The total income of tax filers through government transfers in Canada decreased to 237.16 billion dollars since the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significant higher total income than the preceding years.
Total income of tax filers through government transfer in Canada from 2002 to 2022
(in billion Canadian dollars)
Characteristic
Income in billion Canadian dollars
2022
237.16
2021
253.93
2020
294.42
2019
197.22
2018
187.95
2017
180.61
2016
171.16
2015
162.31
2014
150.01
2013
145.05
2012
140.51
2011
135.14
2010
132.6
2009
126.29
2008
115.65
2007
110.12
2006
106.32
2005
99.06
2004
94.59
2003
91.34
2002
88.58
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1) Taxfilers are people who filed a tax return for the reference year and were alive at the end of the year. 2) Dependent is a member of a family who did not file a personal income tax return for the referenced year. 3) 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, Family Benefits and Other Government Transfers. Other Government Transfers (new in 2010) includes Working Income Tax Benefit. 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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StatCan. (June 27, 2024). Total income of tax filers through government transfer in Canada from 2002 to 2022 (in billion Canadian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/484756/total-income-of-taxfilers-through-government-transfer-in-canada/
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