Universe data

Data source

We took these data from returns, schedules, financial statements, and various information slips. Taxfilers used the following types of returns for the 2009 tax year:

• T1 General
• T1 Special (condensed and simplified version of the General)
• T1S-A (for seniors)
• T1S-C, Credit and Benefit Return
• T1S-D, Credit and Benefit Return (for Indians registered, or eligible to be registered, under the Indian Act).

Electronic filing

The 2009 tax year's universe file includes a total of 24,456,610 returns, of which 65.3% were filed electronically.

• EFILE The total number of EFILE returns is 10,646,040.
  
• TELEFILE The total number of TELEFILE returns is 399,250.
• NETFILE The total number of NETFILE returns was 4,914,700.
  

Confidentiality procedures

To ensure the protection of taxfiler information, data have been suppressed where warranted. As well, counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of 10. For example, 104 would be rounded to 100 and 105 would be rounded to 110. Dollar amounts have been rounded to the nearest thousand in Tables 2 to 5A, and to the nearest million in Table 1. Totals may not add up due to rounding or suppression.