This statistic shows the total amount of government transfers paid to tax filers in Canada in 2018, by the type of the transfer. In 2018, Canadian tax filers received about 18.22 billion Canadian dollars through employment insurance.
Total income of tax filers through government transfer in Canada in 2018, by type of transfer
(in billion Canadian dollars)
Source of income
Income in billion Canadian dollars
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP)
56.04
Old Age Security (OAS) and net federal supplements
52.03
Federal Child Benefits
23.66
Employment Insurance
18.22
Social Assistance
13.34
Provincial Refundable Tax Credits and Family Benefits
11.58
Workers' Compensation
5.63
Goods and Services Tax Credit (GST) and Harmonized Sales Tax Credit (HST)
Taxfilers are people who filed a tax return for the reference year and were alive at the end of the year.
Dependent is a member of a family who did not file a personal income tax return for the referenced year.
Government transfer payments are payments to individuals by the federal or provincial governments: Employment Insurance (EI), Goods and Services Tax Credit (GST) and Harmonized Tax Credit (HST), Canada Child Tax Benefit, Old Age Security (OAS) and net federal supplements, Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP), Workers' Compensation, Social Assistance and provincial refundable tax credits, Family Benefits and Other Government Transfers.
Other Government Transfers (new in 2010) includes Working Income Tax Benefit.
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StatCan. (2020). Total income of tax filers through government transfer in Canada in 2018, by type of transfer (in billion Canadian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/484709/total-income-of-taxfilers-through-government-transfer-in-canada-by-type-of-transfer/
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StatCan, Total income of tax filers through government transfer in Canada in 2018, by type of transfer (in billion Canadian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/484709/total-income-of-taxfilers-through-government-transfer-in-canada-by-type-of-transfer/ (last visited August 12, 2022)
