Canada: families with government transfers

In 2022, the number of families with government transfers in Canada increased by 0.8 million units (+8.5 percent) since 2021. With 10.21 million units, the number thereby reached its highest value in the observed period.

Find more key insights for the number of families with government transfers in countries and regions like median government transfers to persons not in census families (Canada), median total income of all families (Northwest Territories), and median total income of all families (Quebec).

Number of families receiving government transfers in Canada from 2002 to 2022 (in millions)

Characteristic	Number of families in millions
2022	10.21
2021	9.41
2020	10
2019	9.65
2018	9.42
2017	8.71
2016	8.74
2015	8.64
2014	8.31
2013	8.17
2012	8.09
2011	8.45
2010	8.44
2009	8.04
2008	7.86
2007	7.57
2006	7.77
2005	7.38
2004	7.37
2003	7.27
2002	7.2

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Release date

June 2024

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2002 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* Government transfer payments are payments to individuals by the federal or provincial governments: Employment Insurance (EI), Goods and Services Tax Credit (GST) and Harmonized Tax Credit (HST), Canada Child Tax Benefit, Old Age Security (OAS) and net federal supplements, Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP), Workers' Compensation, Social Assistance and provincial refundable tax credits and Family Benefits. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2001 to 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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