Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Victoria CMA

Table B2.26

Victoria CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   58,100 21,100 100% 100% 36%
  Non-elderly women 19,000 7,700 33% 36% 40%
Non-elderly men 21,600 8,500 37% 40% 39%
Elderly women 13,600 4,000 23% 19% 30%
Elderly men 4,000 900 7% 4% 22%
 
Economic Families   82,400 8,300 100% 100% 10%
  Couples with no children < 18 43,600 2,100 53% 25% 5%
Couples with children < 18 25,900 2,100 31% 26% 8%
Lone-parent families < 18 7,900 3,500 10% 42% 45%
Other families 5,100 600 6% 7% 12%
 
Non-elderly family 63,800 7,800 77% 93% 12%
Elderly family 18,700 600 23% 7% 3%
 
Children 0-17 in families   58,400 9,800 100% 100% 17%
  Aged 0-5 18,700 4,000 32% 41% 21%
Aged 6-17 39,800 5,800 68% 59% 15%
 
All persons   294,400 45,200 100% 100% 15%
  Aged 0-14 49,500 9,000 17% 20% 18%
Aged 15-24 36,900 9,300 13% 20% 25%
Aged 25-34 44,200 8,200 15% 18% 18%
Aged 35-44 48,800 6,400 17% 14% 13%
Aged 45-54 39,900 3,700 14% 8% 9%
Aged 55-64 25,100 3,000 9% 7% 12%
Aged 65-74 26,500 2,300 9% 5% 9%
Aged 75+ 23,500 3,400 8% 7% 14%
 
Females 153,400 25,500 52% 56% 17%
Males 140,900 19,800 48% 44% 14%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   294,400 45,200 100% 100% 15%
  Recent immigrants 6,200 1,900 2% 4% 30%
Visible minorities 22,500 5,000 8% 11% 22%
Aboriginal identity 5,100 2,100 2% 5% 41%
With disabilities 36,500 9,000 12% 20% 25%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   194,900 30,600 100% 100% 16%
  Post-secondary certificate 82,600 9,100 42% 30% 11%
Secondary 50,100 8,700 26% 29% 17%
Less than secondary 62,100 12,700 32% 42% 20%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   194,900 30,600 100% 100% 16%
  Full-time, full year employment 79,200 3,700 41% 12% 5%
Part-time, full year employment 14,100 1,900 7% 6% 14%
Part-time, part year employment 65,300 12,900 34% 42% 20%
No employment in 1995 36,300 12,000 19% 39% 33%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $62,700 $13,300  
Average earnings $54,700 $8,800
Average government transfers $4,900 $7,000
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   2,300  
Average poverty gap $8,600
Average market gap** $13,000
 
* 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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