Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Sudbury CMA

Table B2.18

Sudbury CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   19,200 8,200 100% 100% 43%
  Non-elderly women 6,100 3,000 32% 37% 50%
Non-elderly men 7,400 3,000 38% 36% 40%
Elderly women 4,200 1,800 22% 22% 43%
Elderly men 1,600 400 8% 5% 27%
 
Economic Families   45,400 6,500 100% 100% 14%
  Couples with no children < 18 21,100 1,400 46% 22% 7%
Couples with children < 18 16,900 1,900 37% 29% 11%
Lone-parent families < 18 4,500 2,700 10% 42% 61%
Other families 3,000 500 7% 8% 17%
 
Non-elderly family 38,300 6,100 84% 93% 16%
Elderly family 7,200 400 16% 7% 6%
 
Children 0-17 in families   37,400 7,900 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-5 11,900 3,300 32% 41% 27%
Aged 6-17 25,500 4,600 68% 59% 18%
 
All persons   158,200 27,300 100% 100% 17%
  Aged 0-14 31,100 7,100 20% 26% 23%
Aged 15-24 24,100 5,600 15% 20% 23%
Aged 25-34 24,200 4,800 15% 18% 20%
Aged 35-44 25,500 3,100 16% 11% 12%
Aged 45-54 21,200 2,000 13% 7% 9%
Aged 55-64 14,600 2,000 9% 7% 14%
Aged 65-74 11,600 1,600 7% 6% 13%
Aged 75+ 5,800 1,200 4% 4% 21%
 
Females 80,600 15,600 51% 57% 19%
Males 77,600 11,700 49% 43% 15%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   158,200 27,300 100% 100% 17%
  Recent immigrants 700 200 0% 1% 32%
Visible minorities 2,800 700 2% 3% 25%
Aboriginal identity 4,000 1,900 3% 7% 46%
With disabilities 22,200 6,100 14% 22% 28%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   109,600 17,500 100% 100% 16%
  Post-secondary certificate 35,800 3,300 33% 19% 9%
Secondary 27,500 4,400 25% 25% 16%
Less than secondary 46,400 9,800 42% 56% 21%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   109,600 17,500 100% 100% 16%
  Full-time, full year employment 38,800 1,600 35% 9% 4%
Part-time, full year employment 7,900 900 7% 5% 11%
Part-time, part year employment 32,600 5,300 30% 30% 16%
No employment in 1995 30,400 9,700 28% 56% 32%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $60,500 $12,700  
Average earnings $55,500 $7,400
Average government transfers $6,500 $8,300
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   2,100  
Average poverty gap $9,200
Average market gap** $15,100
 
* 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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