Income gap reaches record high in Canada: statistical agency


By Lin Wei
  • World
  • Thursday, 17 Jul 2025

OTTAWA, July 16 (Xinhua) -- The gap between Canada's highest- and lowest-income households reached a record high in the first quarter of 2025, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

The difference in the share of disposable income between households in the top 40 percent of the income distribution and the bottom 40 percent rose to 49 percentage points, said the national statistical agency.

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