Top 20% of Income-Earning Families in Canada Pay Nearly Two-Thirds of Personal Income Taxes: Report

The Canada Revenue Agency headquarters in Ottawa is shown in a 2011 file photo. Higher income-earning families in Canada pay the lion’s share of the country’s taxes, a new report suggests. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

The top 20 percent of income-earning families in Canada pay the lion’s share of the country’s taxes, a new report suggests.

The findings that higher-earning Canadians are already shouldering the majority of taxes are contrary to “common misperceptions,” according to the authors of the report, released by the Fraser Institute.