Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: New Brunswick

Table B1.5

New Brunswick
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   77,100 33,500 100% 100% 43%
  Non-elderly women 23,200 11,800 30% 35% 51%
Non-elderly men 27,600 11,000 36% 33% 40%
Elderly women 19,400 8,600 25% 26% 44%
Elderly men 6,800 2,200 9% 6% 31%
 
Economic Families   207,900 34,200 100% 100% 16%
  Couples with no children < 18 95,500 9,000 46% 26% 9%
Couples with children < 18 79,900 11,100 38% 32% 14%
Lone-parent families < 18 17,300 10,600 8% 31% 61%
Other families 15,200 3,500 7% 10% 23%
 
Non-elderly family 171,900 31,400 83% 92% 18%
Elderly family 36,100 2,800 17% 8% 8%
 
Children 0-17 in families   169,900 37,600 100% 100% 22%
  Aged 0-5 51,300 13,200 30% 35% 26%
Aged 6-17 118,600 24,400 70% 65% 21%
 
All persons   721,000 137,300 100% 100% 19%
  Aged 0-14 141,900 32,900 20% 24% 23%
Aged 15-24 104,300 24,300 14% 18% 23%
Aged 25-34 110,700 21,100 15% 15% 19%
Aged 35-44 121,000 19,500 17% 14% 16%
Aged 45-54 95,200 13,700 13% 10% 14%
Aged 55-64 61,600 11,400 9% 8% 19%
Aged 65-74 50,300 7,200 7% 5% 14%
Aged 75+ 36,000 7,300 5% 5% 20%
 
Females 366,500 76,100 51% 55% 21%
Males 354,500 61,200 49% 45% 17%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   721,000 137,300 100% 100% 19%
  Recent immigrants 2,500 700 0% 1% 29%
Visible minorities 7,900 2,700 1% 2% 34%
Aboriginal identity 4,600 2,000 1% 1% 43%
With disabilities 87,300 27,500 12% 20% 31%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   492,800 90,000 100% 100% 18%
  Post-secondary certificate 144,700 13,900 29% 15% 10%
Secondary 122,100 20,900 25% 23% 17%
Less than secondary 226,000 55,200 46% 61% 24%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   492,800 90,000 100% 100% 18%
  Full-time, full year employment 162,500 9,200 33% 10% 6%
Part-time, full year employment 22,900 3,400 5% 4% 15%
Part-time, part year employment 183,100 32,600 37% 36% 18%
No employment in 1995 124,300 44,900 25% 50% 36%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $47,800 $11,200  
Average earnings $41,600 $6,800
Average government transfers $6,500 $6,700
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   11,600  
Average poverty gap $9,000
Average market gap** $12,600
* Population groups not mutually exclusive.
**Market gap based on income of market-poor families.
Notes: see Glossary for definitions of terms. A margin of error may be present due to rounding of figures. Percentages based on unrounded figures.

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