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Table 4
Median income and percentage change for income data from different sources for Canada (provinces only), 2005 and 2010 in 2010 constant dollar
Source | 2006 Census | SLID | T1FF | 2011 NHS | SLID | T1FF | NHS/Census | SLID | T1FF |
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2005 Median ($)Footnote 1 | 2010 Median ($) | % changeFootnote 1 | |||||||
Total income | 27,877 | 27,265 | 27,607 | 29,859 | 28,699 | 29,191 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
Employment income | 29,209 | 28,635 | 28,585 | 31,580 | 29,120 | 29,713 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
Wages and salariesFootnote 2 | 30,486 | 29,938 | 30,081 | 33,075 | 30,581 | 31,487 | 8.5 | 2.1 | 4.7 |
Full-year full-time workers | 46,080 | 44,571 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 48,916 | 48,131 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 6.2 | 8 | Note .: not available for any reference period |
Self employment | 6,152 | 8,525 | 5,444 | 5,485 | 7,642 | 5,750 | -10.8 | -10.4 | 5.6 |
Retirement income | 13,065 | 13,359 | 12,673 | 14,188 | 12,329 | 13,639 | 8.6 | -7.7 | 7.6 |
Investment income | 544 | 488 | 535 | 593 | 541 | 607 | 9.0 | 10.9 | 13.5 |
Other income | 906 | 1,255 | 947 | 786 | 980 | 808 | -13.2 | -21.9 | -14.7 |
Government transfers | 4,587 | 3,939 | 4,993 | 4,113 | 3,664 | 4,580 | -10.3 | -7 | -8.3 |
Child benefits | 2,652 | 2,167 | 2,779 | 3,197 | 2,400 | 2,815 | 20.6 | 10.8 | 1.3 |
OAS and GIS | 6,213 | 6,213 | 6,213 | 6,222 | 6,222 | 6,222 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
CPP and QPP | 6,627 | 6,671 | 6,654 | 6,630 | 6,677 | 6,679 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Employment Insurance | 4,496 | 4,314 | 4,533 | 4,980 | 5,191 | 5,184 | 10.8 | 20.3 | 14.4 |
Other government transfers | 625 | 491 | 549 | 701 | 665 | 710 | 12.2 | 35.4 | 29.4 |
Income tax | 5,309 | 5,411 | 5,387 | 5,383 | 5,549 | 4,949 | 1.4 | 2.6 | -8.1 |
After-tax income | 25,367 | 24,689 | 24,971 | 27,317 | 26,494 | 26,753 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.1 |
. not available for any reference period Note: This table represents only the provinces and excludes any data from the territories. |
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