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• 1. Low income entry and exit rates of tax filers in Canada

  Table: 11-10-0024-01

  Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part

  Frequency: Annual

  Description:

  This table provides statistics on year-over-year low-income transitions, including low income entry and exit rates, low income resistance, and low income immobility rates among Canadian taxfilers. The low income measure (LIM) is used to identify low income taxfilers. The LIM threshold is calculated as half of the median of the adjusted family after-tax income of all taxfilers and their family members. This table uses two different types of LIM: the variable LIM is based on the median total income re-calculated year, while the fixed LIM is based on the median total income in 2002 adjusted yearly by the all-items Consumer Price Index.

  Release date: 2025-10-31

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• 2. Low income persistence of tax filers in Canada

  Table: 11-10-0025-01

  Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part

  Frequency: Annual

  Description:

  This table provides information on the number of years in low income over an eight-year period among Canadian taxfilers. The years in low-income may or may not be adjacent to each other. The low income measure (LIM) is used to identify low income taxfilers. The LIM threshold is calculated as half of the median of the adjusted family after-tax income of all taxfilers and their family members. This table uses two different types of LIM: the variable LIM is based on the median total income re-calculated each year, while the fixed LIM is based on the median total income in 2002 adjusted yearly by the all-items Consumer Price Index.

  Release date: 2025-10-31

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• 3. Low income duration of tax filers in Canada

  Table: 11-10-0026-01

  Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part

  Frequency: Annual

  Description:

  This table contains statistics that describe the duration of low income spells experienced by Canadian taxfilers in an eight-year period. A low income spell refers to a period in which a person stays in low income. It can last one year or several years consecutively. The length of the spell is referred to as its duration and is measured in years. The low income measure (LIM) is used to identify low income taxfilers. The LIM threshold is calculated as half of the median of the adjusted family after-tax income of all taxfilers and their family members. This table uses two different types of LIM: the variable LIM is based on the median total income re-calculated each year, while the fixed LIM is based on the median total income in 2002 adjusted yearly by the all-items Consumer Price Index.

  Release date: 2025-10-31

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• 4. Getting to know Canada's top 1%, 2018 Archived

  Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020081

  Description:

  Income data for Canadian tax filers shed light on the distribution of income in 2018. This infographic illuminates selected characteristics of the top 1% of tax filers in Canada that year, including information on age, gender, and geographic location. The top 1% of tax filers is defined as the 1% of tax filers with the highest total incomes when ranked nationally. These estimates are for a pre-pandemic period and do not reflect any impacts of COVID-19. However, they do provide a baseline for analysing changes to the top of the income distribution during the pandemic period, once those data become available.

  Release date: 2020-11-18

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• 1. Low income entry and exit rates of tax filers in Canada

  Table: 11-10-0024-01

  Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part

  Frequency: Annual

  Description:

  This table provides statistics on year-over-year low-income transitions, including low income entry and exit rates, low income resistance, and low income immobility rates among Canadian taxfilers. The low income measure (LIM) is used to identify low income taxfilers. The LIM threshold is calculated as half of the median of the adjusted family after-tax income of all taxfilers and their family members. This table uses two different types of LIM: the variable LIM is based on the median total income re-calculated year, while the fixed LIM is based on the median total income in 2002 adjusted yearly by the all-items Consumer Price Index.

  Release date: 2025-10-31

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• 2. Low income persistence of tax filers in Canada

  Table: 11-10-0025-01

  Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part

  Frequency: Annual

  Description:

  This table provides information on the number of years in low income over an eight-year period among Canadian taxfilers. The years in low-income may or may not be adjacent to each other. The low income measure (LIM) is used to identify low income taxfilers. The LIM threshold is calculated as half of the median of the adjusted family after-tax income of all taxfilers and their family members. This table uses two different types of LIM: the variable LIM is based on the median total income re-calculated each year, while the fixed LIM is based on the median total income in 2002 adjusted yearly by the all-items Consumer Price Index.

  Release date: 2025-10-31

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• 3. Low income duration of tax filers in Canada

  Table: 11-10-0026-01

  Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part

  Frequency: Annual

  Description:

  This table contains statistics that describe the duration of low income spells experienced by Canadian taxfilers in an eight-year period. A low income spell refers to a period in which a person stays in low income. It can last one year or several years consecutively. The length of the spell is referred to as its duration and is measured in years. The low income measure (LIM) is used to identify low income taxfilers. The LIM threshold is calculated as half of the median of the adjusted family after-tax income of all taxfilers and their family members. This table uses two different types of LIM: the variable LIM is based on the median total income re-calculated each year, while the fixed LIM is based on the median total income in 2002 adjusted yearly by the all-items Consumer Price Index.

  Release date: 2025-10-31

Analysis (1) ((1 result))

• 1. Getting to know Canada's top 1%, 2018 Archived

  Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020081

  Description:

  Income data for Canadian tax filers shed light on the distribution of income in 2018. This infographic illuminates selected characteristics of the top 1% of tax filers in Canada that year, including information on age, gender, and geographic location. The top 1% of tax filers is defined as the 1% of tax filers with the highest total incomes when ranked nationally. These estimates are for a pre-pandemic period and do not reflect any impacts of COVID-19. However, they do provide a baseline for analysing changes to the top of the income distribution during the pandemic period, once those data become available.

  Release date: 2020-11-18

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