For those not in these special circumstances, non-registered eligible dividend income will be taxed at the
usual rate (combined federal / provincial): In Ontario, roughly 25 per
cent or more for those making more than $ 90,000 a
year, rising to a whopping combined rate of 39.34 per
cent for those earning more than $ 220,000.
According to Statistics Canada, in the two
year period of 2009 - 2010, 4.27 million Canadians were injured sufficiently enough that we had to limit our
usual activities; 15 per
cent of the population.