Income, taxfiler

In 2007, the average individual income in the Southwest Region was $23,045, a 7.4% increase from 2006, but 45.9% less than the provincial average of $42,570 in 2007.  In the same year, average couple income1 in the Southwest Region was $76,440, a 10% increase from the year before, but 39.1% less than the provincial average of $125,485 in 2007.

The percentage of taxfilers that reported an individual gross income over $100,000 was 2.6%, while 22.9% of taxfilers identified as couples reported an income of over $100,000.

1 Couples are defined as married or common-law

Date Updated:
RDP-2357