Low income entry and exit rates of tax filers in Canada

Low income entry and exit rates of tax filers in Canada is an open dataset from Statistics Canada with 5 files (CSV, HTML, XML); catalogue record updated 2025-10-31. On CanQuery you can follow the original downloads. Files are available in English and French.

This table provides statistics on year-over-year low-income transitions, including low income entry and exit rates, low income resistance, and low income immobility rates among Canadian taxfilers. The low income measure (LIM) is used to identify low income taxfilers. The LIM threshold is calculated as half of the median of the adjusted family after-tax income of all taxfilers and their family members. This table uses two different types of LIM: the variable LIM is based on the median total income re-calculated year, while the fixed LIM is based on the median total income in 2002 adjusted yearly by the all-items Consumer Price Index.

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Statistics Canada

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2025-10-31