Are you among the 49% of Canadians who feel you’re one or two paycheques away from being poor? Do you feel, financially, you're doing better or worse than most Canadians?
Find out with this tool.
Simply click on your family size and drag your cursor to the point that represents your family’s total income (or your own). See where you stand compared to the rest of Canadians.
This tool measures Total Income, including transfer income (Child Tax Benefit, EI, OAS etc.) and before income taxes. Source: Private calculations based on tabulations using the Statistics Canada Database the Survey of Labour Income Dynamics (SLID).
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