“… Canadian households pay a lot in taxes – a lot more than they probably think. In 2023 the average household reported an income of $109,000 And paid $47,000 in income taxes. That works out to about $903 per week or 43% of their household income. That’s a lot more than the average of 35.6% paid towards basic necessities—food, shelter, and clothing.
In contrast, a household in 1961 had a household income of $5000 and paid $1675 in taxes annually. That’s 33.5% towards income taxes while they spent another 56.5% of that income on those same necessities.”
