Tax filers and dependants with income by total income, sex and age^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

The data source for this table is the final version of the T1 Family File, created by the Centre for Income and Socio-Economic Well-being Statistics of Statistics Canada. Because they are based on a different methodology, estimates of the number of individuals and census families presented in this table differ from estimates produced by the Centre for Demography. Information on the data source, the historical availability, definitions of the terms used, and the geographies available can be found at Technical Reference Guide for the Annual Income Estimates for Census Families, Individuals and Seniors - opens in a new browser window.

Tax filers are people who filed a tax return for the reference year and were alive at the end of the year.

Dependant is a member of a family who did not file a personal income tax return for the referenced year.

Characteristics such as age are as of December 31 of the reference year.

Total income is income from all sources. As of 2020, COVID-19 - Government income support and benefits are included in income estimates. A detailed definition of what is included in total income is available from the Technical Reference Guide for the Preliminary Estimates from the T1 Family File (T1FF) - opens in a new browser window.

The Census Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) is used for data dissemination of the census metropolitan areas and the census agglomerations: from 1997 to 2001, SGC 1996; from 2002 to 2006, SGC 2001; from 2007 to 2011, SGC 2006; from 2012 to 2016, SGC 2011; from 2016 to 2020, SGC 2016; as of 2021, SGC 2021. Please note that census agglomerations were introduced in this CANSIM table in 2008.

Information for children between 0 and 18 years of age are derived from a variety of sources, including the tax file, a file pertaining to Federal Child Benefits and provincial birth files.

Median is the middle number in a group of numbers. Where a median income, for example, is given as $26,000, it means that exactly half of the incomes reported are greater than or equal to $26,000, and that the other half is less than or equal to the median amount. Starting in 2007, median incomes in the data tables are rounded to the nearest ten dollars (prior to 2007 they were rounded to the nearest hundred dollars). Zero values are not included in the calculation of medians for individuals.