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  • 1. High-income Canadians and capital gains 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20233146581
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 2. Longitudinal Administrative Data Dictionary
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 12-585-X
    Description: This product is the dictionary for the Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD). The dictionary contains a complete description for each of the income and demographic variables in the LAD, including name, acronym, definition, source, historical availability and historical continuity.

    The following is a partial list of LAD variables: age, sex, marital status, family type, number and age of children, total income, wages and salaries, self-employment, Employment Insurance, Old Age Security, Canada and Quebec Pension Plans, social assistance, investment income, rental income, alimony, registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) income and contributions, low-income status, full-time education deduction, provincial refundable tax credits, goods and service tax (GST) credits, Canada Child Tax Benefits, selected immigration variables, Tax Free Savings (TFSA) information and Canadian Controlled Private Corporations (CCPC) information.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 3. 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: 2023-11-10
  • 4. 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: 2023-11-10
  • 5. 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: 2023-11-10
  • 6. Federal and provincial individual effective tax rates
    Table: 11-10-0054-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table provides individual taxation statistics, including effective tax and transfer rates, the total amount of taxes paid and government transfers received, and the proportion of Canadian taxfilers that pay tax or receive government transfers.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 7. High income tax filers in Canada
    Table: 11-10-0055-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table presents income shares, thresholds, tax shares, and total counts of individual Canadian tax filers, with a focus on high income individuals (95% income threshold, 99% threshold, etc.). Income thresholds are based on national threshold values, regardless of selected geography; for example, the number of Nova Scotians in the top 1% will be calculated as the number of taxfiling Nova Scotians whose total income exceeded the 99% national income threshold. Different definitions of income are available in the table namely market, total, and after-tax income, both with and without capital gains.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 8. High income tax filers in Canada, specific geographic area thresholds
    Table: 11-10-0056-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table presents income shares, thresholds, tax shares, and total counts of individual Canadian tax filers, with a focus on high income individuals (95% income threshold, 99% threshold, etc.). Income thresholds are geography-specific; for example, the number of Nova Scotians in the top 1% will be calculated as the number of taxfiling Nova Scotians whose total income exceeded the 99% income threshold of Nova Scotian tax filers. Different definitions of income are available in the table namely market, total, and after-tax income, both with and without capital gains.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 9. Federal and provincial effective tax rates of census families
    Table: 11-10-0058-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table provides census family taxation statistics, including effective tax and transfer rates, the total amount of taxes paid and government transfers received, and the proportion of Canadian census families that pay tax or receive government transfers.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 10. Five-year income mobility
    Table: 11-10-0059-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The tables contain statistics describing how the income of taxfilers change, relative either to income they made in the past or to income made by other taxfilers. The first group of statistics illustrate absolute income mobility while the second group illustrate relative income mobility. This table provides five-year income mobility statistics. Table 11-10-0061 provides one-year mobility statistics.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
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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: 2023-11-10
  • 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: 2023-11-10
  • 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: 2023-11-10
  • 4. Federal and provincial individual effective tax rates
    Table: 11-10-0054-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table provides individual taxation statistics, including effective tax and transfer rates, the total amount of taxes paid and government transfers received, and the proportion of Canadian taxfilers that pay tax or receive government transfers.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 5. High income tax filers in Canada
    Table: 11-10-0055-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table presents income shares, thresholds, tax shares, and total counts of individual Canadian tax filers, with a focus on high income individuals (95% income threshold, 99% threshold, etc.). Income thresholds are based on national threshold values, regardless of selected geography; for example, the number of Nova Scotians in the top 1% will be calculated as the number of taxfiling Nova Scotians whose total income exceeded the 99% national income threshold. Different definitions of income are available in the table namely market, total, and after-tax income, both with and without capital gains.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 6. High income tax filers in Canada, specific geographic area thresholds
    Table: 11-10-0056-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table presents income shares, thresholds, tax shares, and total counts of individual Canadian tax filers, with a focus on high income individuals (95% income threshold, 99% threshold, etc.). Income thresholds are geography-specific; for example, the number of Nova Scotians in the top 1% will be calculated as the number of taxfiling Nova Scotians whose total income exceeded the 99% income threshold of Nova Scotian tax filers. Different definitions of income are available in the table namely market, total, and after-tax income, both with and without capital gains.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 7. Federal and provincial effective tax rates of census families
    Table: 11-10-0058-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    This table provides census family taxation statistics, including effective tax and transfer rates, the total amount of taxes paid and government transfers received, and the proportion of Canadian census families that pay tax or receive government transfers.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 8. Five-year income mobility
    Table: 11-10-0059-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The tables contain statistics describing how the income of taxfilers change, relative either to income they made in the past or to income made by other taxfilers. The first group of statistics illustrate absolute income mobility while the second group illustrate relative income mobility. This table provides five-year income mobility statistics. Table 11-10-0061 provides one-year mobility statistics.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 9. One-year income mobility
    Table: 11-10-0061-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    The tables contains statistics describing how the income of taxfilers change, relative either to income they made in the past or to income made by other taxfilers. The first group of statistics illustrate absolute income mobility while the second group illustrate relative income mobility. The current table provides one-year income mobility statistics. Table 11-10-0059 provides five-year mobility statistics.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
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Analysis (37) (0 to 10 of 37 results)

  • 1. High-income Canadians and capital gains 2021
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20233146581
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 2. Recent trends in families' contributions to three registered savings accounts
    Articles and reports: 75F0002M2023008
    Description: Contributions to the Registered Pension Plan (RPP), the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) constitute the third pillar of the Canadian retirement income system. Survey data show that income withdrawn from the retirement system accounted for an increasing share of the total income for elderly Canadians. Assessing the health of the retirement income system is important, especially when it comes to the fund inflows. This paper attempts to see how many Canadian families participated in this pillar of the retirement income system, the amounts contributed to the registered accounts, and their participation and contribution trends over time.
    Release date: 2023-10-17
  • 3. Low-income persistence in Canada and the provinces
    Articles and reports: 75F0002M2021004
    Description:

    Previous Canadian studies on poverty and low-income persistence mostly focused on individual characteristics at the national level and rarely examined the geographical aspect of poverty persistence. This report takes advantage of the large sample size of the Longitudinal Administrative Databank and examines the evolution of low-income persistence in Canada and the provinces using the after-tax Low Income Measure.

    Release date: 2021-06-11
  • 4. Study: Lone-parent families, older people and people living alone are more likely to remain in low income 2018 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202116230263
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-06-11
  • 5. 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
  • 6. Study: Intra-household Labour Income Responses to Changes in Tax Rates Among Older Workers Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201732717681
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2017-11-23
  • 7. Canadian Megatrends: The fall and rise of Canada’s top income earners Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201635114283
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2016-12-16
  • 8. Study: Low income dynamics of Canadian taxfilers 1992 to 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201617314681
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2016-06-21
  • 9. Study: Family income mobility of Canadian taxfilers 1982 to 2012 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201612414261
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2016-05-03
  • 10. The evolution of income mobility in Canada: Evidence from the Longitudinal Administrative Databank, 1982 to 2012 Archived
    Articles and reports: 75F0002M2016001
    Description:

    The study examines the evolution of income mobility for Canadian taxfilers from both the absolute and the relative perspectives. Using data from the Longitudinal Administrative Databank for the years 1982 to 2012, we estimated several income mobility statistics for overlapping panels of Canadian taxfilers over those 30 years. We also assessed the impact of mobility on long-term income inequality.

    Release date: 2016-05-03
Reference (3)

Reference (3) ((3 results))

  • 1. Longitudinal Administrative Data Dictionary
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 12-585-X
    Description: This product is the dictionary for the Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD). The dictionary contains a complete description for each of the income and demographic variables in the LAD, including name, acronym, definition, source, historical availability and historical continuity.

    The following is a partial list of LAD variables: age, sex, marital status, family type, number and age of children, total income, wages and salaries, self-employment, Employment Insurance, Old Age Security, Canada and Quebec Pension Plans, social assistance, investment income, rental income, alimony, registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) income and contributions, low-income status, full-time education deduction, provincial refundable tax credits, goods and service tax (GST) credits, Canada Child Tax Benefits, selected immigration variables, Tax Free Savings (TFSA) information and Canadian Controlled Private Corporations (CCPC) information.

    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 2. Effective Income Tax and Transfer Rates: Technical Reference Note
    Notices and consultations: 75F0002M2019006
    Description:

    In 2018, Statistics Canada released two new data tables with estimates of effective tax and transfer rates for individual tax filers and census families. These estimates are derived from the Longitudinal Administrative Databank. This publication provides a detailed description of the methods used to derive the estimates of effective tax and transfer rates.

    Release date: 2019-04-16
  • 3. The Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD) and the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB): Building the LAD_IMDB - A Technical Paper Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-612-X
    Description:

    This paper describes the structure and linkage of two databases: the Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD), and the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB). The combined data associate landed immigrant taxfilers on the LAD with their key characteristics upon immigration. The paper highlights how the combined information, referred to here as the LAD_IMDB, enhances and complements the existing separate databases. The paper compares the full IMDB file with the sample of immigrants to assess the representativeness of the sample file.

    Release date: 2004-01-05
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