Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Windsor CMA

Table B2.17

Windsor CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   34,800 13,000 100% 100% 37%
  Non-elderly women 10,200 4,300 29% 33% 43%
Non-elderly men 13,500 4,300 39% 34% 32%
Elderly women 8,400 3,500 24% 27% 41%
Elderly men 2,700 800 8% 6% 30%
 
Economic Families   76,200 9,800 100% 100% 13%
  Couples with no children < 18 34,500 2,100 45% 22% 6%
Couples with children < 18 28,000 2,700 37% 27% 10%
Lone-parent families < 18 7,500 3,900 10% 40% 53%
Other families 6,200 1,100 8% 11% 17%
 
Non-elderly family 62,800 9,100 82% 93% 14%
Elderly family 13,300 700 18% 7% 6%
 
Children 0-17 in families   65,600 12,300 100% 100% 19%
  Aged 0-5 21,900 4,900 33% 39% 22%
Aged 6-17 43,600 7,500 67% 61% 17%
 
All persons   275,200 43,300 100% 100% 16%
  Aged 0-14 55,700 11,100 20% 26% 20%
Aged 15-24 39,400 7,800 14% 18% 20%
Aged 25-34 44,300 6,800 16% 16% 15%
Aged 35-44 43,400 5,500 16% 13% 13%
Aged 45-54 34,700 3,500 13% 8% 10%
Aged 55-64 24,100 3,400 9% 8% 14%
Aged 65-74 21,100 2,600 8% 6% 12%
Aged 75+ 12,400 2,700 4% 6% 22%
 
Females 140,600 24,700 51% 57% 18%
Males 134,600 18,600 49% 43% 14%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   275,200 43,300 100% 100% 16%
  Recent immigrants 10,600 4,400 4% 10% 41%
Visible minorities 27,600 9,200 10% 21% 33%
Aboriginal identity 2,200 800 1% 2% 36%
With disabilities 34,100 8,700 12% 20% 26%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   185,900 27,000 100% 100% 15%
  Post-secondary certificate 62,500 5,900 34% 22% 9%
Secondary 55,300 7,900 30% 29% 14%
Less than secondary 68,200 13,200 37% 49% 19%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   185,900 27,000 100% 100% 15%
  Full-time, full year employment 76,100 3,300 41% 12% 4%
Part-time, full year employment 13,200 1,500 7% 6% 11%
Part-time, part year employment 53,000 8,200 29% 30% 15%
No employment in 1995 43,600 14,000 23% 52% 32%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $65,900 $12,500  
Average earnings $60,400 $7,900
Average government transfers $5,700 $7,300
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   3,400  
Average poverty gap $10,200
Average market gap** $14,900
 
* 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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