Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Saskatchewan

Table B1.9

Saskatchewan
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   125,700 48,300 100% 100% 38%
  Non-elderly women 33,100 14,800 26% 31% 45%
Non-elderly men 45,900 17,300 37% 36% 38%
Elderly women 34,200 12,700 27% 26% 37%
Elderly men 12,400 3,500 10% 7% 28%
 
Economic Families   256,700 36,700 100% 100% 14%
  Couples with no children < 18 118,200 7,600 46% 21% 6%
Couples with children < 18 101,000 13,200 39% 36% 13%
Lone-parent families < 18 22,600 13,100 9% 36% 58%
Other families 14,900 2,800 6% 8% 19%
 
Non-elderly family 204,800 34,600 80% 94% 17%
Elderly family 52,000 2,100 20% 6% 4%
 
Children 0-17 in families   247,200 54,600 100% 100% 22%
  Aged 0-5 75,900 21,600 31% 40% 29%
Aged 6-17 171,400 32,900 69% 60% 19%
 
All persons   930,500 170,500 100% 100% 18%
  Aged 0-14 209,000 50,100 22% 29% 24%
Aged 15-24 133,100 32,800 14% 19% 25%
Aged 25-34 126,700 25,400 14% 15% 20%
Aged 35-44 146,500 19,800 16% 12% 13%
Aged 45-54 104,200 12,400 11% 7% 12%
Aged 55-64 77,900 11,400 8% 7% 15%
Aged 65-74 73,300 7,500 8% 4% 10%
Aged 75+ 59,700 11,200 6% 7% 19%
 
Females 470,300 93,700 51% 55% 20%
Males 460,100 76,800 49% 45% 17%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   930,500 170,500 100% 100% 18%
  Recent immigrants 7,700 3,500 1% 2% 45%
Visible minorities 26,600 8,000 3% 5% 30%
Aboriginal identity 70,900 37,600 8% 22% 53%
With disabilities 100,400 27,000 11% 16% 27%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   588,400 101,700 100% 100% 17%
  Post-secondary certificate 173,000 19,100 29% 19% 11%
Secondary 128,900 22,500 22% 22% 17%
Less than secondary 286,400 60,000 49% 59% 21%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   588,400 101,700 100% 100% 17%
  Full-time, full year employment 250,700 18,600 43% 18% 7%
Part-time, full year employment 43,600 6,200 7% 6% 14%
Part-time, part year employment 187,000 37,700 32% 37% 20%
No employment in 1995 107,100 39,100 18% 38% 36%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $52,700 $12,400  
Average earnings $43,900 $8,300
Average government transfers $4,600 $6,300
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   12,800  
Average poverty gap $9,800
Average market gap** $13,700
 
* 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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