National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Income and by Expenditure Accounts

Personal disposable income of economy, value

Personal disposable income refers to the amount of personal income an individual has after taxes. The income that can be spent on necessities, nonessential goods and services, or that can be saved.

Economy refers to the entire set of resident institutional units. It is divided into sectors that consists of groups of resident institutional units. An institutional unit is resident in a country when it has a centre of economic interest in the economic territory of that country. It is said to have a centre of economic interest when there exists some location - dwelling, place of production or other premises - within the economic territory on, or from, which it engages, and intends to continue to engage, in economic activities and transactions on a significant scale either indefinitely or over a finite period of time.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Canadian dollar at current prices
  Data tables

  • Relation between net national income at factor cost, personal income, personal disposable income and personal saving, 1968 System of National Accounts (SNA) Table: 380-0517
  • Selected per person income and product series at current prices and at 1981 prices, 1968 System of National Accounts (SNA) Table: 380-0569
  • Sources and disposition of personal income, 1968 System of National Accounts (SNA) Table: 380-0504