Average and Median Income in Canada

The national average and median income, by province, household and age, are on average salary and median income in Canada.

Income in Canada

• Average salary and median income in Canada: average and median income for individuals and households, the trend over time, and which figure answers which question, with sections on income by province, household income, median household income, income by age, income by education and the gender pay gap
• Average income by city: median and average income for individuals and households in Canada’s large metro areas, the income it takes to join each city’s top earners, and a section on Toronto
• Income percentile calculator: where an income ranks in Canada, in a province or territory, or in an age group, the income at each percentile, the cut-off for the top earners in each province, and household income percentiles
• What is a good salary in Canada?: where common salary levels rank among Canadian incomes, and how city, household size, age and debt change the answer
• Am I considered middle class?: the income range that counts as middle class for each household size, by the OECD’s middle-income band, and how Canada’s middle has changed

Related guides

• What is net income?: gross and net pay, what is deducted from a paycheque, and what net income means on a tax return
• Highest-paying industries: the best-paid industries, on the highest-paying jobs page
• Minimum wage by province: the general minimum wage in each province, territory and the federal sector