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| 2008 | 2009 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Implicit transfer rates1 | Shares | Average | Implicit transfer rates1 | Shares | |
| $ constant 2009 | % | $ constant 2009 | % | |||
| Economic families, two people or more | 9,200 | 10.3 | 100.0 | 10,200 | 11.5 | 100.0 |
| Lowest quintile | 13,500 | 49.2 | 29.1 | 14,100 | 52.0 | 27.7 |
| Second quintile | 11,300 | 22.2 | 24.4 | 12,800 | 25.6 | 25.3 |
| Third quintile | 9,100 | 12.3 | 19.6 | 10,200 | 14.0 | 20.1 |
| Fourth quintile | 7,000 | 6.8 | 15.2 | 7,900 | 7.7 | 15.5 |
| Highest quintile | 5,400 | 2.8 | 11.7 | 5,800 | 3.0 | 11.4 |
| Unattached individuals | 6,100 | 16.5 | 100.0 | 6,400 | 17.3 | 100.0 |
| Lowest quintile | 5,200 | 60.3 | 17.2 | 4,900 | 58.3 | 15.2 |
| Second quintile | 10,100 | 55.8 | 33.2 | 10,400 | 56.8 | 32.4 |
| Third quintile | 7,500 | 26.8 | 24.8 | 8,400 | 29.7 | 26.1 |
| Fourth quintile | 4,500 | 10.3 | 14.9 | 5,200 | 11.9 | 16.1 |
| Highest quintile | 3,000 | 3.5 | 9.9 | 3,300 | 3.7 | 10.1 |
| 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-X. Last modified: 2011-06-15. | ||||||
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