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Originally Posted by memph
It's using $18,000 USD for the US and $18,000 CAD for Canada. Presumably the values of the currencies would be tied to such cost differences, although at the time of the respective censuses the currencies were relatively equal.
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I would assume this accounts for much of the discrepancy. USD is currently worth around 35% more, which has been pretty typical throughout the decades.
While Canada undoubtedly has somewhat lower levels of income inequality, I would be surprised if it had "wealthier poor". It's probably more likely it has "less wealthy rich", as the U.S. is atypical from other first world nations on that end.