Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Thunder Bay CMA

Table B2.19

Thunder Bay CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   16,300 6,000 100% 100% 37%
  Non-elderly women 4,400 1,800 27% 30% 42%
Non-elderly men 6,300 2,100 38% 34% 33%
Elderly women 4,200 1,800 26% 29% 42%
Elderly men 1,500 400 9% 6% 26%
 
Economic Families   34,800 4,000 100% 100% 11%
  Couples with no children < 18 16,100 800 46% 20% 5%
Couples with children < 18 12,600 900 36% 22% 7%
Lone-parent families < 18 3,300 1,900 10% 47% 56%
Other families 2,700 400 8% 11% 16%
 
Non-elderly family 28,100 3,700 81% 93% 13%
Elderly family 6,700 300 19% 7% 4%
 
Children 0-17 in families   28,400 5,000 100% 100% 17%
  Aged 0-5 9,100 2,000 32% 40% 22%
Aged 6-17 19,400 3,000 68% 60% 15%
 
All persons   123,000 17,800 100% 100% 14%
  Aged 0-14 24,200 4,600 20% 26% 19%
Aged 15-24 16,900 3,100 14% 17% 18%
Aged 25-34 18,500 2,800 15% 16% 15%
Aged 35-44 20,600 2,200 17% 12% 11%
Aged 45-54 15,500 1,300 13% 7% 8%
Aged 55-64 10,800 1,200 9% 7% 12%
Aged 65-74 10,100 1,100 8% 6% 11%
Aged 75+ 6,500 1,400 5% 8% 21%
 
Females 62,600 10,400 51% 58% 17%
Males 60,400 7,400 49% 42% 12%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   123,000 17,800 100% 100% 14%
  Recent immigrants 900 300 1% 2% 35%
Visible minorities 2,700 500 2% 3% 18%
Aboriginal identity 6,400 3,000 5% 17% 46%
With disabilities 16,400 4,100 13% 23% 25%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   82,300 10,700 100% 100% 13%
  Post-secondary certificate 28,300 2,300 34% 21% 8%
Secondary 19,900 2,200 24% 21% 11%
Less than secondary 34,200 6,200 41% 58% 18%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   82,300 10,700 100% 100% 13%
  Full-time, full year employment 32,300 1,100 39% 11% 4%
Part-time, full year employment 6,700 700 8% 7% 10%
Part-time, part year employment 25,900 3,700 31% 34% 14%
No employment in 1995 17,400 5,100 21% 48% 30%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $62,700 $12,700  
Average earnings $56,000 $7,300
Average government transfers $5,800 $7,500
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   1,300  
Average poverty gap $9,500
Average market gap** $14,400
 
* 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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