The wealthiest one percent of Canadians say their share of total income rise by nearly one percent between 2014 and 2015, according to Statistics Canada.
To be considered a one percenter in Canada, a tax filer must have earned a total annual income of at least $234,700. About 271,000 Canadians fit that description.
Those taxpayer accounted for 11.2 per cent of total income, up from 10.3 per cent in 2014 — the first increase in total income for that particular group in a decade.
The average income for one percenters rose 12.2 per cent to $529,600. The average income for all filers rose 2.6 per cent to $47,100.
Meanwhile, the number of women in the one percent group continued to rise, accounting for 23.2 per cent of top income earners, up from 21.7 per cent in 2014. That was the largest yearly gain for female taxpayers since 1989.
Ontario and British Columbia saw the largest increase in the amount of one per centers, while Alberta saw a decline — in large part because of falling oil prices.
Quebec, meanwhile, accounts for 15 per cent of the country's one percenters, with 40,990, up slightly from 2014.
The city of Montreal (27,740) ranks third in the number of big-city one percenters, behind Toronto (69,155) and Calgary (33,705).
-With files from Canadian Press