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Percentage Distribution of Total Income of Families and Unattached Individuals by Quintiles, Canada, 1980-1996
| Share of Total Income (%) |
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| | Lowest quintile | Second quintile | Middle quintile | Fourth quintile | Highest quintile | |
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| Families |
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| 1980 | 6.3 | 13.0 | 18.4 | 24.0 | 38.3 |
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| 1981 | 6.4 | 12.9 | 18.3 | 24.1 | 38.3 |
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| 1982 | 6.4 | 12.6 | 18.0 | 24.1 | 38.9 |
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| 1983 | 6.3 | 12.4 | 17.8 | 24.1 | 39.5 |
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| 1984 | 6.2 | 12.3 | 18.0 | 24.1 | 39.5 |
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| 1985 | 6.4 | 12.3 | 17.9 | 24.1 | 39.3 |
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| 1986 | 6.4 | 12.4 | 17.9 | 24.0 | 39.4 |
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| 1987 | 6.4 | 12.3 | 17.8 | 24.0 | 39.5 |
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| 1988 | 6.4 | 12.4 | 17.9 | 24.0 | 39.3 |
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| 1989 | 6.5 | 12.5 | 17.8 | 23.8 | 39.4 |
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| 1990 | 6.3 | 12.4 | 17.9 | 24.0 | 39.3 |
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| 1991 | 6.4 | 12.1 | 17.6 | 23.9 | 40.0 |
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| 1992 | 6.3 | 12.1 | 17.7 | 24.1 | 39.8 |
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| 1993 | 6.3 | 12.0 | 17.6 | 24.1 | 40.0 |
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| 1994 | 6.4 | 12.2 | 17.7 | 24.1 | 39.6 |
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| 1995 | 6.4 | 12.0 | 17.4 | 23.9 | 40.2 |
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| 1996 | 6.1 | 11.9 | 17.4 | 24.0 | 40.6 |
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| Unattached Individuals |
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| 1980 | 4.5 | 9.5 | 15.7 | 25.7 | 44.6 |
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| 1981 | 5.0 | 9.5 | 15.8 | 25.1 | 44.6 |
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| 1982 | 4.9 | 9.4 | 15.6 | 25.0 | 45.2 |
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| 1983 | 4.6 | 9.4 | 14.6 | 24.5 | 46.9 |
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| 1984 | 4.8 | 9.9 | 15.3 | 24.7 | 45.2 |
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| 1985 | 5.1 | 10.1 | 15.2 | 24.4 | 45.3 |
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| 1986 | 5.1 | 10.3 | 15.4 | 24.5 | 44.6 |
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| 1987 | 5.3 | 10.3 | 15.7 | 24.6 | 44.1 |
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| 1988 | 5.3 | 10.1 | 15.5 | 24.4 | 44.6 |
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| 1989 | 5.7 | 10.5 | 16.1 | 24.7 | 43.0 |
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| 1990 | 5.7 | 10.3 | 15.6 | 24.2 | 44.2 |
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| 1991 | 5.4 | 10.6 | 15.7 | 24.7 | 43.6 |
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| 1992 | 5.4 | 10.4 | 15.4 | 24.5 | 44.3 |
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| 1993 | 5.4 | 10.4 | 15.4 | 24.1 | 44.7 |
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| 1994 | 5.5 | 10.5 | 14.8 | 24.2 | 44.9 |
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| 1995 | 5.4 | 10.6 | 15.5 | 24.0 | 44.6 |
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| 1996 | 5.4 | 10.5 | 15.2 | 24.0 | 44.9 |
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| Families and Unattached Individuals |
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| 1980 | 4.3 | 10.7 | 17.8 | 25.2 | 42.0 |
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| 1981 | 4.6 | 10.9 | 17.6 | 25.2 | 41.8 |
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| 1982 | 4.6 | 10.8 | 17.4 | 24.9 | 42.3 |
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| 1983 | 4.4 | 10.3 | 17.1 | 25.0 | 43.2 |
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| 1984 | 4.5 | 10.4 | 17.2 | 25.0 | 42.9 |
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| 1985 | 4.6 | 10.4 | 17.0 | 24.9 | 43.0 |
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| 1986 | 4.7 | 10.4 | 17.0 | 24.9 | 43.1 |
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| 1987 | 4.7 | 10.4 | 16.9 | 24.8 | 43.3 |
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| 1988 | 4.7 | 10.4 | 16.9 | 24.9 | 43.2 |
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| 1989 | 4.8 | 10.6 | 16.9 | 24.5 | 43.1 |
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| 1990 | 4.7 | 10.4 | 16.9 | 24.8 | 43.2 |
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| 1991 | 4.7 | 10.3 | 16.6 | 24.7 | 43.8 |
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| 1992 | 4.6 | 10.3 | 16.7 | 24.8 | 43.6 |
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| 1993 | 4.7 | 10.2 | 16.4 | 24.7 | 43.9 |
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| 1994 | 4.7 | 10.2 | 16.7 | 24.8 | 43.6 |
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| 1995 | 4.7 | 10.2 | 16.4 | 24.5 | 44.1 |
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| 1996 | 4.6 | 10.0 | 16.3 | 24.7 | 44.5 |
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| Source: Prepared by the Canadian Council on Social Development, using Statistics Canada's Income Distributions by size in Canada 1996 |
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Reading this table
Example: Quintiles are fifths, or 20 per cent of a total population. If you took all Canadians and ranked them according to income, you could then divide them into five equal quintiles. The top quintile is the one-fifth (or 20%) of people with the highest incomes. The fourth quintile is the one-fifth with the second-highest incomes, and so on down to the bottom quintile, which is the one-fifth (20%) of Canadians with the lowest incomes. If you look at the top row of this table, you will see the income distribution for families in 1980. The lowest quintile (20%) of families received a 6.3% slice of the total family income pie in 1980, while the highest quintile received 38.3% of the total family income pie. Scrolling down to the families in 1996, you will see that the rich got richer while the poor got poorer.
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