For the analysis of income, Statistics Canada distinguishes between the following statistical units: Households: "a person or group of persons who occupy the same dwelling" Economic families: "two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law union, adoption or a foster relationship (a couple may be of opposite or same sex)" Census families: "a married couple and the children, if any, of either and/or both spouses; a couple living common law and the children, if any, of either and/or both partners; or a lone parent of any marital status with at least one child living in the same dwelling and that child or those children (all members of a particular census family live in the same dwelling; a couple may be of opposite or same sex)"

Therefore, a person living alone constitutes a household, but not an economic or census family. Two couples sharing a dwelling constitute a single household, but two economic or census families. A couple living with its children and one spouse's parents constitutes a single household or economic family, but two census families.

Income statistics by census metropolitan area (CMA) are published: every 5 years for households (data from the Census of Population) annually for economic families, for select CMAs (data from the Canadian Income Survey) annually for census families (data from the T1 Family File)

The income concept for this article is total income.

Median Household and Family Income by Census Metropolitan Area Census Metropolitan Area Median Income,Households2020 (CAD) Median Income,Census Families2023 (CAD) Median Income,Economic Families andPersons not in an Economic Family2024 (CAD) Median Income,Economic Families2024 (CAD)Oshawa102000118030Calgary100000116530104200135800Ottawa-Gatineau9800013139099100146900Guelph97000121550Barrie97000150240Toronto9700010257094300136000Edmonton9600011413091100129300Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo92000108990Hamilton91000115460Abbotsford-Mission9100096970Regina90000112700Vancouver9000010772089900135400Saskatoon89000111120Kamloops87000113660Victoria85000121850St. John's85000113450Red Deer85000107130Kelowna85000109720Brantford8500095560Greater Sudbury84000114260Lethbridge84000106330Kingston83000112460Winnipeg8300010214082100119000Windsor8200089950Chilliwack8200096430Halifax81000108030Thunder Bay80000109410London7950099560Fredericton79000105350Peterborough79000101420Belleville7800095720Nanaimo77500103760St. Catharines–Niagara7700094910Québec7650011788079900125000Montréal7600010764081100126500Moncton7450094300Saint John7400098060Saguenay70000107140Sherbrooke65000101790Drummondville6400094870Trois-Rivières6240098660

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