 3,710 4,855 -5.9 -5.4 30.9
55 to 64 years 14,903 3,528 3,085 4,778 -5.3 -12.6 54.9
65 years and older 10,957 2,700 2,615 3,308 -1.4 -3.1 26.5
Current transfers received 22,348 6,083 9,587 7,759 8.9 57.6 -19.1
Younger than 35 years 11,584 3,475 8,169 5,362 20.0 135.1 -34.4
35 to 44 years 14,307 4,006 8,246 5,839 12.0 105.8 -29.2
45 to 54 years 13,097 3,807 9,119 6,162 16.3 139.5 -32.4
55 to 64 years 19,075 5,279 8,948 6,928 10.7 69.5 -22.6
65 years and older 41,935 10,934 12,033 11,997 4.3 10.1 -0.3
Household final consumption expenditure 83,043 19,388 17,903 20,488 -6.6 -7.7 14.4
Younger than 35 years 75,494 17,546 16,089 18,674 -7.0 -8.3 16.1
35 to 44 years 92,286 21,532 19,898 22,933 -6.7 -7.6 15.3
45 to 54 years 107,072 25,094 23,187 26,516 -6.3 -7.6 14.4
55 to 64 years 90,092 21,210 19,714 22,421 -5.8 -7.1 13.7
65 years and older 63,789 14,785 13,625 15,422 -7.3 -7.8 13.2
  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
Less than 35 years 7,220 2,507 8,051 5,131 702 5,544 -2,920
35 to 44 years 14,963 4,825 9,765 7,210 1,084 4,940 -2,555
45 to 54 years 11,324 3,730 10,223 7,291 899 6,493 -2,932
55 to 64 years 668 671 5,641 3,948 504 4,970 -1,693
65 years and over -16,918 -3,323 -730 -1,888 907 2,593 -1,158
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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