Distributions of household economic accounts, income, consumption and saving, Canada, provinces and territories, annual [36100588]

Distribution of value" is the share of a component of income Value per consumption unit reflects the Statistics value" divided by the number of consumption units The income quintiles refer to the quintiles estimated at the Canada level and not at the provincial/territorial level. Income quintiles are assigned based on equivalized household disposable income, which takes into account differences in household size and composition using a method proposed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The OECD-modified" equivalence scale assigns a value of 1 to the first adult Age groups refer to the age group of the major income earner. Totals for Canada and by province/territory may not correspond to the Provincial and territorial economic accounts (PTEA) at certain times of the year, depending on the timing of releases for the Distributions of household economic accounts (DHEA) relative to the PTEA.