Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Chicoutimi-Jonquiere CMA

Table B2.5

Chicoutimi-Jonquiere CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   16,300 8,400 100% 100% 51%
  Non-elderly women 5,600 3,100 34% 37% 56%
Non-elderly men 6,400 2,900 39% 35% 45%
Elderly women 3,200 1,900 20% 23% 61%
Elderly men 1,100 400 7% 5% 39%
 
Economic Families   45,600 8,500 100% 100% 19%
  Couples with no children < 18 19,000 2,900 42% 34% 15%
Couples with children < 18 19,200 2,500 42% 29% 13%
Lone-parent families < 18 3,800 2,100 8% 25% 55%
Other families 3,600 1,000 8% 12% 28%
 
Non-elderly family 38,800 7,400 85% 87% 19%
Elderly family 6,800 1,100 15% 13% 16%
 
Children 0-17 in families   39,300 7,400 100% 100% 19%
  Aged 0-5 11,500 2,600 29% 35% 22%
Aged 6-17 27,900 4,900 71% 65% 17%
 
All persons   157,700 32,600 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-14 31,200 6,100 20% 19% 20%
Aged 15-24 24,000 5,500 15% 17% 23%
Aged 25-34 21,200 4,900 13% 15% 23%
Aged 35-44 29,500 4,900 19% 15% 17%
Aged 45-54 22,000 3,500 14% 11% 16%
Aged 55-64 14,300 3,900 9% 12% 27%
Aged 65-74 10,700 2,600 7% 8% 24%
Aged 75+ 4,700 1,400 3% 4% 29%
 
Females 79,600 17,900 50% 55% 22%
Males 78,100 14,700 50% 45% 19%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   157,700 32,600 100% 100% 21%
  Recent immigrants 300 0 0% 0% 11%
Visible minorities 700 100 0% 0% 16%
Aboriginal identity 1,200 400 1% 1% 36%
With disabilities 10,100 4,000 6% 12% 40%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   111,000 22,600 100% 100% 20%
  Post-secondary certificate 35,400 4,500 32% 20% 13%
Secondary 30,000 5,600 27% 25% 19%
Less than secondary 45,700 12,500 41% 55% 27%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   111,000 22,600 100% 100% 20%
  Full-time, full year employment 34,700 1,800 31% 8% 5%
Part-time, full year employment 5,900 900 5% 4% 16%
Part-time, part year employment 32,100 6,000 29% 27% 19%
No employment in 1995 38,300 13,800 34% 61% 36%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $49,200 $10,900  
Average earnings $45,100 $6,700
Average government transfers $5,600 $6,300
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   3,200  
Average poverty gap $10,400
Average market gap** $13,800
 
* 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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