Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Kitchener CMA

Table B2.15

Kitchener CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   43,800 15,100 100% 100% 34%
  Non-elderly women 14,300 5,500 33% 37% 39%
Non-elderly men 18,300 5,900 42% 39% 32%
Elderly women 8,800 3,100 20% 20% 35%
Elderly men 2,400 500 5% 4% 22%
 
Economic Families   105,300 12,800 100% 100% 12%
  Couples with no children < 18 46,400 2,900 44% 22% 6%
Couples with children < 18 43,000 4,100 41% 32% 10%
Lone-parent families < 18 9,500 4,900 9% 38% 51%
Other families 6,400 900 6% 7% 15%
 
Non-elderly family 89,400 12,000 85% 94% 13%
Elderly family 15,800 700 15% 6% 5%
 
Children 0-17 in families   97,200 17,000 100% 100% 18%
  Aged 0-5 33,400 6,500 34% 38% 19%
Aged 6-17 63,800 10,500 66% 62% 17%
 
All persons   378,400 55,300 100% 100% 15%
  Aged 0-14 82,800 15,200 22% 27% 18%
Aged 15-24 53,500 10,900 14% 20% 20%
Aged 25-34 64,700 9,500 17% 17% 15%
Aged 35-44 62,600 7,300 17% 13% 12%
Aged 45-54 46,600 4,200 12% 8% 9%
Aged 55-64 29,500 3,500 8% 6% 12%
Aged 65-74 24,300 2,300 6% 4% 9%
Aged 75+ 14,400 2,300 4% 4% 16%
 
Females 192,000 30,800 51% 56% 16%
Males 186,300 24,400 49% 44% 13%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   378,400 55,300 100% 100% 15%
  Recent immigrants 12,500 5,100 3% 9% 41%
Visible minorities 33,700 9,800 9% 18% 29%
Aboriginal identity 2,100 700 1% 1% 31%
With disabilities 38,400 9,200 10% 17% 24%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   256,900 35,500 100% 100% 14%
  Post-secondary certificate 87,400 8,000 34% 23% 9%
Secondary 64,600 9,000 25% 25% 14%
Less than secondary 104,900 18,400 41% 52% 18%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   256,900 35,500 100% 100% 14%
  Full-time, full year employment 116,700 4,900 45% 14% 4%
Part-time, full year employment 19,000 2,100 7% 6% 11%
Part-time, part year employment 72,800 12,200 28% 34% 17%
No employment in 1995 48,500 16,300 19% 46% 34%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $62,700 $13,200  
Average earnings $56,500 $7,900
Average government transfers $5,100 $7,700
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   4,100  
Average poverty gap $9,900
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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