Table 3
Share of total adult-equivalent-adjusted income before tax across various categories of income, bottom quintile, 1983 to 2004

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Year Age Before tax income ($) Share of income by category (percent)
Earnings Private pensions Investment gains Capital gains OAS/GIS1 C/QPP2 Other
1983 54 to 56 22,900 84.3 2.6 5.2 0.4 0.0 1.3 6.1
1984 55 to 57 23,500 83.0 3.0 5.1 0.9 0.0 1.7 6.0
1985 56 to 58 24,400 80.7 3.7 5.7 1.6 0.4 2.0 6.1
1986 57 to 59 25,600 78.1 4.7 5.9 2.7 0.4 2.7 5.5
1987 58 to 60 26,700 74.9 5.6 6.4 3.4 0.4 4.1 5.2
1988 59 to 61 27,700 70.4 7.2 6.9 4.3 0.7 5.4 5.1
1989 60 to 62 27,900 65.6 8.6 8.2 3.9 0.7 7.5 5.4
1990 61 to 63 27,000 60.7 10.0 8.9 3.3 1.1 9.6 5.9
1991 62 to 64 26,000 53.8 12.3 8.8 3.1 3.1 12.7 6.5
1992 63 to 65 25,300 45.1 14.6 7.5 3.2 7.5 15.8 6.7
1993 64 to 66 26,500 34.0 15.5 6.0 7.2 13.6 18.1 5.3
1994 65 to 67 26,300 26.6 15.6 6.1 6.8 20.2 20.5 4.2
1995 66 to 68 26,000 21.2 15.8 6.2 6.5 25.0 22.3 3.1
1996 67 to 69 24,500 19.2 16.7 6.5 2.0 29.0 24.1 2.4
1997 68 to 70 24,400 17.2 17.2 6.1 2.5 30.3 24.6 2.0
1998 69 to 71 24,400 16.0 17.2 6.1 2.5 31.1 25.0 2.0
1999 70 to 72 24,400 15.2 17.6 6.6 2.9 31.6 25.0 1.6
2000 71 to 73 24,400 13.9 17.6 7.0 2.5 32.0 25.0 1.6
2001 72 to 74 24,300 13.6 17.7 6.6 2.5 32.5 25.1 1.6
2002 73 to 75 24,200 12.8 17.4 6.6 2.5 33.5 25.6 1.7
2003 74 to 76 24,000 12.1 17.5 6.3 2.9 33.8 26.3 1.7
2004 75 to 77 23,800 10.9 17.6 6.3 2.9 34.5 26.5 1.7

1 Old Age Security/Guaranteed Income Supplement.

2. Canada and Quebec Pension Plans.

Notes: Based on a cohort of individuals aged from 54 to 56 in 1983. The percentages might not add up due to rounding. Money figures are expressed in 2005 constant dollars.

Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Data base.