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Business Statistics

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See this quick overview from BC Stats About Income Data sources.

This page describes and links to several sources of income data in Canada:

  1. 2016 Census by Statistics Canada 
  2. Annual taxfiler data from Canada Revenue Agency
  3. Annual Canadian Income Survey by Statistics Canada 

2021 Census

The first data from the 2021 Census is expected in February 2022. Please see this timeline for more details.

2016 Census

The Census -- carried out every 5 years by Statistics Canada -- provides the most reliable income data on Canadians for small geographic areas. See the Census tab on this guide for more details.

Taxfiler data

Annual data from income tax returns is availble both from the Canada Revenue Agency and Statistics Canada. 

From Statistics Canada's website:

TIP: You can customize these data tables. Use the "Add/Remove Data" tab to select the data you want to include in your table. Use the "Manipulate" tab to change how the data is reported.

From Canada Revenue Agency's website:

Canadian Income Survey

The annual Canadian Income Survey provides "a portrait of the income and income sources of Canadians, with their individual and household characteristics." Statistics Canada releases many reports and data tables based on this survey. Here are just two:

Other sources