| Average income1 | Income of families in the highest decile for every dollar of income of those in the lowest decile |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||