 |
Government transfers and income tax
| |
2001 |
2002 |
| |
Government transfers |
| |
Average |
Implicit transfer rates1 |
Shares |
Average |
Implicit transfers rates1 |
Shares |
| |
$ constant 2002 |
% |
$ constant 2002 |
% |
| Economic families, two people or more |
7,400 |
10.1 |
100.0 |
7,300 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
| Lowest quintile |
11,300 |
48.2 |
30.6 |
11,100 |
47.2 |
30.3 |
| Second quintile |
9,300 |
21.5 |
25.2 |
9,000 |
20.5 |
24.5 |
| Third quintile |
6,900 |
11.1 |
18.8 |
7,000 |
11.2 |
19.2 |
| Fourth quintile |
5,400 |
6.3 |
14.4 |
5,300 |
6.2 |
14.5 |
| Highest quintile |
4,100 |
2.7 |
11.0 |
4,200 |
2.8 |
11.5 |
| Unattached individuals |
5,200 |
17.2 |
100.0 |
5,300 |
17.1 |
100.0 |
| Lowest quintile |
4,400 |
58.8 |
16.8 |
4,700 |
59.3 |
17.9 |
| Second quintile |
9,300 |
60.0 |
35.9 |
9,300 |
57.7 |
35.1 |
| Third quintile |
6,400 |
26.8 |
24.7 |
6,000 |
24.2 |
22.8 |
| Fourth quintile |
3,600 |
9.8 |
13.8 |
4,000 |
10.8 |
15.0 |
| Highest quintile |
2,300 |
3.4 |
8.8 |
2,500 |
3.6 |
9.3 |
| Note: After-tax
income quintiles constitute one method of categorising a population by income. The
lowest quintile represents the 20% of the population whose income is lowest. By
the same token, the highest quintile represents the 20% of the population
whose income is highest. |
| 1. The "implicit" rate
of either transfers or taxes demonstrates the relative importance of transfers
received or taxes paid. For a given individual or family, the implicit rate
is the amount of transfers or taxes expressed as a percentage of their total
income. |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM,
table 202-0301
and Catalogue no. 75-202-XIE. |
| Last modified: 2005-01-21. |
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