Census 2016 to illustrate how Canadians earn, or struggle to earn, a living
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada will offer a detailed look Wednesday at the size of the gap between the country’s top income earners and those toiling at the bottom — a chasm that appears to be narrowing but remains far too wide for many to easily cross.
The income data, collected as part of last year’s census, will offer an important signpost for the Trudeau government, which is looking for validation of its efforts to date to help reduce inequality and lend moral support to those in the lower income brackets.
The numbers are expected to show a 10 per cent increase in median incomes for families and single people over the last decade, suggesting a medium-term trend of positive economic news.
More broadly, however, the gulf between rich and poor in Canada remains a wide one.