This statistic shows the percentage of income spent by Canadian families on taxes and other living expenses in 2021. About 43 percent of the average Canadian family's cash income was spent on taxes in 2021.
Distribution of average Canadian family's cash income expenditure in 2021, by category
Characteristic
Share of cash income
Taxes
43%
Other
21.3%
Shelter
21.1%
Food
11.3%
Clothing
3.3%
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Taxes included here are income, payroll and health, sales, property, profit, liquor and tobacco, auto, fuel, import, natural resources and other taxes
'Other' expenses include healthcare expenses, child care expenses, recreation, education, alcohol and tobacco, and other household operating expenditures.
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Fraser Institute. (August 23, 2022). Distribution of average Canadian family's cash income expenditure in 2021, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/596093/percentage-of-income-spent-on-taxes-by-families-in-canada/
Fraser Institute. "Distribution of average Canadian family's cash income expenditure in 2021, by category." Chart. August 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/596093/percentage-of-income-spent-on-taxes-by-families-in-canada/
Fraser Institute. (2022). Distribution of average Canadian family's cash income expenditure in 2021, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/596093/percentage-of-income-spent-on-taxes-by-families-in-canada/
Fraser Institute. "Distribution of Average Canadian Family's Cash Income Expenditure in 2021, by Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/596093/percentage-of-income-spent-on-taxes-by-families-in-canada/
Fraser Institute, Distribution of average Canadian family's cash income expenditure in 2021, by category Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/596093/percentage-of-income-spent-on-taxes-by-families-in-canada/ (last visited February 19, 2025)
Distribution of average Canadian family's cash income expenditure in 2021, by category [Graph], Fraser Institute, August 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/596093/percentage-of-income-spent-on-taxes-by-families-in-canada/
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