Individual Income Tax Return Statistics for the 2024 Tax Year

Individual Income Tax Return Statistics presents data from individual income tax and benefit returns processed for the 2024 tax year. The dataset contains the most recent 2024 tax year assessments or reassessments up to the cut-off date of November 30, 2025, and is published by the Canada Revenue Agency. It was last updated on May 19, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze income distribution and tax liabilities based on tax return data.
• Model the impact of tax policy changes using recent assessment statistics.
• Study demographic trends in government benefit claims mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Canada Revenue Agency.
• Covers the most recent 2024 tax year assessments up to a specific cut-off date of November 30, 2025.
• Available in both PDF and CSV formats for different analysis needs.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to a single tax year.

Provenance

Source

Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada

Collection Method

Processed individual income tax and benefit returns.

Time Range

2024 tax year, with assessments up to November 30, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 17:52:16.582309; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada