Average income1 of census families in the lowest and highest income deciles2, Canada, provinces and territories, 2000

  Average income1 Income of families in the highest
decile for every dollar of income
of those in the lowest decile
Lowest decile2 Highest decile2
$
Canada 10,341 185,070 17.9
Newfoundland and Labrador 7,912 131,974 16.7
Prince Edward Island 11,630 134,269 11.5
Nova Scotia 8,788 145,346 16.5
New Brunswick 8,690 134,073 15.4
Quebec 10,466 156,881 15.0
Ontario 10,968 212,852 19.4
Manitoba 9,592 153,375 16.0
Saskatchewan 8,830 146,114 16.5
Alberta 11,845 198,157 16.7
British Columbia 9,727 176,762 18.2
Yukon 10,655 160,585 15.1
Northwest Territories 8,964 175,330 19.6
Nunavut 6,121 151,313 24.7
1. Average incomes are before income tax is deducted.
2. In each province, all census families are ranked according to their incomes, from the lowest to the highest, then divided into ten groups of equal number to create deciles.