Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Saint John CMA

Table B2.4

Saint John CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   14,400 6,200 100% 100% 43%
  Non-elderly women 4,500 2,200 31% 36% 50%
Non-elderly men 5,000 2,000 35% 33% 40%
Elderly women 3,700 1,600 26% 26% 43%
Elderly men 1,200 300 8% 5% 28%
 
Economic Families   35,200 6,200 100% 100% 18%
  Couples with no children < 18 15,300 1,300 43% 21% 9%
Couples with children < 18 13,300 1,700 38% 28% 13%
Lone-parent families < 18 3,700 2,400 10% 39% 66%
Other families 2,900 700 8% 12% 25%
 
Non-elderly family 29,500 5,700 84% 91% 19%
Elderly family 5,700 500 16% 8% 9%
 
Children 0-17 in families   30,200 7,200 100% 100% 24%
  Aged 0-5 9,500 2,900 31% 40% 30%
Aged 6-17 20,700 4,300 69% 60% 21%
 
All persons   123,700 24,800 100% 100% 20%
  Aged 0-14 25,500 6,400 21% 26% 25%
Aged 15-24 17,700 4,400 14% 18% 25%
Aged 25-34 19,000 3,800 15% 15% 20%
Aged 35-44 20,600 3,400 17% 14% 16%
Aged 45-54 16,000 2,200 13% 9% 14%
Aged 55-64 10,200 1,900 8% 7% 18%
Aged 65-74 8,400 1,300 7% 5% 16%
Aged 75+ 6,300 1,400 5% 5% 22%
 
Females 63,900 14,100 52% 57% 22%
Males 59,800 10,700 48% 43% 18%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   123,700 24,800 100% 100% 20%
  Recent immigrants 200 0 0% 0% 15%
Visible minorities 2,500 900 2% 4% 34%
Aboriginal identity 600 200 1% 1% 39%
With disabilities 15,900 5,300 13% 21% 33%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   83,400 15,700 100% 100% 19%
  Post-secondary certificate 26,700 2,700 32% 17% 10%
Secondary 22,300 3,800 27% 24% 17%
Less than secondary 34,400 9,200 41% 59% 27%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   83,400 15,700 100% 100% 19%
  Full-time, full year employment 31,000 1,700 37% 11% 5%
Part-time, full year employment 5,000 800 6% 5% 15%
Part-time, part year employment 24,900 4,800 30% 31% 19%
No employment in 1995 22,400 8,400 27% 54% 38%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $51,400 $11,900  
Average earnings $46,400 $7,200
Average government transfers $5,800 $7,100
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   2,200  
Average poverty gap $9,900
Average market gap** $14,200
 
* 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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