Income Percentile Calculator for Canada
Where does your income rank among Canadians? Enter your annual income and this calculator shows your percentile against individual tax filers across the country, using Statistics Canada data. It runs in your browser, and nothing you enter is stored.
Last updated August 31, 2026
How income percentiles work
Your percentile is the share of Canadians who earn less than you do. If the tool says 70, then roughly seven in ten tax filers report a lower income and three in ten report more. The figures here measure individual total income before tax, from all sources: employment, self-employment, investments, pensions, and benefits.
What the numbers show
In 2023, the median individual total income in Canada was about $45,000, so half of people with income earned less and half earned more. The 90th percentile was near $125,462. Because the source groups all income above $250,000 together, the tool resolves the distribution up to roughly the top one to two percent.
| Percentile | Total income |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $10,433 |
| 25th percentile | $23,163 |
| 50th percentile | $45,141 |
| 75th percentile | $77,531 |
| 90th percentile | $125,462 |
| 95th percentile | $156,340 |
Source: Statistics Canada table 11-10-0008-01, 2023. Top-coded above $250,000.
Reading your result honestly
Income is a flow, not a stake. A high percentile is easier to spend than to keep, and a modest one compounds into real wealth when the gap between what you earn and what you spend gets invested early and left alone. Where you rank today matters far less than what you do with the difference.
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Data source and method
- Source agency
- Statistics Canada
- Dataset
- Tax filers and dependants with income by total income, sex and age
- Table or product ID
- 11-10-0008-01
- Reference year
- 2023
- Released / retrieved
- Retrieved from the Statistics Canada data portal, August 2026
- Population and units
- Individual total income, before tax, all persons with income, current Canadian dollars
- Method
- Percentile thresholds interpolated from the published cumulative income-bracket counts. The computed median reproduces the published median for every geography within about one percent. Income above $250,000 is top-coded, so the tool resolves up to roughly the 98th to 99th percentile.
- Source
- Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0008-01
Frequently asked questions
Is this individual or household income?
Individual. The underlying Statistics Canada table measures the total income of individual tax filers, not combined household income.
Is the figure before or after tax?
Before tax. Enter your total annual income from all sources before deductions to match the data.
Does it include benefits and pensions?
Yes. Total income includes employment and self-employment earnings plus investment income, pensions, and government benefits.
Is my income stored?
No. The calculation runs in your browser. Nothing you enter is saved or transmitted.