Table 6: Average Income Share by Quintiles
(Earned Income as a Percent of Total Income, 1995 Dollars)

Before Transfers (independence measure)

1980

1995

Change 1980
to 1995

Lowest Quintile

48.2

39.6

-8.6

Second Quintile

78.4

65.2

-13.2

Middle Quintile

89.9

82.8

-7.1

Fourth Quintile

94.7

90.5

-4.2

Highest Quintile

97.2

95.9

-1.3

Transfers
(dependence measure)

1980

1995

Change 1980
to 1995

Lowest Quintile

51.8

60.4

+8.6

Second Quintile

21.6

34.8

+13.2

Middle Quintile

10.1

17.2

+7.1

Fourth Quintile

5.3

9.5

+4.2

Highest Quintile

2.8

4.1

+1.3

Source: Statistics Canada, Income Distributions by Size in Canada, cat. 13-207; and Income After Tax, Distributions by Size in Canada, cat. 13-210.