Farewell, Fat City: what the census shows about our relative decline in incomes

If there was any doubt before the latest national census, there certainly isn’t now: Ottawa residents are no longer the envy of the rest of the country when it comes to income.
During the decade ended 2015, median household income in Ottawa crawled ahead just 4.4 per cent after inflation to $$86,451, significantly lagging all but Toronto among the country’s largest cities. Edmonton residents enjoyed the fastest income growth at 26.6 per cent, enough to generate median household incom