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Last updated: 2002
Percentage and Number of Persons in Low Income/Poverty, by Age, Sex and Family Characteristics,
Canada, 1990 and 1999
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1990 |
1999 |
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Percentage (%) of persons in low income/poverty |
| All persons |
15.3 |
16.2 |
| Under 18 years of age |
17.6 |
18.5 |
| 18 to 64 |
13.4 |
15.0 |
| 65 and over |
21.3 |
17.7 |
| Males |
13.3 |
14.6 |
| Under 18 years of age |
17.2 |
18.9 |
| 18 to 64 |
11.7 |
13.8 |
| 65 and over |
13.7 |
10.0 |
| Females |
17.3 |
17.7 |
| Under 18 years of age |
18.1 |
18.1 |
| 18 to 64 |
15.2 |
16.3 |
| 65 and over |
27.1 |
23.5 |
| Persons in economic families |
12.1 |
12.4 |
| Males |
10.8 |
11.6 |
| Females |
13.3 |
13.2 |
| Elderly people |
7.0 |
5.1 |
| Males |
7.4 |
4.5 |
| Females |
6.6 |
5.8 |
| Persons under 18 years of age |
17.6 |
18.5 |
| In two-parent families |
11.0 |
12.1 |
| In female lone-parent families |
62.8 |
55.8 |
| In all other economic families |
27.9 |
25.2 |
| Persons 18 to 64 years of age |
10.2 |
10.9 |
| Males |
8.2 |
9.4 |
| Females |
12.1 |
12.3 |
| Unattached individuals |
37.4 |
38.9 |
| Males |
30.6 |
33.0 |
| Females |
43.9 |
44.8 |
| Elderly persons |
50.7 |
44.0 |
| Males |
41.0 |
31.9 |
| Females |
53.8 |
48.5 |
| Persons under 65 year of age |
32.4 |
37.0 |
| Males |
29.0 |
33.2 |
| Females |
37.1 |
42.3 |
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1990 |
1999 |
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Number of persons in low income/poverty |
| All persons |
4,181,000 |
4,886,000 |
| Under 18 years of age |
1,195,000 |
1,298,000 |
| 18 to 64 |
2,357,000 |
2,942,000 |
| 65 and over |
629,000 |
646,000 |
| Males |
1,799,000 |
2,187,000 |
| Under 18 years of age |
596,000 |
679,000 |
| 18 to 64 |
1,030,000 |
1,349,000 |
| 65 and over |
173,000 |
159,000 |
| Females |
2,382,000 |
2,699,000 |
| Under 18 years of age |
599,000 |
619,000 |
| 18 to 64 |
1,327,000 |
1,593,000 |
| 65 and over |
456,000 |
487,000 |
| Persons in economic families |
2,865,000 |
3,219,000 |
| Males |
1,273,000 |
1,486,000 |
| Females |
1,592,000 |
1,734,000 |
| Elderly persons |
139,000 |
127,000 |
| Males |
76,000 |
58,000 |
| Females |
63,000 |
69,000 |
| Persons under 18 years of age |
1,195,000 |
1,298,000 |
| In two-parent families |
631,000 |
697,000 |
| In female lone-parent families |
491,000 |
521,000 |
| In all other economic families |
74,000 |
79,000 |
| Persons 18 to 64 years of age |
1,531,000 |
1,794,000 |
| Males |
601,000 |
749,000 |
| Females |
930,000 |
1,045,000 |
| Unattached individuals |
1,317,000 |
1,667,000 |
| Males |
526,000 |
701,000 |
| Females |
790,000 |
965,000 |
| Elderly persons |
490,000 |
519,000 |
| Males |
97,000 |
101,000 |
| Females |
393,000 |
417,000 |
| Persons under 65 year of age |
826,000 |
1,148,000 |
| Males |
429,000 |
600,000 |
| Females |
397,000 |
548,000 |
| Source: Prepared by the Canadian Council on Social Development, using Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 75-202-XIE. |
Note: This table uses before-tax-and-transfer income to determine poverty status.
Reading this table
Example: 15% of all persons in Canada were living in poverty in 1990. By 1999, the proportion of persons in Canada had increased to 16.2%. There were an estimated 4,886,000 persons living in poverty in 1999; of these, 1,298,000 were children under the age of 18.
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