canadians earn usd 46 911 per year on average more than the oecd average of usd 36 118 not everyone earns that amount however in all oecd countries men still earn more than women with an average wage gap of 15 5 % in canada men earn 19 % more than women money while it cannot buy happiness is an important means to achieving higher living standards in canada the average household net adjusted disposable income per capita is usd 29 365 a year more than the oecd average of usd 25 908 a year disposable personal income in canada increased to 1147656 cad million in the second quarter of 2015 from 1146308 cad million in the first quarter of 2015 disposable personal income in canada averaged 415110 53 cad million from 1961 until 2015 reaching an all time high of 1147656 cad million in the second quarter of 2015 and a record low of 26768 cad million in the first quarter of 1961 1y 5y 10y max forecast export data api access salaries in canada are a little bit lower than in usa or europe but this is compensated with lower prices of flats and houses in canada those canadian at the bottom of 20 per cent fell by 20 per cent comparing last 30 years the median income for this group dropped from $ 19300 in 1980 to $ 15300 in 2010 all in 2010 canadian dollars 10 % of canadians had total incomes of more than $ 80400 in 2010 almost triple the national median income of $ 27800 to be in the top 5 % canadians needed to have a total income of slightly above $ 102300 and to be in the top 1 % required just over $ 191100 nearly seven times the national median income the top 10 % of canadians made an average income of $ 134900 with the top 5 % making one third more $ 179800 and the top 1 % almost triple that amount $ 381300 this is generally not the case now the average salary in canadian dollars has risen by around 22 percent since 2007 in 2015 the average hourly earnings accross all employess in either full ot part time work was $ 25 11 this compares to $ 20 56 in 2007  while the poor did not get poorer according to absolute real income levels they did get poorer in a relative sense the gap between the real average income of the richest group fifth quintile of canadians and the poorest group first quintile grew from $ 92300 in 1976 to $ 117500 in 2009 thus while the poor are minimally better off in an absolute sense they are significantly worse off in a relative sense  it represents the money available to a household for spending on goods or services in canada the average household net adjusted disposable income per capita is usd 29 365 a year higher than the oecd average of usd 25 908 money while it cannot buy happiness is an important means to achieving higher living standards in canada the average household net adjusted disposable income per capita is usd 29 365 a year more than the oecd average of usd 25 908 a year it shows that the median family income in canada is $ 76000 generally higher in the west than the east while the median individual income is just $ 27600 that means just as many individuals earn less than $ 27600 as earn more the richest 10 per cent of individuals are making more than $ 80400 and the very rich the 272600 individuals who make up the top one per cent are all making more than $ 191100 those people are making an average of $ 381300 each 10 times the average canadian income of $ 38700 the large discrepancy between the median and the average suggests there is a very small percentage of the super rich  according to the 2011 survey there were 272600 canadians who had incomes of at least $ 191100 in 2010 that hefty number was the cutoff to make it into the top one per cent of canadian income earners that $ 191100 is just the minimum to squeak into the one per cent club most of the people in that category earned much more the average income among the top one per cent was twice that $ 381300 to put this level of income into perspective that s almost 10 times the average canadian income of $ 3870 government transfers accounted for 41 1 % of the total income for canadians aged 65 years and over and 90 % of these transfers came from canada pension plan quebec pension plan cpp qpp old age security pension oas and guaranteed income supplement gis 
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