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

View Canadian Income Survey, 2017