Infographic 1
Changes in average total income for selected income groups of tax filers, 2018 and 2019

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Changes in average total income for selected income groups of tax filers, 2018 and 2019"

This is a vertical bar chart.

The vertical axis shows average total income (in 2019 $) from 0 to 7,000,000 by increments of 1,000,000.

The horizontal axis shows each of the following seven income groups: bottom 50%, 51st to 90th percentile, top 10 percent, top 5 percent, top 1 percent, top 0.1 percent and top 0.01 percent.

There are two vertical bars for each of the total income groups. The dark red bar represents the average total income ($) in 2018 and light blue bar represents the average total income in 2019.

The first series of vertical bars represent the total income group of the bottom 50 percent of tax filers, with the average total income of $18,200 in 2018 compared with $18,400 in 2019.

The second series of vertical bars represent the total income group of the 51st to the 90th percentiles of tax filers, with the average total income of $60,700 in 2018 compared with $61,000 in 2019.

The third series of vertical bars represent the total income group of the top 10 percent of tax filers, with the average total income of $173,000 in 2018 compared with $174,400 in 2019.

The fourth series of vertical bars represent the total income group of the top 5 percent of tax filers, with the average total income of $234,100 in 2018 cmpared with $236,400 in 2019.

The fifth series of vertical bars represent the total income group of the top 1 percent of tax filers, with the average total income of $505,900 in 2018 compared with $513,700 in 2019.

The sixth series of vertical bars represent the total income group of the top 0.1 percent of tax filers, with the average total income of $1,701,900 in 2018 compared with $1,774,500 in 2019.

The seventh series of vertical bars represent the total income group of the top 0.01 percent of tax filers, with the average total income of $5,734,000 in 2018 compared with $6,411,800 in 2019.

Source(s): Longitudinal Administrative Databank, Statistics Canada, table 11-10-0055-01.