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Table 18
Proportion of sources of income of economic families for all economic families and by total income quintile, Canada, 1980 and 2005
2005 – Sources of income of economic families	Total percentage with income source	Total income quintile
		first	second	third	fourth	fifth
		percentage of total income
Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1981 and 2006.
Earnings	78.3	37.6	60.9	74.0	83.2	86.6
Investment income	4.2	2.7	2.9	2.8	2.6	5.9
Retirement income	5.9	4.9	10.5	9.3	6.3	3.4
Other income	1.8	3.0	2.1	1.6	1.3	1.9
Government transfer payments	9.9	51.9	23.5	12.4	6.5	2.3
Child benefits	1.6	11.0	3.8	1.8	0.8	0.2
Canada Pension Plan/Quebec Pension Plan	2.8	10.5	7.2	3.9	2.0	0.8
Old Age Security Pension/Guaranteed Income Supplement	2.4	14.1	5.9	2.8	1.3	0.5
Employment Insurance benefits	1.4	3.7	3.3	2.3	1.4	0.4
Other government transfer payments	1.7	12.6	3.3	1.7	0.9	0.4
Total income	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Table 18
Proportion of sources of income of economic families for all economic families and by total income quintile, Canada, 1980 and 2005
1980 – Sources of income of economic families	Total percentage with income source	Total income quintile
		first	second	third	fourth	fifth
		percentage of total income
.. not available for a specific reference period Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1981 and 2006.
Earnings	82.9	39.6	75.3	85.9	89.1	86.2
Investment income	6.4	5.5	5.5	4.1	4.2	9.2
Retirement income	2.3	5.3	4.0	2.3	1.7	1.7
Other income	..	..	..	..	..	..
Government transfer payments	8.3	49.6	15.1	7.7	5.0	2.8
Child benefits	1.9	5.5	2.9	2.3	1.7	1.0
Canada Pension Plan/Quebec Pension Plan	..	..	..	..	..	..
Old Age Security Pension/Guaranteed Income Supplement	3.3	26.3	6.1	2.3	1.3	0.9
Employment Insurance benefits	1.6	4.9	3.3	2.0	1.2	0.6
Other government transfer payments	1.6	12.9	2.8	1.2	0.7	0.4
Total income	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0