Income Inequality


Economic inequality, the uneven distribution of income and wealth, is one of the critical challenges of our time. The surge in inequality in Canada took off in the 1990s and remains high today.

Double Trouble: The Case Against Expanding Tax-Free Savings Accounts

The Conservative Party of Canada’s proposal to double contribution limits for Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSA) has received inadequate critical scrutiny to date. This gap may stem from the notion that...

The Wealth Gap: Perceptions and Misconceptions in Canada

A landmark survey commissioned by the Broadbent Institute finds that Canadians vastly underestimate the wealth gap in Canada and want a much more balanced distribution. Click here to watch our animated video...

Haves and Have-Nots: Deep and Persistent Wealth Inequality in Canada

Canada has an inequality problem. It's deep. It's persistent. And it's time to take action. This report uses custom Statistics Canada data to take a closer look at the concentration...

Union Communities, Healthy Communities

  The right wing’s regressive anti-union rhetoric and U.S.-style attacks on the labour movement threaten Canada’s prosperity. Union Communities, Healthy Communities debunks the conservative movement’s attacks on labour and makes...

Towards a More Equal Canada

This spring, we released powerful data confirming what so many already knew to be true: a majority of Canadians see income inequality as a "serious problem" and want to take part in...