Canadian Household Income After Tax by Income Groups from Census Long Form

Household income after tax data grouped by income brackets sourced from the Census of Population long form. The dataset is archived and not maintained, with users advised to seek current data from Statistics Canada. It covers multiple geographies including provinces, counties, municipalities, and electoral districts.

Use Cases

• Analyze income inequality patterns based on income group classifications
• Compare post-tax household income across different geographic regions like provinces and municipalities
• Study historical demographic trends using archived census long form data

Strengths

• Data sourced from the authoritative Census of Population long form
• Covers multiple geographies including provinces, counties, municipalities, and electoral districts
• Available in multiple file formats including CSV and XML

Limitations

• Data is archived and not maintained or updated
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Collection Method

Census of Population (long form)

Geography

Provinces, counties, communities, municipalities, district health authorities, community health boards, economic regions, police districts, school boards, municipal electoral districts, provincial electoral districts, federal electoral districts, regional development authorities, watersheds