This brief includes 2017 specific to the key areas:
- A strong labour market and an increase in child benefits drive growth in the income of working-age families
- Incomes of senior families have risen steadily since 2012
- Poverty rates decline in 2017
- The Low Income Measure declines overall, especially for children
- After-tax income distribution among families and unattached individuals
- Income inequality
- Median after-tax income by province
Published By: Statistics Canada
Publication Date: February, 2019