Top 20% of Canadian families by income pay more than half of all taxes

Quintile 2, which includes Canadians with an income of between $63,089 and $111,354, paid 6.5 per cent of total taxes, compared to their 9.3 per cent share of total income. Quintile 3 paid 12.7 per cent of total taxes with 14.6 per cent of total income and Quintile 4, with an income of $171,299 to $270,472, paid 20.8 per cent of total taxes compared to a 22.3 per cent share of total income.