Statscan says income gap hit record high in first quarter
July 16, 2025
Statistics Canada says the income gap between the country’s highest and lowest income households reached a record high in the first quarter of 2025.The agency says the difference in the share of disposable income between households in the top 40 per cent of the income distribution and the bottom 40 per cent grew to 49 percentage points in the first three months of the year.
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