Income in Canada

C E N S U S

Northwest
Territories In 2015, Canadas median
$117,688 household income was

$
Yukon
84,521
$
Nunavut
97,441
$
70,336
The
$
Alberta
93,835 Newfoundland
Northwest
and Labrador
$ 67,272
Territories
British had the highest
Columbia
$ 69,995 Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec
median household
2 0 1 6

68,147
$
$ 75,412 74,287
$ $
59,822 income, while the
Maritime Provinces
Prince Edward
Island and Quebec had
$
61,163
the lowest
Nova Scotia
$ 60,764
New Brunswick
Note: Heights are displayed for illustrative purposes. $
59,347
25

14
%
Children, 25
young adults,
In 2015, % of Canadians were
in low-income households
Proportion of the population
in low-income households

20
20%

pre-retirees
and older 15
15%

seniors were
10
10%
more likely
to be in 55
%

low-income
00
%
households 0 2 65 8 10 12 14
15 18 20 22 24
25 28 30 32 35
3 38 40 42 45 8 50 52 55
5 5 8 60 62 65 6 70 72 74
75 7 80 82 85 88 90 95+
Age

65% of households contributed to an RRSP, RPP or TFSA*

Number of households
Income among partners1 in Canada

Households with higher income Couples with

32%
in millions
4.5 were more likely to contribute fairly2 equal
4.0 56 % incomes

3.5
A female partner
3.0
78
had higher 17%
26 % %

96
income
%
2.5
$125,000 to $199,999

Households
$90,000 to $124,999
$60,000 to $89,999
$30,000 to $59,999

In
$200,000 or more

contributing 2.0
A male partner
89% 51%
Under $30,000

1.5
of couples, had higher
1.0 income
Households
not contributing 0.5 94% 93% both partners
0 received income
Income
1. Includes both opposite and same sex couples.
2. Both partners received more than 40% of the couples
*Registered Retirement Savings Plan, Registered Pension Plan or Tax-Free Savings Account combined income.

Catalogue number: 11-627-M

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population. ISBN: 978-0-660-09393-2

www.statcan.gc.ca/census