Table 4 
Tax filers with wages, salaries and commissions by census metropolitan area, 2019 to 2021 

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Tax filers with wages, salaries and commissions by census metropolitan area, 2019 to 2021
2019 – Wage earners2020 – Wage earners2021 – Wage earnersChange in number of wage earners, 2020 to 2021 – Wage earners2019 – Median wage2020 – Median wage2021 – Median wageChange in median wages, 2020 to 2021 – Median wage
  numbernumbernumber % 2021 constant dollars2021 constant dollars2021 constant dollars %
St. John's1 106,760 107,140 109,350 2.1 43,430 43,290 43,670 0.9
Halifax1 222,510 227,850 235,260 3.3 40,610 41,670 42,370 1.7
Moncton 78,880 79,850 81,640 2.2 38,040 38,610 39,280 1.7
Saint John 64,270 63,380 63,980 0.9 38,270 38,670 39,480 2.1
Fredericton1 52,360 53,040 54,000 1.8 40,000 40,760 41,520 1.9
Saguenay1 84,870 84,270 87,720 4.1 38,230 38,460 40,360 4.9
Québec1 440,480 439,670 452,220 2.9 44,480 45,190 46,800 3.6
Sherbrooke 108,450 109,510 114,380 4.4 37,990 38,200 40,340 5.6
Trois-Rivières 77,130 76,780 80,170 4.4 36,750 37,570 39,420 4.9
Drummondville1 51,060 51,020 53,270 4.4 37,770 37,660 39,750 5.5
Montréal1 2,151,180 2,159,950 2,204,420 2.1 40,130 40,120 42,520 6.0
Ottawa–Gatineau1 705,700 720,900 737,070 2.2 49,450 51,480 53,210 3.4
Ottawa–Gatineau, Quebec1 170,970 173,710 178,600 2.8 47,330 48,670 50,280 3.3
Ottawa–Gatineau, Ontario1 534,740 547,190 558,470 2.1 50,170 52,540 54,250 3.3
Kingston 77,850 78,250 79,050 1.0 39,440 39,920 41,680 4.4
Belleville–Quinte West 48,460 49,190 50,680 3.0 38,320 38,660 39,930 3.3
Peterborough1 57,200 58,030 58,310 0.5 36,170 35,690 38,270 7.2
Oshawa 195,730 200,350 204,200 1.9 44,220 43,800 46,220 5.5
Toronto 3,054,300 3,074,160 3,066,570 -0.2 42,490 42,790 45,000 5.2
Hamilton 371,250 374,930 373,500 -0.4 43,020 43,230 45,590 5.5
St. Catharines–Niagara 199,890 200,240 200,720 0.2 34,780 32,490 35,460 9.1
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 286,510 290,700 297,380 2.3 43,300 43,410 44,800 3.2
Brantford 67,790 68,930 69,770 1.2 41,270 40,720 42,560 4.5
Guelph 83,330 84,280 85,310 1.2 45,820 46,450 47,980 3.3
London 249,700 255,070 258,780 1.5 39,470 39,450 40,450 2.5
Windsor1 202,980 205,380 207,840 1.2 37,390 35,360 36,670 3.7
Barrie 101,270 102,960 105,270 2.2 41,150 41,260 43,600 5.7
Greater Sudbury1 84,820 84,390 83,870 -0.6 43,180 43,860 46,290 5.5
Thunder Bay 58,140 58,130 58,890 1.3 41,110 41,260 43,170 4.6
Winnipeg1 416,370 417,450 419,730 0.5 39,560 39,620 40,420 2.0
Regina1 126,780 126,470 126,630 0.1 47,590 47,510 48,430 1.9
Saskatoon 157,090 157,570 157,720 0.1 43,750 43,340 45,230 4.4
Lethbridge 59,150 59,030 59,290 0.4 43,730 43,020 44,290 3.0
Calgary 746,790 743,650 749,700 0.8 48,150 46,820 48,500 3.6
Red Deer 50,760 49,070 49,070 0.0 45,730 43,040 44,480 3.3
Edmonton 708,420 699,520 696,110 -0.5 49,600 47,850 49,880 4.2
Kelowna 103,700 101,300 103,140 1.8 37,180 39,810 42,870 7.7
Kamloops 57,980 55,490 55,540 0.1 38,780 42,680 45,270 6.1
Chilliwack 50,970 48,710 50,240 3.1 37,160 41,200 43,280 5.0
Abbotsford–Mission 93,210 93,000 93,810 0.9 36,720 38,930 41,440 6.4
Vancouver 1,344,690 1,325,610 1,333,320 0.6 41,060 42,890 46,000 7.3
Victoria 194,150 185,980 187,680 0.9 41,360 46,010 48,120 4.6
Nanaimo 52,260 49,580 50,140 1.1 36,010 39,640 42,710 7.7
Source(s):
Income and Financial Data of Individuals, Preliminary T1 Family File (4106) and table 11-10-0072-01.

Table note 1

Data for 2019 and 2020 initially based on 2016 Census geography are adjusted to align with 2021 data which are based on 2021 Census geography.
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