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2001 census: Income of Canadian families [1]

Author: 
Statistics Canada
Source: 
Statistics Canada [2]
Format: 
government document
Publication Date: 
13 May 2003
AVAILABILITY

Available in print for order (see SOURCE) and online for download.

- Full report in html and for download in pdf [3]

Selected highlights:

CANADA

* Overview: High-income families make gains, while incomes remain stable for rest
* Total income: Top tenth of families accounted for more than a quarter of all income
* Government transfers: Share in income declines for working-age families
* Low income: Proportion of seniors in low income now below the proportion of children
* Couple and lone-parent families: Gains for nuclear families with young children

PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES

- Biggest gains in median income in Alberta and Saskatchewan
- Family income most unequally distributed in Nunavut
- Share of income that comes from government sources down in most provinces and territories

SUB-PROVINCIAL

- Median family income highest in Ottawa-Hull, Oshawa
- Family income most unequally distributed in Toronto and Vancouver
- Government transfer share of family income highest in St. John's

Region: 
Canada [4]
Tags: 
poverty [5]
demographics [6]
urban [7]

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Links
[1] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/03/05/2001-census-income-canadian-families [2] https://www.statcan.gc.ca/ [3] http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/analytic/companion/inc/contents.cfm [4] https://childcarecanada.org/taxonomy/term/7864 [5] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/poverty [6] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/demographics [7] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/urban