FREE STATISTICS - ARCHIVES

This area of our website contains historical archives of data tables on poverty, social assistance and income. It was replaced in 2006 by our Stats & Facts site. The CCSD Research section also contains a wealth of statistical information.

Poverty Lines

• Working Definitions of Poverty (Chapter 2 of The Canadian Fact Book on Poverty 2000)
• How the poverty line (LICO) is calculated (from the Canadian Fact Book on Poverty 1994)
• Before/After Tax Poverty Lines 2006 (LICOs)
• Before-Tax Poverty Lines 2005 (LICOs)
• Before-Tax Poverty Lines 2004 (LICOs)
• After-Tax Poverty Lines 2003 (LICOs)
• Before-Tax Poverty Lines 2003 (LICOs)
• Low Income Measures (LIMs) 2001, Before and After Tax
• Poverty Lines 2002 (LICOs)
• Poverty Lines 2001 (LICOs)
• Poverty Lines 2000 (LICOs)
• Poverty Lines 1999 (LICOs)
• Poverty Lines 1998 (LICOs)
• Poverty Lines 1997 (LICOs)
• Poverty Lines 1996 (LICOs)
• Poverty Lines 1995 (LICOs)
• Poverty Lines 1994 (LICOs)
• Poverty Lines 1993 (LICOs)
• Welfare Incomes as a Percentage of the Poverty Line, 2001

Poverty Statistics

• Aboriginal Children in Poverty in Urban Communities
• Percentage and Numbers of Persons in Poverty, Canada, 1990 and 1999
• Urban Poverty in Canada: A Statistical Profile
• Historical Child Poverty Rates, by Province, Canada, 1980-1989
• Historical Child Poverty Rates, by Province, Canada, 1990-1996
• Historical Child Poverty Rates, Children in Single Mother Families, by Province, Canada, 1980-1989
• Historical Child Poverty Rates, Children in Single Mother Families, by Province, Canada, 1990-1996
• A series of charts from a presentation by David Ross in April 1998, entitled Child Poverty in Canada: Recasting the Issue. Most of these charts look at the differences between children in lower-income and higher-income families.
  • Perceptions of Poverty Over Time
  • Health [Chart #2]
  • Hyperactivity [Chart #3]
  • Vocabulary [Chart #4]
  • Math [Chart #5]
  • Friends in trouble [Chart # 6]
  • Sports participation [Chart # 7]
  • Not employed, not in school [Chart # 8]
• Poverty Statistics, Canada, 1996
• Family Poverty Rates, Canada and the Provinces, 1980-1995
• Poverty Rates, Unattached Individuals by Age, 1980-1995
• Poverty Rates, All Persons, 1980-1995
• Poverty Rates for Two-Parent, Single-mother and Single-Father Families, 1980-1995
• Elderly Poverty Rates Over Time - 1980-1995
• Elderly Poverty Rates 1980-1995, by Family Status
• Child Poverty Rates Over Time - 1980-1995
• Child Poverty, Canada and the Provinces, 1997
• Child Poverty, Canada and the Provinces, 1996
• Child Poverty, Canada and the Provinces, 1995
• Child Poverty, Canada and the Provinces, 1994
• Child Poverty, Canada and the Provinces, 1993

Welfare

• Basic Social Assistance Incomes by Household Type, 2002
• Welfare Incomes as a Percentage of the Poverty Line, 2001
• Distribution of people on social assistance by family type, 1998
• Welfare Cases by Family Type and Province, March 1997
• Change in Welfare Benefits Between 1986 and 1996, by Province/Territory and Family Type
• Estimated number of people on social assistance by province/territory, 1998
• Estimated number of people on social assistance by province/territory, 1997
• Distribution of people on social assistance by family type, 1997
• Welfare Incomes and Average Incomes in Canada, 1996, by Province and Family Type
• Welfare Incomes and Average Incomes in Canada, 1995, by Province and Family Type
• Welfare Incomes and Average Incomes in Canada, 1994, by Province and Family Type
• Welfare Incomes and Average Incomes in Canada, 1993, by Province and Family Type
• Welfare Incomes - Percentage change, 1986-1994
• Estimated Number of People on Welfare, 1994-1995, by Province and Territory
• Estimated Number of Canadians on Welfare, 1993-1994, by Province and Territory

Income

• Census Shows Growing Polarization of Income in Canada
• Average Incomes by Family Type, Canada, 1991 and 1996
• Average and Median Family Income by Province, 1996
• Average Incomes by Family Type, Before and After Taxes and Transfers, 1996
• Percentage Distribution of Total Income of Families and Unattached Individuals by Quintiles, Canada, 1980-1996
• A series of five tables and charts from Delivering the Goods: Income Distribution and the Precarious Middle Class.
• Average Incomes of Families and Unattached Individuals, Canada, 1951-1995

Miscellaneous

• Income Gaps and Changing Needs in the City of Toronto (report)
• 25 Indicators of social development - Canada, the US, Sweden
• Proportion of young adults living with their parents, 1996
• Minimum Wage Rates in Canada & the Provinces (external link)
• Voter Turnout in Federal and Provincial Elections, 1988-1993
• Costs of Raising a Child (external link)