Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Saskatoon CMA

Table B2.22

Saskatoon CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   32,600 14,700 100% 100% 45%
  Non-elderly women 11,200 5,700 34% 39% 51%
Non-elderly men 13,600 5,900 42% 40% 44%
Elderly women 6,300 2,600 19% 18% 41%
Elderly men 1,600 500 5% 3% 29%
 
Economic Families   58,300 9,700 100% 100% 17%
  Couples with no children < 18 24,800 1,600 42% 16% 6%
Couples with children < 18 23,100 3,300 40% 34% 14%
Lone-parent families < 18 6,600 3,900 11% 41% 60%
Other families 3,800 900 7% 10% 24%
 
Non-elderly family 49,700 9,300 85% 96% 19%
Elderly family 8,600 400 15% 4% 4%
 
Children 0-17 in families   57,100 14,300 100% 100% 25%
  Aged 0-5 19,400 6,100 34% 42% 31%
Aged 6-17 37,700 8,300 66% 58% 22%
 
All persons   215,400 46,100 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-14 49,300 13,300 23% 29% 27%
Aged 15-24 33,900 10,900 16% 24% 32%
Aged 25-34 34,500 8,200 16% 18% 24%
Aged 35-44 36,100 5,400 17% 12% 15%
Aged 45-54 23,600 2,700 11% 6% 11%
Aged 55-64 15,600 2,200 7% 5% 14%
Aged 65-74 12,600 1,500 6% 3% 12%
Aged 75+ 9,800 2,000 5% 4% 20%
 
Females 110,700 25,900 51% 56% 23%
Males 104,700 20,200 49% 44% 19%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   215,400 46,100 100% 100% 21%
  Recent immigrants 3,500 1,800 2% 4% 52%
Visible minorities 11,200 3,900 5% 8% 35%
Aboriginal identity 15,500 9,900 7% 21% 64%
With disabilities 22,700 7,000 11% 15% 31%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   143,700 29,300 100% 100% 20%
  Post-secondary certificate 51,600 7,600 36% 26% 15%
Secondary 33,900 7,700 24% 26% 23%
Less than secondary 58,200 14,000 40% 48% 24%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   143,700 29,300 100% 100% 20%
  Full-time, full year employment 59,000 3,800 41% 13% 6%
Part-time, full year employment 10,500 1,800 7% 6% 17%
Part-time, part year employment 46,600 12,000 32% 41% 26%
No employment in 1995 27,600 11,700 19% 40% 43%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $54,600 $13,100  
Average earnings $48,000 $8,500
Average government transfers $4,600 $6,900
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   3,400  
Average poverty gap $10,200
Average market gap** $14,600
 
* 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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