People walk past Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 23, 2019. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada’s top 20 percent of income earners pay more than half of all taxes collected, making them the only income group that pays a greater share of all Canadian taxes than their share of total income.
The top 20 percent of Canadian families ranked by income pay 56.9 percent of all taxes, while their share of total income is 47.8 percent, according to a Fraser Institute study released July 17. For all other income groups, the share of total income is higher than the share of taxes paid, with the bottom 20 percent earning two and a half times more than the portion of taxes they contribute.
