CCSD Facts & Stats: Fact Sheet on Economic Security : Income

Fact Sheet #1: Income

This economic security fact sheet includes an analysis of current data on:

Market Incomes: average and median, by family types and geography
After-tax Incomes: average and median, by family types and geography
Income Inequality

Other economic security fact sheets examine poverty among families and unattached individuals, and expenditure patterns among Canadian households, focusing on food security and housing affordability.

Average Market Income

Market income is the sum of earnings from employment and net self-employment, net investment income, (private) retirement income, and income from other sources. It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers. It is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers.

In 2004, Canadian households had an average market income of $53,900, an increase of 2% over the previous year.
Canadian families of two or more persons had an average market income of $68,100 in 2004, an increase of almost 3% over the previous year. For both elderly and non-elderly families, market income rose by 3% between 2003 and 2004.
Among unattached individuals, overall market income remained steady between 2003 and 2004. For elderly women living alone, average market income rose by 5% over this period, while elderly men reported an income drop of almost 5%, and non-elderly men reported a drop of almost 2%. There was little change in market income among single female households under the age of 65.

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CANADA
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NB
QUE
ONT
MAN
SASK
ALTA
BC

CANADA: Average Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	% Change 2003-2004
ALL HOUSEHOLDS	$52,400	$53,000	$53,000	$52,800	$53,900	2.1%
Economic Families of two or more persons	$66,400	$67,000	$66,900	$66,300	$68,100	2.7%
Elderly Families	$29,400	$29,100	$30,100	$29,700	$30,600	3.0%
Non-elderly Families	$72,400	$73,200	$72,900	$72,500	$74,700	3.0%
Married couples without children	$68,100	$72,200	$70,700	$68,700	$69,500	1.2%
Two-parent families with children	$80,300	$80,700	$81,000	$82,200	$85,300	3.8%
Lone-parent families	$29,400	$30,000	$28,200	$29,000	$29,500	1.7%
Male lone-parent families	$50,200	$46,000	$46,100	$50,500	$47,500	-5.9%
Female lone-parent families	$25,200	$26,700	$24,000	$24,200	$25,400	5.0%
Unattached Individuals	$23,800	$24,500	$25,000	$25,800	$25,800	0.0%
Elderly men	$13,300	$15,200	$14,900	$16,200	$15,400	-4.9%
Elderly women	$10,600	$11,400	$12,000	$11,800	$12,400	5.1%
Non-elderly men	$31,300	$31,700	$31,900	$32,900	$32,300	-1.8%
Non-elderly women	$24,300	$24,700	$26,300	$26,800	$26,800	0.0%
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Calculations by the Canadian Council on Social Development, using Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR: Average Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$44,700	$43,400	$44,400	$44,600	$44,200
Elderly Families	$14,200	$12,400	$12,900	$11,300	$12,700
Non-elderly Families	$49,700	$48,300	$49,900	$50,200	$49,700
Married couples without children	$41,300	$41,800	$46,200	$46,800	$45,500
Two-parent families with children	$55,000	$54,000	$53,900	$57,100	$57,100
Lone-parent families	$18,100	$20,200	$18,500	$16,100	$15,900
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$17,300	$19,400	$16,500	$14,700	$14,000
Unattached Individuals	$13,900	$13,600	$14,200	$12,500	$12,200
Elderly men	F	F	F	$5,700	$4,400
Elderly women	$4,500	$3,600	$8,100	$6,800	$6,700
Non-elderly men	$18,200	$19,300	$16,300	$14,600	$17,600
Non-elderly women	$17,100	$16,800	$16,300	$15,800	$10,800
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Average Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$48,100	$48,000	$48,600	$49,600	$48,100
Elderly Families	$19,000	$19,500	$21,200	$20,500	$22,900
Non-elderly Families	$53,900	$53,900	$53,500	$55,000	$53,000
Married couples without children	$53,100	$55,400	$55,500	$59,600	$53,600
Two-parent families with children	$54,900	$54,500	$59,300	$56,200	$56,000
Lone-parent families	$24,500	$21,000	$18,700	$20,700	$18,600
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$24,200	$20,100	$16,200	$18,100	$17,900
Unattached Individuals	$15,500	$15,200	$14,300	$15,200	$14,200
Elderly men	F	F	$6,300	$14,100	$12,500
Elderly women	$6,700	$7,100	$5,600	$5,000	$4,900
Non-elderly men	$20,300	$19,700	$20,700	$20,200	$17,000
Non-elderly women	$17,400	$17,200	$17,700	$18,800	$19,700
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

NOVA SCOTIA: Average Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$53,000	$54,700	$55,900	$52,900	$55,100
Elderly Families	$23,600	$25,400	$24,300	$22,500	$24,700
Non-elderly Families	$58,400	$60,100	$61,900	$59,000	$61,400
Married couples without children	$53,600	$62,000	$61,400	$57,200	$60,300
Two-parent families with children	$64,600	$65,200	$66,600	$66,600	$67,000
Lone-parent families	$24,000	$22,000	$17,900	$21,700	$24,400
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$20,000	$18,200	$18,000	$21,500	$23,000
Unattached Individuals	$17,600	$17,900	$18,700	$21,500	$20,500
Elderly men	$8,900	$13,000	$12,300	$10,200	$13,100
Elderly women	$7,800	$8,900	$10,200	$10,000	$11,000
Non-elderly men	$23,000	$23,500	$23,000	$29,800	$28,100
Non-elderly women	$20,900	$19,300	$21,300	$21,500	$18,800
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

NEW BRUNSWICK: Average Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$51,500	$51,100	$51,000	$51,400	$52,500
Elderly Families	$24,300	$24,200	$22,600	$25,500	$25,700
Non-elderly Families	$56,200	$55,600	$55,700	$55,800	$57,200
Married couples without children	$53,600	$53,000	$54,900	$52,300	$54,000
Two-parent families with children	$62,000	$63,300	$61,700	$65,300	$66,100
Lone-parent families	$20,400	$18,400	$19,500	$18,100	$20,000
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$18,700	$17,400	$17,300	$14,600	$16,100
Unattached Individuals	$16,200	$18,800	$15,600	$15,900	$16,000
Elderly men	$22,100	$15,600	$7,200	$5,500	$5,300
Elderly women	$7,700	$8,200	$7,400	$7,500	$7,300
Non-elderly men	$19,900	$26,400	$21,500	$22,800	$22,800
Non-elderly women	$17,100	$18,300	$17,700	$18,100	$17,500
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

QUEBEC: Average Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$58,200	$58,600	$59,000	$58,200	$60,400
Elderly Families	$24,000	$24,000	$23,300	$24,500	$25,800
Non-elderly Families	$63,800	$64,200	$64,700	$63,700	$66,200
Married couples without children	$61,600	$65,900	$62,900	$60,600	$63,300
Two-parent families with children	$71,300	$71,000	$73,900	$73,500	$76,500
Lone-parent families	$25,800	$27,600	$26,600	$27,900	$30,900
Male lone-parent families	$37,900	$45,400	$40,300	$41,500	$47,400
Female lone-parent families	$23,000	$23,300	$22,800	$24,400	$25,800
Unattached Individuals	$20,500	$21,500	$22,700	$24,000	$24,200
Elderly men	$7,800	$9,000	$14,600	$13,500	$12,000
Elderly women	$8,000	$9,500	$10,600	$10,200	$10,400
Non-elderly men	$26,700	$28,000	$28,400	$29,600	$29,700
Non-elderly women	$21,900	$22,000	$24,300	$26,800	$27,300
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

ONTARIO: Average Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$76,800	$76,300	$75,700	$74,800	$76,700
Elderly Families	$33,000	$32,700	$37,600	$35,100	$33,800
Non-elderly Families	$84,000	$83,400	$81,800	$81,400	$84,300
Married couples without children	$78,000	$82,100	$80,900	$77,000	$75,800
Two-parent families with children	$92,400	$90,900	$90,000	$92,000	$96,700
Lone-parent families	$34,100	$34,500	$30,800	$30,000	$30,800
Male lone-parent families	$52,400	$44,400	$47,800	$46,400	$44,300
Female lone-parent families	$30,500	$32,600	$27,400	$27,000	$28,300
Unattached Individuals	$27,300	$28,100	$28,800	$29,900	$28,900
Elderly men	$15,200	$18,900	$16,100	$20,700	$18,600
Elderly women	$12,200	$13,100	$14,400	$14,000	$14,900
Non-elderly men	$35,800	$36,300	$36,300	$38,300	$35,600
Non-elderly women	$28,900	$28,700	$31,200	$30,900	$30,100
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

MANITOBA: Average Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$56,700	$58,800	$59,500	$59,500	$61,600
Elderly Families	$26,900	$26,600	$26,200	$29,400	$30,000
Non-elderly Families	$62,200	$64,500	$65,700	$65,200	$67,500
Married couples without children	$62,200	$65,300	$61,300	$61,600	$63,600
Two-parent families with children	$66,900	$70,200	$71,600	$70,400	$73,800
Lone-parent families	$24,300	$24,900	$25,800	$27,300	$31,000
Male lone-parent families	F	F	$32,400	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$21,000	$22,600	$24,500	$25,000	$27,500
Unattached Individuals	$22,900	$21,900	$21,400	$22,700	$22,000
Elderly men	$11,900	$13,300	$11,600	$15,000	$13,200
Elderly women	$9,000	$9,200	$8,900	$9,900	$10,600
Non-elderly men	$34,400	$29,900	$28,800	$30,900	$29,200
Non-elderly women	$22,300	$24,500	$23,300	$23,000	$22,200
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

SASKATCHEWAN: Average Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$54,700	$57,100	$56,900	$57,700	$56,600
Elderly Families	$24,300	$25,400	$25,700	$26,400	$25,800
Non-elderly Families	$61,100	$64,100	$63,800	$64,500	$63,000
Married couples without children	$58,400	$63,600	$60,100	$59,300	$58,100
Two-parent families with children	$68,700	$70,200	$72,400	$71,700	$69,800
Lone-parent families	$19,600	$22,600	$19,900	$23,500	$19,400
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	$30,100
Female lone-parent families	$18,200	$20,600	$15,900	$20,400	$17,300
Unattached Individuals	$19,400	$21,000	$20,600	$21,700	$19,700
Elderly men	$14,500	$16,600	$17,200	$17,300	$14,800
Elderly women	$9,500	$10,500	$9,000	$9,400	$9,200
Non-elderly men	$25,600	$28,700	$27,800	$27,400	$25,600
Non-elderly women	$21,800	$20,300	$20,500	$25,700	$21,900
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

ALBERTA: Average Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$71,600	$75,300	$72,900	$75,300	$77,500
Elderly Families	$28,400	$31,900	$29,000	$29,100	$33,100
Non-elderly Families	$77,200	$81,100	$79,000	$81,800	$83,900
Married couples without children	$74,300	$81,100	$79,400	$79,100	$80,500
Two-parent families with children	$82,000	$84,600	$81,300	$86,200	$91,000
Lone-parent families	$40,500	$42,700	$35,400	$41,600	$37,700
Male lone-parent families	$98,200	$88,900	$64,800	$88,900	$78,000
Female lone-parent families	$27,100	$31,200	$25,800	$25,600	$27,300
Unattached Individuals	$25,600	$26,900	$28,000	$26,400	$29,600
Elderly men	$17,300	$18,800	$20,100	$15,400	$17,800
Elderly women	$12,400	$13,400	$12,900	$11,600	$13,300
Non-elderly men	$33,600	$35,300	$35,500	$34,500	$37,900
Non-elderly women	$21,400	$22,400	$24,900	$22,700	$25,600
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Average Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$62,400	$63,400	$64,700	$62,800	$64,100
Elderly Families	$36,800	$32,800	$29,700	$29,800	$34,700
Non-elderly Families	$66,600	$68,500	$70,300	$68,600	$69,500
Married couples without children	$64,200	$66,400	$68,200	$69,400	$71,400
Two-parent families with children	$75,100	$79,000	$79,400	$78,400	$78,100
Lone-parent families	$25,800	$23,900	$27,600	$28,100	$23,400
Male lone-parent families	$53,400	$34,200	$53,900	$60,400	F
Female lone-parent families	$20,700	$21,600	$22,200	$20,100	$20,500
Unattached Individuals	$25,000	$24,800	$24,100	$24,500	$25,200
Elderly men	$15,300	$17,400	$13,200	$15,400	$17,100
Elderly women	$13,200	$13,000	$11,900	$12,400	$13,500
Non-elderly men	$32,800	$30,100	$31,200	$30,800	$30,700
Non-elderly women	$22,800	$25,600	$24,300	$24,000	$25,000
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

Across most of Canada, the average market income of families rose between 2003 and 2004, with the exceptions of Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, all of which reported declines in overall market income.
Among all unattached individuals, average market income was unchanged between 2003 and 2004. The most notable increase was in Alberta, where the market income of unattached individuals rose by just over 12% during this period. Decreases were reported in Saskatchewan (a 9% drop) and in Prince Edward Island (a decline of almost 7%).

Average Market Income by Household Type, Canada and the Provinces, 2000-2004 (constant 2004$)
Economic Families of two or more persons
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	%Change 2003-2004
Canada	$66,400	$67,000	$66,900	$66,300	$68,100	2.7%
Newfoundland & Labrador	$44,700	$43,400	$44,400	$44,600	$44,200	-0.9%
Prince Edward Island	$48,100	$48,000	$48,600	$49,600	$48,100	-3.0%
Nova Scotia	$53,000	$54,700	$55,900	$52,900	$55,100	4.2%
New Brunswick	$51,500	$51,100	$51,000	$51,400	$52,500	2.1%
Quebec	$58,200	$58,600	$59,000	$58,200	$60,400	3.8%
Ontario	$76,800	$76,300	$75,700	$74,800	$76,700	2.5%
Manitoba	$56,700	$58,800	$59,500	$59,500	$61,600	3.5%
Saskatchewan	$54,700	$57,100	$56,900	$57,700	$56,600	-1.9%
Alberta	$71,600	$75,300	$72,900	$75,300	$77,500	2.9%
British Columbia	$62,400	$63,400	$64,700	$62,800	$64,100	2.1%
Unattached Individuals
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	% Change 2003-2004
Canada	$23,800	$24,500	$25,000	$25,800	$25,800	0.0%
Newfoundland & Labrador	$13,900	$13,600	$14,200	$12,500	$12,200	-2.4%
Prince Edward Island	$15,500	$15,200	$14,300	$15,200	$14,200	-6.6%
Nova Scotia	$17,600	$17,900	$18,700	$21,500	$20,500	-4.7%
New Brunswick	$16,200	$18,800	$15,600	$15,900	$16,000	0.6%
Quebec	$20,500	$21,500	$22,700	$24,000	$24,200	0.8%
Ontario	$27,300	$28,100	$28,800	$29,900	$28,900	-3.3%
Manitoba	$22,900	$21,900	$21,400	$22,700	$22,000	-3.1%
Saskatchewan	$19,400	$21,000	$20,600	$21,700	$19,700	-9.2%
Alberta	$25,600	$26,900	$28,000	$26,400	$29,600	12.1%
British Columbia	$25,000	$24,800	$24,100	$24,500	$25,200	2.9%
Notes: Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referrred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. Source: Calculations by the Canadian Council on Social Development, using data from Statistics Canada, Income Trends in Canada 2004, Cat. 75-202-XIE.

Median Market Income

In 2004, the median market income of Canadian households was $40,000, almost unchanged from the previous year. (The median is the point at which half of families had higher incomes and half had lower.)
Across Canada, most family types reported an increase in their median market incomes in 2004. The only exception was among non-elderly single men, whose median market income declined by 1.6% from the previous year. The largest gains were among elderly single women: their median market income rose by 9.8% between 2003 and 2004.

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CANADA
NFLD/LAB
PEI
NS
NB
QUE
ONT
MAN
SASK
ALTA
BC

CANADA: Median Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	% Change 2003-2004
ALL HOUSEHOLDS	$39,300	$39,600	$39,600	$39,600	$40,000	1.0%
Economic Families of two or more persons	$55,200	$55,100	$54,500	$54,500	$55,800	2.4%
Elderly Families	$18,500	$19,300	$20,200	$19,500	$20,700	6.2%
Non-elderly Families	$61,200	$61,800	$60,800	$61,100	$62,800	2.8%
Married couples without children	$57,900	$58,900	$57,200	$58,200	$59,200	1.7%
Two-parent families with children	$69,700	$69,900	$69,300	$70,500	$71,700	1.7%
Lone-parent families	$22,800	$22,400	$20,200	$21,000	$22,000	4.8%
Male lone-parent families	$43,400	$38,300	$39,200	$38,900	$41,100	5.7%
Female lone-parent families	$18,200	$19,400	$16,200	$17,300	$19,000	9.8%
Unattached Individuals	$15,300	$16,300	$17,100	$17,100	$17,400	1.8%
Elderly men	$5,600	$6,800	$7,700	$8,000	$8,100	1.3%
Elderly women	$4,600	$5,400	$5,000	$5,500	$6,000	9.1%
Non-elderly men	$25,700	$25,900	$26,200	$25,700	$25,300	-1.6%
Non-elderly women	$16,700	$17,500	$19,500	$19,800	$19,900	0.5%
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Calculations by the Canadian Council on Social Development, using Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR: Median Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$34,900	$32,200	$33,300	$33,500	$34,500
Elderly Families	$4,500	$4,300	$5,200	$3,200	$2,800
Non-elderly Families	$41,100	$38,900	$39,600	$39,100	$40,500
Married couples without children	$35,600	$34,800	$38,500	$37,700	$40,500
Two-parent families with children	$50,100	$45,700	$44,600	$46,100	$44,900
Lone-parent families	$5,800	$10,400	$7,200	$4,300	$7,300
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$5,000	$10,300	$5,700	$3,400	$4,300
Unattached Individuals	$6,200	$5,300	$7,100	$4,000	$3,600
Elderly men	F	F	F	-	-
Elderly women	-	-	$1,000	$100	$100
Non-elderly men	$13,000	$10,200	$11,900	$7,000	$9,300
Non-elderly women	$8,300	$9,500	$8,800	$6,700	$3,300
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size; a dash indicates that the value is zero. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Median Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$39,000	$40,600	$40,000	$41,400	$41,500
Elderly Families	$7,800	$6,900	$7,000	$10,000	$11,800
Non-elderly Families	$45,400	$47,900	$44,600	$46,100	$46,400
Married couples without children	$40,600	$42,300	$43,700	$45,400	$44,500
Two-parent families with children	$49,700	$52,400	$49,300	$49,100	$52,100
Lone-parent families	$17,300	$15,700	$14,400	$14,800	$15,000
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$15,100	$14,100	$12,300	$14,700	$14,800
Unattached Individuals	$9,600	$11,500	$10,500	$9,700	$8,700
Elderly men	F	F	$100	$6,400	$7,400
Elderly women	$2,400	$3,300	$2,800	$2,000	$1,700
Non-elderly men	$15,600	$15,800	$17,500	$15,700	$13,000
Non-elderly women	$12,600	$13,300	$14,200	$13,800	$13,400
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size; a dash indicates that the value is zero. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

NOVA SCOTIA: Median Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$44,400	$45,400	$45,600	$44,600	$47,100
Elderly Families	$12,600	$13,800	$15,100	$14,300	$16,600
Non-elderly Families	$51,000	$52,000	$53,000	$51,900	$54,500
Married couples without children	$43,800	$45,400	$52,700	$50,400	$54,700
Two-parent families with children	$58,600	$59,400	$59,000	$59,300	$62,000
Lone-parent families	$20,600	$14,700	$10,400	$16,400	$22,000
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$19,000	$13,600	$11,800	$16,400	$22,000
Unattached Individuals	$11,000	$11,100	$12,700	$13,900	$13,200
Elderly men	$5,300	$7,100	$4,000	$4,200	$8,000
Elderly women	$900	$3,200	$3,000	$3,300	$4,000
Non-elderly men	$18,100	$17,400	$20,900	$21,900	$22,700
Non-elderly women	$14,600	$14,300	$17,800	$16,600	$15,300
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size; a dash indicates that the value is zero. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

NEW BRUNSWICK: Median Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$43,900	$43,300	$44,200	$42,800	$43,700
Elderly Families	$12,200	$13,100	$11,800	$15,800	$17,100
Non-elderly Families	$49,100	$48,100	$48,200	$48,100	$49,500
Married couples without children	$46,600	$43,600	$46,500	$43,400	$49,000
Two-parent families with children	$54,800	$55,700	$56,500	$58,100	$56,500
Lone-parent families	$14,700	$11,100	$13,900	$8,900	$14,100
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$12,500	$9,700	$10,300	$8,100	$11,000
Unattached Individuals	$9,700	$9,700	$8,600	$9,100	$10,500
Elderly men	$7,200	$4,900	$1,700	$200	$600
Elderly women	$1,700	$2,400	$1,100	$1,800	$2,700
Non-elderly men	$14,800	$14,600	$15,500	$19,500	$19,100
Non-elderly women	$13,000	$14,400	$14,700	$15,100	$14,700
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size; a dash indicates the value is zero. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

QUEBEC: Median Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$48,500	$48,100	$48,100	$48,000	$49,000
Elderly Families	$15,500	$15,400	$13,800	$13,500	$14,900
Non-elderly Families	$54,300	$53,700	$53,100	$53,400	$54,400
Married couples without children	$52,700	$53,000	$51,700	$52,400	$54,000
Two-parent families with children	$63,300	$62,600	$61,000	$63,700	$63,800
Lone-parent families	$22,300	$21,700	$21,600	$23,100	$24,500
Male lone-parent families	$39,700	$41,700	$39,100	$33,000	$39,700
Female lone-parent families	$17,200	$18,900	$16,500	$18,100	$20,600
Unattached Individuals	$13,300	$14,200	$16,300	$17,100	$17,600
Elderly men	$3,700	$2,600	$8,200	$6,700	$7,700
Elderly women	$1,700	$2,500	$3,000	$3,300	$3,700
Non-elderly men	$23,600	$23,500	$25,100	$24,100	$24,500
Non-elderly women	$15,800	$15,300	$19,200	$21,300	$21,600
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

ONTARIO: Median Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$63,300	$63,100	$62,800	$61,500	$63,100
Elderly Families	$20,700	$22,600	$26,100	$24,900	$25,300
Non-elderly Families	$69,800	$69,600	$69,200	$69,300	$70,400
Married couples without children	$64,900	$65,900	$66,300	$66,700	$65,600
Two-parent families with children	$77,800	$75,800	$76,000	$77,400	$79,300
Lone-parent families	$29,600	$28,800	$20,900	$22,300	$22,700
Male lone-parent families	$50,000	$41,700	$40,000	$38,900	$39,800
Female lone-parent families	$25,400	$25,800	$18,400	$20,000	$19,400
Unattached Individuals	$17,400	$20,400	$19,400	$19,300	$19,000
Elderly men	$6,600	$8,500	$7,700	$9,000	$10,600
Elderly women	$6,400	$7,800	$7,500	$7,800	$7,800
Non-elderly men	$30,200	$29,100	$30,100	$30,600	$28,300
Non-elderly women	$20,200	$23,500	$23,100	$22,100	$21,000
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

MANITOBA: Median Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$50,500	$50,900	$50,300	$51,700	$52,900
Elderly Families	$17,000	$19,200	$18,100	$21,300	$20,500
Non-elderly Families	$55,900	$55,500	$57,900	$58,800	$59,200
Married couples without children	$55,300	$54,300	$54,200	$55,700	$56,800
Two-parent families with children	$62,400	$62,300	$63,000	$63,400	$64,600
Lone-parent families	$16,300	$16,900	$21,700	$23,500	$28,800
Male lone-parent families	F	F	$30,500	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$14,900	$15,200	$20,900	$21,800	$25,300
Unattached Individuals	$14,700	$15,400	$17,800	$17,100	$16,100
Elderly men	$5,900	$4,700	$5,300	$6,000	$4,400
Elderly women	$4,400	$3,900	$4,300	$4,200	$4,000
Non-elderly men	$23,400	$25,600	$27,400	$29,000	$26,200
Non-elderly women	$18,400	$18,400	$21,200	$18,500	$19,100
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

SASKATCHEWAN: Median Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$47,200	$48,900	$49,900	$50,700	$49,800
Elderly Families	$19,300	$19,000	$18,900	$18,000	$19,300
Non-elderly Families	$55,600	$57,200	$58,000	$57,800	$57,100
Married couples without children	$53,500	$53,800	$53,000	$53,100	$53,200
Two-parent families with children	$61,500	$64,500	$65,400	$64,200	$63,600
Lone-parent families	$13,600	$18,900	$13,300	$19,400	$12,600
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	$29,000
Female lone-parent families	$11,100	$15,800	$10,100	$16,000	$12,000
Unattached Individuals	$11,600	$13,600	$14,800	$14,000	$13,000
Elderly men	$11,900	$12,800	$13,100	$13,000	$9,400
Elderly women	$4,300	$5,500	$5,000	$4,800	$4,300
Non-elderly men	$22,300	$24,600	$22,400	$21,600	$19,900
Non-elderly women	$15,900	$15,100	$15,700	$18,900	$15,500
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

ALBERTA: Median Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$59,900	$65,700	$63,000	$65,300	$66,900
Elderly Families	$19,000	$23,500	$20,900	$20,800	$20,900
Non-elderly Families	$65,500	$70,600	$69,400	$71,000	$73,800
Married couples without children	$62,400	$69,900	$67,400	$66,100	$66,600
Two-parent families with children	$69,800	$74,100	$73,300	$76,400	$82,700
Lone-parent families	$25,700	$31,600	$30,400	$29,500	$29,500
Male lone-parent families	$57,700	$56,900	$50,600	$55,600	$50,700
Female lone-parent families	$23,500	$25,400	$23,500	$24,500	$20,600
Unattached Individuals	$18,700	$20,300	$20,000	$19,000	$22,900
Elderly men	$5,900	$6,400	$9,300	$9,900	$9,600
Elderly women	$4,900	$6,700	$7,200	$6,300	$7,200
Non-elderly men	$27,000	$29,200	$29,300	$27,100	$28,600
Non-elderly women	$16,100	$17,400	$18,800	$16,400	$19,900
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Median Market Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$53,900	$53,400	$51,300	$52,000	$53,600
Elderly Families	$25,100	$22,500	$20,700	$22,200	$23,200
Non-elderly Families	$58,400	$58,200	$57,200	$59,300	$60,200
Married couples without children	$59,000	$57,700	$54,600	$60,500	$61,600
Two-parent families with children	$69,100	$69,600	$68,900	$69,000	$67,400
Lone-parent families	$17,100	$18,400	$15,700	$14,600	$18,600
Male lone-parent families	$45,700	$31,000	$33,800	$34,600	F
Female lone-parent families	$15,300	$14,400	$15,100	$12,500	$17,700
Unattached Individuals	$17,700	$17,100	$17,000	$16,500	$17,200
Elderly men	$8,800	$10,000	$6,700	$8,400	$8,300
Elderly women	$6,900	$6,900	$5,500	$6,400	$6,600
Non-elderly men	$26,500	$26,400	$27,200	$22,900	$24,300
Non-elderly women	$16,000	$16,700	$19,500	$18,900	$17,700
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. Market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and net self-employment), net investment income, (private) retirement income, and items reported under "Other income." It is equivalent to total income minus government transfers and is also referred to as income before taxes and transfers. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

For families of two or more persons, median market incomes were up in 2004. The only exception was among families in Saskatchewan, which reported a decline of 1.8%. The largest gains were reported by families in Nova Scotia (5.6%) and British Columbia (3.1%).
Among Canada's single population, there were great variations in median market incomes between 2003 and 2004. In Alberta, unattached individuals saw their median market income rise by over 20%, while those in New Brunswick recorded a 15.4% increase over this one-year period. The most significant declines in the median market incomes of single people were reported in Newfoundland/Labrador and Prince Edward Island - down 10% over 2003.

Average After-tax Income

After-tax income is total income - which includes government transfers - minus income taxes. It is also referred to as disposable income.

In 2004, Canadian households had an average after-tax income of $50,300, an increase of just under 2% over the previous year.
Among Canada's families of two or more persons, after-tax income rose from $61,100 in 2003 to $62,700 by 2004 - an increase of almost 3%. Elderly families experienced stronger growth in their average after-tax incomes than did non-elderly families (2.8% compared to 2.0%).
Between 2003 and 2004, the average after-tax income of unattached individuals remained unchanged. Both elderly and non-elderly men reported small declines in their after-tax incomes, while for elderly women, their average after-tax income rose by almost 4% over this period.
Across Canada, after-tax incomes among families were up, with the exceptions of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan, where families experienced declines in their after-tax incomes, ranging from 1.1% to 1.5%.

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CANADA
NFLD/LAB
PEI
NS
NB
QUE
ONT
MAN
SASK
ALTA
BC

CANADA: Average After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	% Change 2003-2004
ALL HOUSEHOLDS	$47,600	$49,500	$49,700	$49,400	$50,300	1.8%
Economic Families of two or more persons	$59,200	$61,500	$61,600	$61,100	$62,700	2.6%
Elderly Families	$42,600	$44,000	$44,700	$44,500	$45,400	2.0%
Non-elderly Families	$61,900	$64,400	$64,300	$63,900	$65,700	2.8%
Married couples without children	$56,300	$60,700	$60,000	$58,400	$59,100	1.2%
Two-parent families with children	$67,100	$69,500	$70,100	$70,700	$73,200	3.5%
Lone-parent families	$33,100	$34,300	$32,800	$33,400	$33,700	0.9%
Male lone-parent families	$44,200	$43,000	$43,600	$46,300	$44,300	-4.3%
Female lone-parent families	$30,800	$32,500	$30,300	$30,500	$31,300	2.6%
Unattached Individuals	$24,100	$25,200	$25,800	$26,000	$26,000	0.0%
Elderly men	$23,600	$25,400	$25,300	$26,000	$25,600	-1.5%
Elderly women	$21,100	$22,400	$22,900	$22,400	$23,200	3.6%
Non-elderly men	$27,000	$27,900	$28,300	$28,800	$28,300	-1.7%
Non-elderly women	$21,900	$23,100	$24,200	$24,300	$24,400	0.4%
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Calculations by the Canadian Council on Social Development, using Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR: Average After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$46,400	$47,100	$47,700	$47,700	$47,000
Elderly Families	$31,800	$31,800	$32,400	$30,900	$32,600
Non-elderly Families	$48,700	$49,400	$50,300	$50,500	$49,600
Married couples without children	$40,100	$41,300	$44,300	$44,700	$43,400
Two-parent families with children	$52,700	$54,100	$52,900	$55,600	$54,900
Lone-parent families	$26,500	$28,500	$28,100	$27,100	$27,200
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$25,900	$27,900	$26,700	$25,600	$25,800
Unattached Individuals	$18,600	$18,500	$18,400	$17,400	$17,400
Elderly men	F	F	F	$18,000	$17,900
Elderly women	$15,900	$16,700	$19,400	$18,400	$18,700
Non-elderly men	$20,500	$19,800	$18,200	$17,200	$19,500
Non-elderly women	$17,600	$18,800	$17,400	$16,600	$13,500
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Average After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$48,400	$49,500	$50,900	$50,600	$49,900
Elderly Families	$35,500	$35,900	$37,200	$36,100	$38,500
Non-elderly Families	$51,000	$52,300	$53,300	$53,300	$52,100
Married couples without children	$46,900	$49,800	$51,200	$53,400	$49,900
Two-parent families with children	$52,500	$54,100	$58,300	$54,600	$54,400
Lone-parent families	$31,400	$28,800	$27,900	$29,500	$27,400
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$31,200	$28,500	$26,200	$27,600	$27,300
Unattached Individuals	$19,000	$19,500	$19,300	$19,600	$18,900
Elderly men	F	F	$18,800	$24,200	$23,500
Elderly women	$17,800	$18,600	$17,800	$17,400	$17,100
Non-elderly men	$20,400	$20,700	$21,500	$20,500	$19,100
Non-elderly women	$17,400	$17,900	$18,600	$19,200	$19,100
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

NOVA SCOTIA: Average After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$50,800	$52,600	$53,100	$51,300	$53,000
Elderly Families	$39,400	$40,800	$39,900	$38,900	$40,700
Non-elderly Families	$53,000	$54,700	$55,600	$53,800	$55,500
Married couples without children	$47,100	$53,700	$52,600	$49,800	$52,000
Two-parent families with children	$57,300	$57,900	$59,500	$59,300	$59,900
Lone-parent families	$29,500	$28,900	$25,100	$27,800	$29,900
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$28,100	$27,400	$25,400	$28,000	$29,500
Unattached Individuals	$20,200	$20,900	$21,400	$23,100	$22,400
Elderly men	$19,100	$23,400	$22,900	$21,600	$23,800
Elderly women	$18,400	$20,200	$21,100	$20,900	$22,800
Non-elderly men	$21,700	$22,300	$21,900	$26,500	$24,500
Non-elderly women	$20,100	$19,200	$20,400	$20,600	$19,300
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

NEW BRUNSWICK: Average After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$49,700	$50,800	$50,700	$50,800	$51,900
Elderly Families	$39,600	$40,300	$39,500	$41,100	$41,500
Non-elderly Families	$51,500	$52,500	$52,600	$52,400	$53,700
Married couples without children	$47,300	$48,700	$49,400	$47,800	$49,600
Two-parent families with children	$55,300	$57,700	$56,900	$58,800	$59,900
Lone-parent families	$27,500	$26,500	$28,300	$26,900	$27,600
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$27,100	$26,100	$27,000	$25,000	$25,300
Unattached Individuals	$19,700	$21,700	$19,600	$20,000	$19,900
Elderly men	$29,600	$26,500	$19,900	$18,500	$18,300
Elderly women	$19,200	$19,600	$19,400	$19,400	$19,400
Non-elderly men	$20,100	$24,300	$20,900	$22,000	$22,100
Non-elderly women	$16,900	$18,100	$17,600	$18,200	$17,900
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

QUEBEC: Average After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$51,900	$54,300	$54,500	$53,900	$55,800
Elderly Families	$37,800	$39,100	$38,800	$39,400	$40,500
Non-elderly Families	$54,200	$56,700	$57,000	$56,300	$58,400
Married couples without children	$49,100	$54,400	$52,700	$50,800	$53,200
Two-parent families with children	$59,800	$61,800	$64,000	$63,400	$66,000
Lone-parent families	$29,400	$31,900	$31,200	$32,500	$34,700
Male lone-parent families	$35,400	$40,400	$38,500	$40,300	$44,300
Female lone-parent families	$28,000	$29,900	$29,100	$30,500	$31,700
Unattached Individuals	$21,400	$22,400	$23,700	$24,000	$24,200
Elderly men	$19,200	$20,200	$24,000	$23,200	$22,600
Elderly women	$19,000	$20,700	$20,900	$20,100	$20,700
Non-elderly men	$23,500	$24,700	$25,700	$25,900	$25,600
Non-elderly women	$20,300	$20,900	$22,600	$23,900	$24,600
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

ONTARIO: Average After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$67,300	$68,800	$68,400	$67,800	$69,300
Elderly Families	$45,600	$47,400	$50,500	$49,100	$48,100
Non-elderly Families	$70,900	$72,200	$71,300	$71,000	$73,100
Married couples without children	$64,100	$68,100	$67,700	$65,300	$64,400
Two-parent families with children	$75,600	$76,700	$76,700	$78,000	$81,300
Lone-parent families	$37,300	$38,300	$34,800	$34,700	$34,700
Male lone-parent families	$46,700	$43,900	$45,000	$44,100	$42,300
Female lone-parent families	$35,500	$37,200	$32,700	$33,000	$33,300
Unattached Individuals	$26,800	$28,100	$28,700	$29,300	$28,500
Elderly men	$25,700	$28,300	$26,800	$29,400	$28,500
Elderly women	$22,500	$24,000	$25,500	$24,700	$25,600
Non-elderly men	$30,500	$31,400	$31,300	$32,800	$30,900
Non-elderly women	$25,100	$26,200	$27,800	$27,500	$26,900
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

MANITOBA: Average After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$52,500	$55,000	$56,700	$55,100	$57,100
Elderly Families	$41,000	$41,600	$41,700	$43,300	$44,700
Non-elderly Families	$54,600	$57,400	$59,500	$57,400	$59,400
Married couples without children	$51,800	$54,500	$53,700	$52,700	$54,200
Two-parent families with children	$58,100	$61,600	$63,900	$61,400	$64,100
Lone-parent families	$29,400	$29,900	$31,000	$31,700	$33,900
Male lone-parent families	F	F	$33,400	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$27,700	$28,800	$30,600	$30,500	$32,300
Unattached Individuals	$23,700	$23,700	$23,300	$23,800	$23,300
Elderly men	$21,400	$24,800	$22,800	$25,500	$24,200
Elderly women	$20,100	$20,700	$20,600	$21,500	$22,100
Non-elderly men	$28,200	$26,000	$25,700	$26,300	$25,300
Non-elderly women	$20,600	$22,300	$22,300	$21,700	$21,200
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

SASKATCHEWAN: Average After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$50,800	$54,000	$54,000	$54,600	$54,000
Elderly Families	$39,000	$41,000	$40,800	$41,900	$41,900
Non-elderly Families	$53,400	$56,900	$56,900	$57,400	$56,600
Married couples without children	$49,800	$54,600	$51,800	$51,500	$50,700
Two-parent families with children	$58,700	$61,500	$63,200	$62,900	$62,000
Lone-parent families	$25,800	$29,200	$28,600	$30,200	$27,100
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	$29,600
Female lone-parent families	$25,000	$28,500	$26,300	$28,400	$26,600
Unattached Individuals	$21,400	$22,700	$22,700	$23,500	$22,000
Elderly men	$23,600	$25,600	$26,100	$25,700	$24,400
Elderly women	$19,800	$20,900	$20,100	$20,600	$20,500
Non-elderly men	$22,500	$24,900	$24,700	$24,200	$23,100
Non-elderly women	$20,100	$19,600	$20,200	$24,300	$20,900
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

ALBERTA: Average After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$63,100	$67,700	$66,100	$67,400	$69,500
Elderly Families	$44,000	$47,900	$46,000	$46,400	$49,800
Non-elderly Families	$65,500	$70,300	$68,900	$70,300	$72,300
Married couples without children	$61,900	$68,500	$67,000	$66,000	$67,200
Two-parent families with children	$68,500	$72,900	$70,700	$73,700	$78,000
Lone-parent families	$38,400	$41,700	$37,300	$41,000	$39,200
Male lone-parent families	$74,400	$71,100	$57,500	$71,900	$65,700
Female lone-parent families	$30,100	$34,400	$30,700	$30,600	$32,400
Unattached Individuals	$25,300	$27,000	$27,200	$26,000	$28,200
Elderly men	$26,800	$29,000	$29,100	$26,600	$28,200
Elderly women	$24,200	$25,100	$24,100	$23,500	$25,300
Non-elderly men	$28,800	$30,700	$30,700	$29,800	$32,100
Non-elderly women	$20,300	$21,900	$23,200	$21,200	$23,600
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Average After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$55,900	$59,400	$60,600	$59,200	$60,400
Elderly Families	$46,800	$46,000	$43,700	$44,000	$48,200
Non-elderly Families	$57,400	$61,600	$63,300	$61,900	$62,700
Married couples without children	$54,000	$57,700	$59,300	$60,100	$61,200
Two-parent families with children	$64,400	$68,800	$70,000	$68,800	$69,300
Lone-parent families	$31,900	$30,100	$32,500	$31,500	$28,900
Male lone-parent families	$46,900	$35,800	$49,100	$51,900	F
Female lone-parent families	$29,100	$28,800	$29,200	$26,500	$27,200
Unattached Individuals	$24,600	$25,300	$25,700	$25,400	$25,800
Elderly men	$25,100	$26,800	$24,700	$25,800	$26,400
Elderly women	$22,500	$23,000	$22,800	$22,900	$23,900
Non-elderly men	$27,700	$27,100	$28,500	$28,100	$28,100
Non-elderly women	$20,800	$23,400	$23,300	$22,700	$23,000
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

Between 2003 and 2004, the average after-tax income of unattached individuals remained steady at $26,000. Provincially, the greatest gains were among singles in Alberta (+8.5%), while those in British Columbia reported a modest increase of 1.6%. Declines in after-tax income were reported among individuals in three of the four Atlantic provinces, and among those in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Average After-Tax Income by Household Type, Canada and the Provinces, 2000-2004 (constant 2004$)
Economic Families of two or more persons
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	%Change 2003-2004
Canada	$59,200	$61,500	$61,600	$61,100	$62,700	2.6%
Newfoundland & Labrador	$46,400	$47,100	$47,700	$47,700	$47,000	-1.5%
Prince Edward Island	$48,400	$49,500	$50,900	$50,600	$49,900	-1.4%
Nova Scotia	$50,800	$52,600	$53,100	$51,300	$53,000	3.3%
New Brunswick	$49,700	$50,800	$50,700	$50,800	$51,900	2.2%
Quebec	$51,900	$54,300	$54,500	$53,900	$55,800	3.5%
Ontario	$67,300	$68,800	$68,400	$67,800	$69,300	2.2%
Manitoba	$52,500	$55,000	$56,700	$55,100	$57,100	3.6%
Saskatchewan	$50,800	$54,000	$54,000	$54,600	$54,000	-1.1%
Alberta	$63,100	$67,700	$66,100	$67,400	$69,500	3.1%
British Columbia	$55,900	$59,400	$60,600	$59,200	$60,400	2.0%
Unattached Individuals
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	% Change 2003-2004
Canada	$24,100	$25,200	$25,800	$26,000	$26,000	0.0%
Newfoundland & Labrador	$18,600	$18,500	$18,400	$17,400	$17,400	0.0%
Prince Edward Island	$19,000	$19,500	$19,300	$19,600	$18,900	-3.6%
Nova Scotia	$20,200	$20,900	$21,400	$23,100	$22,400	-3.0%
New Brunswick	$19,700	$21,700	$19,600	$20,000	$19,900	-0.5%
Quebec	$21,400	$22,400	$23,700	$24,000	$24,200	0.8%
Ontario	$26,800	$28,100	$28,700	$29,300	$28,500	-2.7%
Manitoba	$23,700	$23,700	$23,300	$23,800	$23,300	-2.1%
Saskatchewan	$21,400	$22,700	$22,700	$23,500	$22,000	-6.4%
Alberta	$25,300	$27,000	$27,200	$26,000	$28,200	8.5%
British Columbia	$24,600	$25,300	$25,700	$25,400	$25,800	1.6%
Notes: After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. It is also referred to as disposable income. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. Source: Calculations by the Canadian Council on Social Development, using data from Statistics Canada, Income Trends in Canada 2004, Cat. 75-202-XIE.

Median After-tax Income

In 2004, the median after-tax income of Canadian households was $40,900, up only 1% from the previous year.
Across all households, the only group to report a decrease in their median after-tax income was non-elderly single men. Between 2003 and 2004, their income declined by 1.2%.
Median after-tax income for all Canadian families of two or more people rose to $54,100 in 2004, up 1.7% over the previous year. Median after-tax incomes increased across Canada, with the exceptions of families in Newfoundland/Labrador and Saskatchewan.
Among Canada's unattached individuals, median after-tax incomes rose in half the provinces. The most dramatic gains were in Alberta, where the median after-tax incomes of single individuals grew by 9.4% between 2003 and 2004. British Columbia and Quebec also reported increases of around 3%. Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan reported declines of just over 4%.

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CANADA: Median After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	% Change 2003-2004
ALL HOUSEHOLDS	$39,000	$40,600	$40,600	$40,500	$40,900	1.0%
Economic Families of two or more persons	$51,200	$53,300	$53,200	$53,200	$54,100	1.7%
Elderly Families	$36,000	$37,400	$38,000	$37,700	$38,500	2.1%
Non-elderly Families	$54,300	$56,700	$56,300	$56,700	$57,600	1.6%
Married couples without children	$50,300	$52,100	$51,700	$51,800	$53,000	2.3%
Two-parent families with children	$59,800	$62,000	$62,400	$62,600	$64,100	2.4%
Lone-parent families	$29,300	$30,000	$28,700	$28,900	$29,800	3.1%
Male lone-parent families	$37,700	$38,400	$38,700	$39,200	$39,700	1.3%
Female lone-parent families	$27,200	$27,900	$26,500	$27,000	$27,700	2.6%
Unattached Individuals	$19,500	$20,400	$21,200	$20,900	$21,300	1.9%
Elderly men	$19,300	$20,100	$20,900	$20,600	$21,300	3.4%
Elderly women	$17,800	$18,500	$18,300	$18,500	$19,000	2.7%
Non-elderly men	$23,800	$24,100	$24,800	$24,500	$24,200	-1.2%
Non-elderly women	$17,500	$18,500	$20,200	$20,000	$20,100	0.5%
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Calculations by the Canadian Council on Social Development, using Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR: Median After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$39,400	$40,000	$40,500	$41,800	$40,700
Elderly Families	$26,900	$27,900	$28,100	$27,300	$27,200
Non-elderly Families	$43,500	$43,900	$44,200	$45,000	$43,600
Married couples without children	$35,000	$36,900	$39,200	$41,800	$40,400
Two-parent families with children	$49,400	$49,400	$47,700	$50,600	$47,500
Lone-parent families	$20,400	$23,600	$25,400	$23,300	$24,000
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$20,400	$22,900	$22,400	$20,300	$20,800
Unattached Individuals	$14,700	$15,100	$15,200	$14,700	$14,900
Elderly men	F	F	F	$16,000	$16,100
Elderly women	$14,200	$15,100	$16,300	$15,900	$16,100
Non-elderly men	$15,200	$15,300	$13,600	$12,500	$15,000
Non-elderly women	$12,300	$13,500	$12,300	$10,800	$10,200
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Median After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$42,900	$44,100	$44,500	$44,600	$44,800
Elderly Families	$28,500	$27,500	$28,200	$29,300	$30,200
Non-elderly Families	$45,800	$47,400	$46,900	$47,500	$46,700
Married couples without children	$38,100	$42,000	$42,500	$45,000	$44,700
Two-parent families with children	$47,600	$51,000	$49,800	$50,300	$48,900
Lone-parent families	$28,200	$23,800	$25,500	$26,800	$28,300
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$24,000	$23,500	$24,600	$26,300	$25,600
Unattached Individuals	$16,800	$17,000	$16,600	$16,800	$16,000
Elderly men	F	F	$15,600	$19,600	$21,600
Elderly women	$15,700	$16,200	$16,000	$15,700	$15,600
Non-elderly men	$19,100	$19,600	$20,300	$19,600	$15,900
Non-elderly women	$14,100	$16,000	$16,000	$15,900	$16,000
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

NOVA SCOTIA: Median After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$45,400	$46,000	$46,800	$45,900	$47,100
Elderly Families	$32,300	$33,400	$32,700	$32,800	$35,300
Non-elderly Families	$48,200	$49,000	$49,800	$49,000	$50,500
Married couples without children	$41,200	$43,000	$46,700	$46,200	$48,400
Two-parent families with children	$52,400	$54,000	$54,100	$55,400	$56,000
Lone-parent families	$25,200	$25,100	$23,100	$24,700	$27,500
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$24,100	$24,100	$23,100	$25,500	$27,500
Unattached Individuals	$16,900	$17,600	$18,200	$18,900	$18,300
Elderly men	$18,000	$19,600	$19,100	$18,900	$20,200
Elderly women	$15,900	$17,200	$17,100	$17,400	$17,300
Non-elderly men	$18,200	$18,500	$19,400	$22,500	$21,400
Non-elderly women	$16,100	$16,600	$19,000	$17,000	$17,600
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

NEW BRUNSWICK: Median After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$43,800	$45,200	$45,400	$44,600	$46,400
Elderly Families	$31,600	$32,900	$31,800	$33,900	$36,000
Non-elderly Families	$45,900	$47,600	$47,600	$46,600	$48,400
Married couples without children	$42,900	$43,400	$43,600	$42,000	$44,500
Two-parent families with children	$50,900	$51,700	$53,300	$53,800	$54,400
Lone-parent families	$22,700	$19,300	$26,100	$23,700	$24,100
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$20,800	$18,300	$22,900	$21,500	$22,500
Unattached Individuals	$16,200	$17,100	$16,400	$17,300	$17,600
Elderly men	$19,200	$19,500	$17,200	$16,600	$17,200
Elderly women	$16,200	$16,700	$16,600	$16,600	$16,900
Non-elderly men	$16,600	$18,100	$16,300	$20,500	$19,500
Non-elderly women	$14,400	$15,300	$15,500	$16,100	$17,300
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

QUEBEC: Median After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$45,500	$46,700	$47,000	$47,000	$47,700
Elderly Families	$32,900	$33,900	$33,100	$32,900	$33,200
Non-elderly Families	$48,400	$49,800	$50,000	$49,700	$50,800
Married couples without children	$44,300	$46,000	$45,800	$46,100	$47,200
Two-parent families with children	$53,900	$56,300	$56,600	$58,500	$58,700
Lone-parent families	$28,200	$30,600	$28,800	$29,500	$31,500
Male lone-parent families	$35,700	$37,600	$40,600	$37,400	$39,100
Female lone-parent families	$25,900	$28,300	$26,100	$28,300	$30,100
Unattached Individuals	$18,000	$18,500	$20,400	$20,100	$20,700
Elderly men	$17,400	$17,100	$19,900	$19,700	$20,000
Elderly women	$15,900	$16,500	$16,700	$16,800	$17,200
Non-elderly men	$22,400	$22,700	$24,100	$23,400	$23,300
Non-elderly women	$16,900	$16,900	$19,500	$20,200	$20,900
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

ONTARIO: Median After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$58,200	$59,200	$60,100	$59,400	$59,700
Elderly Families	$39,500	$40,600	$43,500	$42,600	$42,000
Non-elderly Families	$61,500	$62,800	$63,500	$62,400	$63,900
Married couples without children	$55,900	$58,300	$59,400	$58,700	$58,800
Two-parent families with children	$66,400	$66,100	$68,000	$67,800	$69,200
Lone-parent families	$33,000	$34,500	$29,400	$30,300	$29,800
Male lone-parent families	$44,200	$41,800	$38,200	$37,800	$39,700
Female lone-parent families	$31,100	$31,500	$27,200	$28,500	$28,100
Unattached Individuals	$21,800	$23,200	$23,500	$23,200	$22,800
Elderly men	$20,500	$22,600	$21,900	$22,400	$23,500
Elderly women	$18,900	$19,900	$20,200	$20,500	$20,800
Non-elderly men	$27,400	$27,700	$27,000	$27,500	$27,000
Non-elderly women	$20,000	$22,800	$23,400	$22,200	$21,800
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

Manitoba: Median After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$48,000	$49,200	$50,300	$49,600	$50,600
Elderly Families	$35,500	$37,100	$36,200	$37,300	$37,800
Non-elderly Families	$51,000	$52,200	$53,700	$52,400	$53,300
Married couples without children	$47,000	$48,100	$49,700	$48,900	$51,200
Two-parent families with children	$55,100	$57,600	$57,100	$55,600	$56,300
Lone-parent families	$24,900	$24,800	$28,300	$29,200	$30,600
Male lone-parent families	F	F	$33,600	F	F
Female lone-parent families	$23,500	$24,200	$27,100	$28,700	$29,900
Unattached Individuals	$18,300	$19,200	$20,700	$19,700	$19,600
Elderly men	$19,000	$18,600	$20,400	$20,000	$19,100
Elderly women	$17,500	$17,900	$17,700	$18,000	$18,000
Non-elderly men	$20,600	$23,500	$25,200	$24,600	$23,200
Non-elderly women	$17,800	$19,200	$20,700	$19,400	$19,100
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

SASKATCHEWAN: Median After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$46,100	$48,600	$48,600	$49,000	$48,400
Elderly Families	$36,400	$36,900	$36,800	$36,200	$37,400
Non-elderly Families	$49,800	$52,000	$51,600	$52,100	$51,300
Married couples without children	$48,200	$50,000	$47,200	$47,300	$48,100
Two-parent families with children	$53,700	$57,400	$58,300	$58,200	$56,900
Lone-parent families	$24,000	$27,700	$26,500	$27,800	$24,400
Male lone-parent families	F	F	F	F	$29,800
Female lone-parent families	$21,700	$25,900	$24,300	$25,400	$24,300
Unattached Individuals	$17,900	$19,500	$18,600	$18,700	$17,900
Elderly men	$22,500	$22,600	$23,100	$21,500	$19,800
Elderly women	$16,800	$18,000	$17,200	$17,200	$17,200
Non-elderly men	$21,500	$22,200	$21,400	$20,400	$18,900
Non-elderly women	$16,600	$15,300	$16,800	$18,900	$16,100
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

ALBERTA: Median After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$54,600	$59,900	$59,200	$59,300	$61,800
Elderly Families	$36,700	$41,400	$40,300	$38,800	$40,300
Non-elderly Families	$57,000	$63,000	$62,400	$62,700	$65,500
Married couples without children	$53,900	$60,700	$58,500	$58,000	$59,300
Two-parent families with children	$60,000	$65,200	$65,200	$66,700	$71,200
Lone-parent families	$28,800	$34,900	$33,900	$33,800	$33,200
Male lone-parent families	$47,600	$56,800	$52,700	$53,900	$52,800
Female lone-parent families	$27,100	$32,800	$30,500	$30,000	$30,600
Unattached Individuals	$20,800	$21,500	$21,600	$21,200	$23,200
Elderly men	$19,400	$20,500	$22,500	$21,400	$20,400
Elderly women	$19,500	$19,800	$19,400	$19,500	$20,400
Non-elderly men	$24,300	$27,300	$25,900	$25,200	$27,400
Non-elderly women	$16,200	$18,800	$18,700	$16,900	$18,500
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Median After-tax Income by Household Type, 2000-2004 (constant 2004 $)
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Economic Families of two or more persons	$50,400	$52,500	$52,200	$52,300	$53,700
Elderly Families	$41,600	$40,000	$37,500	$38,300	$40,200
Non-elderly Families	$52,700	$56,000	$54,900	$55,600	$56,600
Married couples without children	$52,200	$53,800	$52,600	$55,000	$56,900
Two-parent families with children	$58,700	$61,900	$61,400	$61,900	$61,900
Lone-parent families	$29,300	$26,700	$26,100	$24,800	$23,900
Male lone-parent families	$39,400	$30,600	$32,200	$39,700	F
Female lone-parent families	$27,000	$24,100	$25,200	$23,400	$22,700
Unattached Individuals	$20,200	$20,300	$21,200	$20,500	$21,100
Elderly men	$22,600	$22,900	$20,600	$20,600	$21,800
Elderly women	$19,100	$19,000	$18,100	$19,100	$20,200
Non-elderly men	$23,900	$23,400	$26,000	$23,100	$23,400
Non-elderly women	$16,100	$16,800	$19,200	$18,600	$19,400
Notes: F indicates that data cannot be released due to small sample size. After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. An unattached individual is a person who lives alone or with others to whom they are not related, such as a roommate or lodger. Source: Statistics Canada. Income Trends in Canada 2004. Cat. 75-202-XIE.

Median After-tax Income by Household Type, Canada and the Provinces, 2000-2004 (constant 2004$)
Economic Families of two or more persons
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	%Change 2003-2004
Canada	$51,200	$53,300	$53,200	$53,200	$54,100	1.7%
Newfoundland & Labrador	$39,400	$40,000	$40,500	$41,800	$40,700	-2.6%
Prince Edward Island	$42,900	$44,100	$44,500	$44,600	$44,800	0.4%
Nova Scotia	$45,400	$46,000	$46,800	$45,900	$47,100	2.6%
New Brunswick	$43,800	$45,200	$45,400	$44,600	$46,400	4.0%
Quebec	$45,500	$46,700	$47,000	$47,000	$47,700	1.5%
Ontario	$58,200	$59,200	$60,100	$59,400	$59,700	0.5%
Manitoba	$48,000	$49,200	$50,300	$49,600	$50,600	2.0%
Saskatchewan	$46,100	$48,600	$48,600	$49,000	$48,400	-1.2%
Alberta	$54,600	$59,900	$59,200	$59,300	$61,800	4.2%
British Columbia	$50,400	$52,500	$52,200	$52,300	$53,700	2.7%
Unattached Individuals
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	% Change 2003-2004
Canada	$19,500	$20,400	$21,200	$20,900	$21,300	1.9%
Newfoundland & Labrador	$14,700	$15,100	$15,200	$14,700	$14,900	1.4%
Prince Edward Island	$16,800	$17,000	$16,600	$16,800	$16,000	-4.8%
Nova Scotia	$16,900	$17,600	$18,200	$18,900	$18,300	-3.2%
New Brunswick	$16,200	$17,100	$16,400	$17,300	$17,600	1.7%
Quebec	$18,000	$18,500	$20,400	$20,100	$20,700	3.0%
Ontario	$21,800	$23,200	$23,500	$23,200	$22,800	-1.7%
Manitoba	$18,300	$19,200	$20,700	$19,700	$19,600	-0.5%
Saskatchewan	$17,900	$19,500	$18,600	$18,700	$17,900	-4.3%
Alberta	$20,800	$21,500	$21,600	$21,200	$23,200	9.4%
British Columbia	$20,200	$20,300	$21,200	$20,500	$21,100	2.9%
Notes: After-tax income is total income, including government transfers, minus income taxes. It is also referred to as disposable income. An economic family is defined as a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common law or adoption. Source: Calculations by the Canadian Council on Social Development, using data from Statistics Canada, Income Trends in Canada 2004, Cat. 75-202-XIE.

Income Inequality

Another important dimension of household income is the degree of income inequality - that is, the size of the gap between households at the top of the income ladder and those at the bottom. In this fact sheet, we present information on after-tax income inequality using a summary measure called the Gini coefficient. The Gini coefficient is a number between zero and one. Zero represents perfect income equality, where everyone receives the same income; the number one represents perfect inequality, where one person receives all the income and other receives nothing. The higher the value of the Gini coefficient, the higher the degree of income inequality in a given society. This measure is particularly useful in examining income inequality trends over time.

After-tax income inequality among economic families risen through the 1990s but remained constant between 2000 and 2004. In 2004, the value of the Gini coefficient was 0.327.
Income inequality shows different patterns among different family types. In general, elderly families have experienced a decline in income inequality: the Gini coefficient fell from 0.276 in 1990 to 0.259 in 2001. It edged up to 0.269 in 2002 and has remained roughly constant since then.
By contrast, the Gini coefficient among non-elderly families rose from 0.293 in 1990 to peak at 0.327 in 2002. Among lone-parent families, income inequality moved up and down over this period, while for two-parent families with children, the Gini coefficient rose from 0.251 in 1990 to 0.300 by 2004.

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