Table table 3
Number of tax filers with employment income, by age group

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Total
Tax filers with employment income 14,869,733 16,026,051 16,914,123 17,742,903 17,663,665
With PA1 only 2,004,971 2,249,628 2,717,676 2,864,158 2,878,924
With RRSP2 contribution only 3,271,722 3,358,714 3,149,671 3,280,788 3,196,410
With PA 4,792,024 5,113,695 5,453,873 5,744,515 5,714,705
With RRSP contribution 6,058,775 6,222,781 5,885,868 6,161,145 6,032,191
With either PA or RRSP contribution 8,063,746 8,472,409 8,603,544 9,025,303 8,911,115
With both PA and RRSP contribution 2,787,053 2,864,067 2,736,197 2,880,357 2,835,781
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 6,805,987 7,553,642 8,310,579 8,717,600 8,752,550
15 to 24 years old
Tax filers with employment income 2,273,100 2,605,586 2,663,505 2,778,594 2,778,625
With PA only 125,264 186,244 224,624 247,920 268,014
With RRSP contribution only 258,594 234,616 184,091 185,068 171,848
With PA 187,879 259,037 291,633 313,818 336,663
With RRSP contribution 321,209 307,409 251,100 250,966 240,497
With either PA or RRSP contribution 446,473 493,653 475,724 498,886 508,511
With both PA and RRSP contribution 62,615 72,793 67,009 65,898 68,649
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 1,826,627 2,111,933 2,187,781 2,279,708 2,270,114
25 to 34 years old
Tax filers with employment income 3,521,563 3,390,918 3,417,901 3,482,550 3,450,208
With PA only 462,097 465,031 540,109 581,138 607,108
With RRSP contribution only 835,684 765,829 672,292 669,309 635,893
With PA 1,056,668 1,037,580 1,087,788 1,138,830 1,160,264
With RRSP contribution 1,430,255 1,338,378 1,219,971 1,227,001 1,189,049
With either PA or RRSP contribution 1,892,352 1,803,409 1,760,080 1,808,139 1,796,157
With both PA and RRSP contribution 594,571 572,549 547,679 557,692 553,156
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 1,629,211 1,587,509 1,657,821 1,674,411 1,654,051
35 to 54 years old
Tax filers with employment income 7,137,765 7,754,685 8,046,573 8,206,846 7,843,072
With PA only 1,234,786 1,362,122 1,621,147 1,638,961 1,563,938
With RRSP contribution only 1,663,357 1,798,851 1,691,578 1,734,842 1,641,791
With PA 3,039,644 3,237,823 3,350,888 3,415,983 3,262,396
With RRSP contribution 3,468,215 3,674,552 3,421,319 3,511,864 3,340,249
With either PA or RRSP contribution 4,703,001 5,036,674 5,042,466 5,150,825 4,904,187
With both PA and RRSP contribution 1,804,858 1,875,701 1,729,741 1,777,022 1,698,458
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 2,434,764 2,718,011 3,004,107 3,056,021 2,938,885
35 to 44 years old
Tax filers with employment income 4,068,659 4,260,871 4,226,007 4,073,336 3,709,960
With PA only 698,767 730,205 826,429 794,627 723,345
With RRSP contribution only 943,272 983,228 876,096 845,372 760,606
With PA 1,639,845 1,674,786 1,656,299 1,599,515 1,471,763
With RRSP contribution 1,884,350 1,927,809 1,705,966 1,650,260 1,509,024
With either PA or RRSP contribution 2,583,117 2,658,014 2,532,395 2,444,887 2,232,369
With both PA and RRSP contribution 941,078 944,581 829,870 804,888 748,418
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 1,485,542 1,602,857 1,693,612 1,628,449 1,477,591
45 to 54 years old
Tax filers with employment income 3,069,106 3,493,814 3,820,566 4,133,510 4,133,112
With PA only 536,019 631,917 794,718 844,334 840,593
With RRSP contribution only 720,085 815,623 815,482 889,470 881,185
With PA 1,399,799 1,563,037 1,694,589 1,816,468 1,790,633
With RRSP contribution 1,583,865 1,746,743 1,715,353 1,861,604 1,831,225
With either PA or RRSP contribution 2,119,884 2,378,660 2,510,071 2,705,938 2,671,818
With both PA and RRSP contribution 863,780 931,120 899,871 972,134 950,040
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 949,222 1,115,154 1,310,495 1,427,572 1,461,294
55 to 64 years old
Tax filers with employment income 1,441,862 1,687,447 2,076,710 2,436,395 2,623,681
With PA only 171,889 222,023 312,983 372,459 408,882
With RRSP contribution only 415,447 463,857 507,595 583,630 610,344
With PA 482,817 551,436 689,381 832,465 896,751
With RRSP contribution 726,375 793,270 883,993 1,043,636 1,098,213
With either PA or RRSP contribution 898,264 1,015,293 1,196,976 1,416,095 1,507,095
With both PA and RRSP contribution 310,928 329,413 376,398 460,006 487,869
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 543,598 672,154 879,734 1,020,300 1,116,586
65 years old or more
Tax filers with employment income 495,443 587,415 709,434 838,518 968,079
With PA only 10,935 14,208 18,813 23,680 30,982
With RRSP contribution only 98,640 95,561 94,115 107,939 136,534
With PA 25,016 27,819 34,183 43,419 58,631
With RRSP contribution 112,721 109,172 109,485 127,678 164,183
With either PA or RRSP contribution 123,656 123,380 128,298 151,358 195,165
With both PA and RRSP contribution 14,081 13,611 15,370 19,739 27,649
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 371,787 464,035 581,136 687,160 772,914
1 Pension adjustment
2 Registered retirement savings plans
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