Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: St. John's CMA

Table B2.1

St. John's CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   16,700 7,900 100% 100% 47%
  Non-elderly women 6,200 3,100 37% 40% 50%
Non-elderly men 6,400 3,200 39% 40% 49%
Elderly women 3,200 1,300 19% 17% 42%
Elderly men 900 300 5% 3% 28%
 
Economic Families   48,000 8,400 100% 100% 17%
  Couples with no children < 18 20,100 2,000 42% 24% 10%
Couples with children < 18 19,100 2,400 40% 29% 13%
Lone-parent families < 18 4,700 2,900 10% 34% 61%
Other families 4,100 1,100 9% 13% 26%
 
Non-elderly family 41,300 7,700 86% 92% 19%
Elderly family 6,700 700 14% 8% 10%
 
Children 0-17 in families   41,000 9,200 100% 100% 22%
  Aged 0-5 12,100 3,000 29% 33% 25%
Aged 6-17 28,900 6,200 71% 67% 21%
 
All persons   171,300 33,400 100% 100% 19%
  Aged 0-14 34,100 8,100 20% 24% 24%
Aged 15-24 27,900 7,300 16% 22% 26%
Aged 25-34 29,600 5,700 17% 17% 19%
Aged 35-44 29,200 4,400 17% 13% 15%
Aged 45-54 22,200 3,000 13% 9% 14%
Aged 55-64 12,800 2,300 7% 7% 18%
Aged 65-74 9,200 1,300 5% 4% 14%
Aged 75+ 6,300 1,200 4% 4% 19%
 
Females 88,600 18,500 52% 55% 21%
Males 82,700 14,900 48% 45% 18%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   171,300 33,400 100% 100% 19%
  Recent immigrants 900 400 1% 1% 46%
Visible minorities 2,300 600 1% 2% 27%
Aboriginal identity 600 200 0% 0% 25%
With disabilities 15,800 4,700 9% 14% 30%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   121,600 22,700 100% 100% 19%
  Post-secondary certificate 46,900 4,800 39% 21% 10%
Secondary 26,000 5,100 21% 22% 20%
Less than secondary 48,700 12,800 40% 56% 26%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   121,600 22,700 100% 100% 19%
  Full-time, full year employment 46,600 2,000 38% 9% 4%
Part-time, full year employment 5,900 900 5% 4% 16%
Part-time, part year employment 34,900 6,400 29% 28% 18%
No employment in 1995 34,300 13,400 28% 59% 39%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $54,600 $12,000  
Average earnings $48,800 $7,800
Average government transfers $6,500 $7,600
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   3,200  
Average poverty gap $10,200
Average market gap** $14,700
 
* 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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