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| 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2003 | |
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| Men | |||||||
Earnings |
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Percentage receiving income from source
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24.2 | 18.2 | 15.0 | 12.7 | 15.9 | 20.8 | 25.1 |
| Average income received |
24,800 | 26,100 | 21,500 | 14,600 | 14,800 | 10,400 | 9,900 |
| Percentage of total aggregate income |
22.8 | 17.5 | 12.0 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 8.1 |
Investment income |
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| Percentage receiving income from source |
67.4 | 64.6 | 63.2 | 57.5 | 61.5 | 59.2 | 56.1 |
| Average income received |
9,000 | 8,400 | 7,200 | 7,200 | 5,800 | 5,900 | 4,800 |
| Percentage of total aggregate income |
23.0 | 20.2 | 16.9 | 15.0 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 8.8 |
| Retirement income | |||||||
| Percentage receiving income from source |
39.8 | 41.8 | 52.0 | 54.2 | 63.0 | 68.3 | 69.8 |
| Average income received |
10,700 | 12,400 | 12,300 | 14,300 | 15,700 | 16,300 | 17,900 |
| Percentage of total aggregate income |
16.2 | 19.2 | 23.8 | 27.8 | 33.4 | 37.0 | 40.5 |
| OAS/GIS/SPA | |||||||
| Percentage receiving income from source |
96.0 | 96.3 | 96.3 | 98.0 | 96.8 | 95.1 | 93.6 |
| Average income received |
6,300 | 6,900 | 6,700 | 6,700 | 6,400 | 6,100 | 6,100 |
| Percentage of total aggregate income |
22.8 | 24.7 | 23.9 | 23.7 | 21.0 | 19.4 | 18.4 |
| CPP/QPP | |||||||
| Percentage receiving income from source |
68.6 | 74.4 | 82.3 | 87.2 | 91.8 | 94.1 | 95.8 |
| Average income received |
4,000 | 5,100 | 6,100 | 6,500 | 6,800 | 6,700 | 6,500 |
| Percentage of total aggregate income |
10.4 | 14.2 | 18.5 | 20.2 | 21.1 | 20.9 | 20.2 |
| Women | |||||||
| Earnings | |||||||
| Percentage receiving income from source |
8.7 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 10.9 |
| Average income received |
12,100 | 15,400 | 13,400 | 10,400 | 11,100 | 8,200 | 8,100 |
| Percentage of total aggregate income |
7.0 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| Investment income | |||||||
| Percentage receiving income from source |
56.5 | 55.0 | 53.4 | 51.4 | 57.6 | 59.6 | 58.4 |
| Average income received |
7,500 | 7,400 | 6,700 | 8,000 | 5,600 | 4,800 | 4,500 |
| Percentage of total aggregate income |
28.2 | 25.1 | 21.5 | 22.4 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 12.6 |
| Retirement income | |||||||
| Percentage receiving income from source |
19.7 | 19.7 | 24.6 | 28.4 | 39.4 | 47.9 | 53.0 |
| Average income received |
6,900 | 7,100 | 7,600 | 8,300 | 8,900 | 9,600 | 10,200 |
| Percentage of total aggregate income |
9.0 | 8.5 | 11.3 | 12.9 | 18.9 | 23.3 | 26.3 |
| OAS, GIS, SPA | |||||||
| Percentage receiving income from source |
96.7 | 97.1 | 97.6 | 98.0 | 97.0 | 97.2 | 97.4 |
| Average income received |
6,800 | 7,600 | 7,600 | 7,400 | 7,200 | 6,800 | 6,700 |
| Percentage of total aggregate income |
44.1 | 45.2 | 44.4 | 39.7 | 37.2 | 33.7 | 31.7 |
| CPP/QPP | |||||||
| Percentage receiving income from source |
34.8 | 41.7 | 54.2 | 64.4 | 74.0 | 80.5 | 85.8 |
| Average income received |
3,100 | 3,800 | 4,100 | 4,500 | 4,700 | 4,900 | 4,900 |
| Percentage of total aggregate income |
7.3 | 9.7 | 13.3 | 15.8 | 18.5 | 20.1 | 20.5 |
| 1. Other sources of income, such as provincial and territorial tax credits, GST and HST tax credits, and other government transfers are not included in the table. Percentage of total aggregate income figures do not total 100%. | |||||||
| Sources: Statistics Canada, Survey of Consumer Finances; Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. | |||||||