Median Individual Income Gap
Definition:
Difference between male and female median total income in the same year. A positive (+) value indicates a higher income for males, while a negative (-) value indicates a higher income for females.
Methods and Limitations:
Individuals includes tax filers and dependants, of all ages, with income. Tax filers are people who filed a tax return for the reference year and were alive at the end of the year.
The data source for this indicator is the final version of the T1 Family File, created by the Centre for Income and Socio-Economic Well-being Statistics of Statistics Canada. Because they are based on a different methodology, estimates of the number of individuals and census families presented in this table differ from estimates produced by the Centre for Demography.
Total income is income from all sources. A detailed definition of what is included in total income is available from the Technical Reference Guide for the Annual Income Estimates for Census Families, Individuals and Seniors.
Median is the middle number in a group of numbers. Where a median income, for example, is given as $26,000, it means that exactly half of the incomes reported are greater than or equal to $26,000, and that the other half is less than or equal to the median amount. Starting in 2007, median incomes in the data tables are rounded to the nearest ten dollars (prior to 2007 they were rounded to the nearest hundred dollars). Zero values are not included in the calculation of medians for individuals.
As of 2020, T1 Family File income estimates include benefits from temporary government income programs intended to provide financial support to individuals affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health measures implemented to minimize the spread of the virus. This financial support is accounted for in individual and household incomes. For more detailed information, consult the Technical Reference Guide for the Annual Income Estimates for Census Families, Individuals and Seniors.
Source:
Statistics Canada. Table 11-10-0017-01 Census families by family type and family composition including before and after-tax median income of the family
Data is updated on Vital Victoria as it becomes available from the data providers.
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