Top 20 Percent of Canadian Families Pay Nearly Two-Thirds of Taxes: Fraser Institute

Top 20 Percent of Canadian Families Pay Nearly Two-Thirds of Taxes: Fraser Institute
A person looks at a Canada Revenue Agency homepage in Montreal, on Aug. 16, 2020 The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
Matthew Horwood
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The top 20 percent of income-earning families in Canada pay nearly two-thirds of the country’s taxes, according to new research from the Fraser Institute.

“In short, Canada’s tax system disproportionately taxes the top 20 percent of families whether we are analyzing personal income taxes or all types of taxes,” said the report titled Measuring Progressivity in Canada’s Tax System, 2023.