Low income cut-offs

Table 1: Low income cut-offs before tax (2024)
 
Size of family unit
Community size
Rural areas outside CMA or CA
Census agglomeration (CA) Census metropolitan area (CMA)
Fewer than
30,000 inhabitants
Between 30,000 and
99,999 inhabitants
Between 100,000 and
499,999 inhabitants
500,000 inhabitants
or more
Current dollars
1 person 21,522 24,486 26,759 26,926 31,264
2 persons 26,794 30,481 33,312 33,519 38,922
3 persons 32,939 37,472 40,953 41,208 47,851
4 persons 39,993 45,498 49,724 50,032 58,096
5 persons 45,358 51,603 56,395 56,744 65,892
6 persons 51,159 58,200 63,605 64,000 74,315
7 persons or more 56,957 64,797 70,815 71,254 82,739

Source: Statistics Canada

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2026-05-14