Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Regina CMA

Table B2.21

Regina CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   27,500 10,200 100% 100% 37%
  Non-elderly women 9,300 3,500 34% 34% 37%
Non-elderly men 10,800 4,100 39% 41% 38%
Elderly women 5,800 2,100 21% 21% 37%
Elderly men 1,700 500 6% 5% 27%
 
Economic Families   52,100 7,400 100% 100% 14%
  Couples with no children < 18 22,500 1,400 43% 20% 6%
Couples with children < 18 20,100 2,000 39% 28% 10%
Lone-parent families < 18 6,000 3,300 12% 45% 55%
Other families 3,400 600 7% 8% 16%
 
Non-elderly family 43,900 7,000 84% 95% 16%
Elderly family 8,200 400 16% 5% 4%
 
Children 0-17 in families   49,600 10,300 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-5 15,900 4,400 32% 43% 28%
Aged 6-17 33,700 5,900 68% 57% 17%
 
All persons   190,600 33,500 100% 100% 18%
  Aged 0-14 42,500 9,700 22% 29% 23%
Aged 15-24 28,400 7,300 15% 22% 26%
Aged 25-34 29,700 5,600 16% 17% 19%
Aged 35-44 32,100 3,700 17% 11% 11%
Aged 45-54 22,000 2,100 12% 6% 10%
Aged 55-64 14,900 2,000 8% 6% 13%
Aged 65-74 12,200 1,300 6% 4% 10%
Aged 75+ 8,900 1,800 5% 5% 20%
 
Females 97,900 18,500 51% 55% 19%
Males 92,700 15,000 49% 45% 16%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   190,600 33,500 100% 100% 18%
  Recent immigrants 2,700 1,200 1% 4% 44%
Visible minorities 10,100 2,800 5% 8% 28%
Aboriginal identity 12,900 8,000 7% 24% 62%
With disabilities 19,300 5,300 10% 16% 28%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   127,100 20,700 100% 100% 16%
  Post-secondary certificate 43,600 4,000 34% 19% 9%
Secondary 32,200 5,600 25% 27% 17%
Less than secondary 51,300 11,100 40% 54% 22%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   127,100 20,700 100% 100% 16%
  Full-time, full year employment 56,200 2,700 44% 13% 5%
Part-time, full year employment 9,600 1,200 8% 6% 13%
Part-time, part year employment 37,700 8,000 30% 39% 21%
No employment in 1995 23,600 8,700 19% 42% 37%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $58,800 $12,700  
Average earnings $51,800 $8,300
Average government transfers $4,300 $6,500
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   2,800  
Average poverty gap $10,300
Average market gap** $14,300
 
* 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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