Table 5: Income Distribution in Canada—Selected Years (Share of Total, Percent)

Pre-tax Income

After Tax Income

1965

1995

1971

1995

Lowest Quintile

4.4

4.7

4.2

5.7

Second Quintile

11.8

10.2

11.5

11.5

Middle Quintile

18.0

16.4

18.2

17.2

Fourth Quintile

24.5

24.5

25.0

24.5

Highest Quintile

41.4

44.1

41.1

41.1

Note: Total income, all units, families and unattached individuals. After tax data available only from 1971.
Source: Statistics Canada, cat. 13-207, Income Distributions by Size in Canada; and Statistics Canada, cat. 13-210, Income After Tax, Distributions by Size in Canada.