Table 1
Percentage distribution of sources of income of Canadian households, selected years and quarters, 1982 to 2009

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Table 1
Percentage distribution of sources of income of Canadian households, selected years and quarters, 1982 to 2009
Table summary
 This table displays the results of percentage distribution of sources of income of canadian households 1982, 1991, 2001, 2009, fourth quarter, first quarter, third quarter and second quarter, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  1982 1991 2001 2009
Fourth quarter First quarter Third quarter Second quarter
percent
Primary Income 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Employee compensation 76.6 74.9 76.5 77.6
Net mixed income 12.9 13.3 13.9 13.4
Non-farm 5.3 5.3 5.9 5.7
Farm 1.4 0.7 0.5 0.3
Rental income 6.2 7.3 7.6 7.3
Net property income 10.5 11.8 9.6 9.0
Property income received 18.8 20.8 15.2 14.5
Dividends 1.9 1.9 3.2 5.3
Interest 16.4 18.7 11.8 9.0
Others 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1
Property income paid 8.3 9.1 5.6 5.5
Interest unincorporated businesses 1.3 0.7 0.4 0.2
Mortgage interest 4.8 5.8 3.4 3.2
Non-mortgage interest 2.2 2.6 1.8 2.0
Transfers received from 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-profit institutions serving households 2.5 3.1 2.5 2.3
Corporations 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Governments 96.1 95.2 95.7 96.4
Employment insurance benefits 28.1 22.1 11.1 12.3
Social security benefits 15.9 24.4 29.8 29.2
Non-residents 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.3
Transfers paid to 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-profit institutions serving households 5.7 4.9 4.4 4.8
Corporations 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Governments 93.8 94.6 94.7 93.9
Personal income tax 68.4 68.4 66.2 62.5
Social insurance contributions 19.9 22.6 24.3 26.4
Non-residents 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.2
Note: Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Tabulations are derived from Statistics Canada CANSIM table 380-0072.
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