Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Edmonton CMA

Table B2.24

Edmonton CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   110,600 49,000 100% 100% 44%
  Non-elderly women 37,600 17,900 34% 37% 48%
Non-elderly men 49,500 19,200 45% 39% 39%
Elderly women 17,300 9,600 16% 19% 55%
Elderly men 6,200 2,300 6% 5% 37%
 
Economic Families   231,600 40,300 100% 100% 17%
  Couples with no children < 18 98,800 9,500 43% 23% 10%
Couples with children < 18 93,800 14,400 40% 36% 15%
Lone-parent families < 18 22,300 12,500 10% 31% 56%
Other families 16,600 3,900 7% 10% 24%
 
Non-elderly family 198,900 37,000 86% 92% 19%
Elderly family 32,600 3,300 14% 8% 10%
 
Children 0-17 in families   218,200 52,400 100% 100% 24%
  Aged 0-5 70,500 20,100 32% 38% 29%
Aged 6-17 147,700 32,300 68% 62% 22%
 
All persons   847,600 180,500 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-14 186,400 47,300 22% 26% 25%
Aged 15-24 120,400 33,900 14% 19% 28%
Aged 25-34 139,500 30,800 16% 17% 22%
Aged 35-44 152,200 25,000 18% 14% 16%
Aged 45-54 105,200 14,600 12% 8% 14%
Aged 55-64 66,000 12,000 8% 7% 18%
Aged 65-74 49,500 9,000 6% 5% 18%
Aged 75+ 28,300 7,800 3% 4% 28%
 
Females 428,300 98,700 51% 55% 23%
Males 419,300 81,800 49% 45% 20%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   847,600 180,500 100% 100% 21%
  Recent immigrants 27,200 13,200 3% 7% 48%
Visible minorities 115,200 39,200 14% 22% 34%
Aboriginal identity 28,900 15,700 3% 9% 54%
With disabilities 86,300 29,200 10% 16% 34%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   583,300 116,300 100% 100% 20%
  Post-secondary certificate 205,400 27,800 35% 24% 14%
Secondary 134,100 27,100 23% 23% 20%
Less than secondary 243,900 61,300 42% 53% 25%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   583,300 116,300 100% 100% 20%
  Full-time, full year employment 242,500 19,700 42% 17% 8%
Part-time, full year employment 39,100 7,000 7% 6% 18%
Part-time, part year employment 189,900 47,500 33% 41% 25%
No employment in 1995 111,800 42,100 19% 36% 38%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $58,900 $15,200  
Average earnings $52,400 $10,700
Average government transfers $4,500 $5,800
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   14,600  
Average poverty gap $11,800
Average market gap** $15,000
 
* 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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