Table table 8
Number of tax filers with employment income, by income quintile and age group

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Age Group 1997 2008p
Income quintile Income quintile
Two lowest Third Two highest Total Two lowest Third Two highest Total
15 to 24
Tax filers with employment income 1,936,381 242,881 93,838 2,273,100 2,337,513 283,393 157,719 2,778,625
With PA1 103,356 50,871 33,652 187,879 193,964 78,457 64,242 336,663
With RRSP2 contribution 164,288 100,463 56,458 321,209 95,101 79,201 66,195 240,497
With either PA or RRSP contribution 250,259 127,528 68,686 446,473 273,697 133,064 101,750 508,511
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 1,686,122 115,353 25,152 1,826,627 2,063,816 150,329 55,969 2,270,114
25 to 34
Tax filers with employment income 1,390,531 887,012 1,244,020 3,521,563 1,378,951 824,160 1,247,097 3,450,208
With PA 121,952 263,943 670,773 1,056,668 169,697 296,479 694,088 1,160,264
With RRSP contribution 213,959 377,721 838,575 1,430,255 162,903 304,900 721,246 1,189,049
With either PA or RRSP contribution 305,978 523,344 1,063,030 1,892,352 299,647 482,087 1,014,423 1,796,157
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 1,084,553 363,668 180,990 1,629,211 1,079,304 342,073 232,674 1,654,051
35 to 54
Tax filers with employment income 2,040,496 1,423,048 3,674,221 7,137,765 2,308,274 1,594,266 3,940,532 7,843,072
With PA 188,137 510,299 2,341,208 3,039,644 278,788 621,057 2,362,551 3,262,396
With RRSP contribution 369,587 607,259 2,491,369 3,468,215 330,343 612,955 2,396,951 3,340,249
With either PA or RRSP contribution 507,501 898,782 3,296,718 4,703,001 548,801 987,730 3,367,656 4,904,187
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 1,532,995 524,266 377,503 2,434,764 1,759,473 606,536 572,876 2,938,885
55 to 64
Tax filers with employment income 433,478 291,409 716,975 1,441,862 754,424 565,131 1,304,126 2,623,681
With PA 33,683 81,014 368,120 482,817 75,518 175,784 645,449 896,751
With RRSP contribution 97,070 134,093 495,212 726,375 116,636 206,642 774,935 1,098,213
With either PA or RRSP contribution 119,248 174,810 604,206 898,264 173,624 308,724 1,024,747 1,507,095
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 314,230 116,599 112,769 543,598 580,800 256,407 279,379 1,116,586
65 or more
Tax filers with employment income 147,007 129,596 218,840 495,443 286,303 265,783 415,993 968,079
With PA 2,177 4,874 17,965 25,016 5,456 11,532 41,643 58,631
With RRSP contribution 11,205 22,602 78,914 112,721 14,122 30,549 119,512 164,183
With either PA or RRSP contribution 12,900 25,499 85,257 123,656 18,755 38,533 137,877 195,165
With no PA and no RRSP contribution 134,107 104,097 133,583 371,787 267,548 227,250 278,116 772,914
1 Pension adjustment
2 Registered retirement savings plans
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