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Canadian Research Data Centre Network

Canadian Income Survey

2012 - 2021

Subjects

FamiliesFamilies, households and marital statusHousehold, family and personal incomeIncome, pensions, spending and wealthLabourLow income and inequality

Overview

Summary

The Canadian Income Survey (CIS) is a cross-sectional survey developed to provide a portrait of the income and income sources of Canadians, with their individual and household characteristics.

Please note that additional documentation is available for this survey. Please contact your RDC analyst to request this documentation.

Available Cycles

Years Name
2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Canadian Income Survey

Documentation

Publication Note

All publications (e.g. scientific articles, reports, dissertations, theses) and presentations based on a dataset available in the RDCs should include an acknowledgement of the support provided by granting councils (SSHRC, CIHR, CFI), Statistics Canada and host university. See a sample

Related Publications

Tim Li, Andrée-Anne Fafard St-Germain, Valerie Tarasuk (2023).

Household Food Insecurity in Canada, 2022

Pussart, Brigitte and Julien, Dominic (2023).

Portrait des personnes aînées au Québec

Boyer, M. Martin and d'Astous, Philippe (2023).

Tax compliance and firm response to electronic sales monitoring

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique , 1430-1468

Men, Fei, St-Germain, Andrée-Anne Fafard, Ross, Kent, Remtulla, Ronaz, and Tarasuk, Valerie (2023).

Effect of Canada Child Benefit on Food Insecurity: A Propensity Score?Matched Analysis

American Journal of Preventive Medicine , 844-852

Men, Fei and Tarasuk, Valerie (2023).

Employment Insurance may mitigate impact of unemployment on food security: Analysis on a propensity-score matched sample from the Canadian Income Survey

Preventive Medicine , 107475

Wang, Yichun, St-Germain, Andrée-Anne Fafard, and Tarasuk, Valerie (2023).

Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of food insecurity among post-secondary students and non-students of similar age in Canada

BMC Public Health , 954

Notten, Geranda, Tuz Zohora, Fatima, Plante, Charles, and Laforest, Rachel (2022).

Two decades of poverty reduction politics in Canada: Better for single parent families and single working age adults

Bouchard St-Amant, Pier-André and Fortier-Martineau, Camille (2022).

Comparing Student Aid Programs in Canada

Leah F. Vosko, Guliz Akkaymak, Rebecca Casey, Shelley Condratto, John Grundy, Alan Hall, Alice Hoe, Kiran Mirchandani, Andrea M. Noack, Urvashi Soni-Sinha, Mercedes Steedman, Mark P. Thomas, Eric M. Tucker, Nick Clark, Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau, Tess Hardy, John Howe, Guylaine Vallée, and David Weil (2020).

Closing the Enforcement Gap: Improving Employment Standards Protections for People in Precarious Jobs

Mark P. Thomas, Leah F. Vosko, Eric Tucker, Mercedes Steedman, Andrea M. Noack, John Grundy, Mary Gellatly, and Lisa Leinveer (2019).

The employment standards enforcement gap and the overtime pay exemption in Ontario

Labour / Le Travail , 25-51

Charles Plante (2019).

Policy or window dressing? Exploring the impact of poverty reduction strategies on poverty among the Canadian provinces

Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy , 112-136

Stéphane Crespo (2019).

L'écart de faible revenu

Données sociodémographiques en bref

Leah F. Vosko, John Grund, Rebecca Casey, Andrea M. Noack, and Mark P. Thomas (2018).

A tattered quilt: Exemptions and special rules under Ontario's Employment Standards Act

Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal

Stéphane Crespo (2018).

Niveau de scolarité et revenu d'emploi

Données sociodémographiques en bref

Stéphane Crespo (2017).

Et si les conjoints ne partageaient pas tous leurs revenus ? Conséquences sur la mesure des inégalités du bien-être

Cahiers québécois de démographie , 73-99

Stéphane Crespo (2016).

Aperçu des cotisations et des frais obligatoires s'ajoutant à l'impôt des ménages québécois

Données sociodémographiques en bref , 23-Jan

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Resources