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Household economic well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, experimental estimates, first quarter to third quarter of 2020
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Over the first three quarters of 2020, disposable income for the lowest-income households increased 36.8%, more than for any other households. At the same time, the youngest households recorded the largest gain in their net worth (+9.8%). These changes were driven by unprecedented increases in transfers to households, as the value of government COVID-19 support measures exceeded losses in wages and salaries and self-employment income.

As the pandemic unfolded in Canada, households experienced extraordinary changes in their economic well-being. While quarterly releases of gross domestic product and the national balance sheet provide an aggregate view of these impacts, new experimental sub-annual distributions of household economic accounts (DHEA), released today, provide insight into how the pandemic and the associated government support measures have affected the economic well-being of different groups of households in Canada.

Author: Statistics Canada
Topic: Research and evaluation
Publisher: Statistics Canada
Location: Canada
Format: Statistics
Content Type: Research
Publication Date: March 1, 2021