Table 4
Family-income inequality, after-tax data, Gini coefficient, Canada
Archived Content
Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please "contact us" to request a format other than those available.
Census data | Taxation dataNote 1 | Survey data | |
---|---|---|---|
Gini coefficient | |||
1980 | 0.308 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 0.286 |
1985 | 0.314 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 0.290 |
1990 | 0.307 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 0.286 |
1995 | 0.319 | 0.343 | 0.293 |
2000 | 0.322 | 0.368 | 0.317 |
2005 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 0.374 | 0.317 |
2010 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 0.372 | 0.317 |
.. not available for a specific reference period
Sources: M. Frenette, D. Green, and K. Milligan. 2007. “The tale of the tails: Canadian income inequality in the 1980s and 1990s.” Canadian Journal of Economics 40 (3): 734–764 (for census data); Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administative Databank, 1995 to 2010 (for taxation data), and CANSIM table 202-0709 (based on the Survey of Consumer Finances and the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics) (for survey data). |
- Date modified: