Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Trois-Rivières CMA

Table B2.8

Trois-Rivières CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   21,300 11,400 100% 100% 53%
  Non-elderly women 7,600 4,300 36% 38% 57%
Non-elderly men 8,200 4,000 38% 35% 49%
Elderly women 4,300 2,500 20% 22% 59%
Elderly men 1,300 500 6% 5% 43%
 
Economic Families   39,000 7,400 100% 100% 19%
  Couples with no children < 18 17,800 2,300 46% 31% 13%
Couples with children < 18 14,200 1,900 36% 26% 13%
Lone-parent families < 18 4,200 2,500 11% 34% 60%
Other families 2,900 700 7% 9% 24%
 
Non-elderly family 32,800 6,600 84% 89% 20%
Elderly family 6,200 800 16% 11% 13%
 
Children 0-17 in families   30,700 7,200 100% 100% 23%
  Aged 0-5 9,700 2,600 32% 36% 27%
Aged 6-17 20,900 4,600 68% 64% 22%
 
All persons   136,200 31,900 100% 100% 23%
  Aged 0-14 24,800 6,100 18% 19% 25%
Aged 15-24 19,000 5,400 14% 17% 28%
Aged 25-34 19,400 4,900 14% 15% 25%
Aged 35-44 24,100 4,600 18% 14% 19%
Aged 45-54 19,700 3,600 14% 11% 18%
Aged 55-64 13,300 3,200 10% 10% 24%
Aged 65-74 10,500 2,600 8% 8% 24%
Aged 75+ 5,400 1,700 4% 5% 31%
 
Females 70,100 18,100 51% 57% 26%
Males 66,100 13,800 49% 43% 21%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   136,200 31,900 100% 100% 23%
  Recent immigrants 500 200 0% 0% 33%
Visible minorities 1,200 500 1% 1% 39%
Aboriginal identity 600 200 0% 1% 41%
With disabilities 10,000 4,600 7% 14% 46%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   95,500 21,600 100% 100% 23%
  Post-secondary certificate 33,400 4,900 35% 23% 15%
Secondary 26,500 5,500 28% 26% 21%
Less than secondary 35,600 11,200 37% 52% 31%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   95,500 21,600 100% 100% 23%
  Full-time, full year employment 30,600 1,800 32% 8% 6%
Part-time, full year employment 5,600 900 6% 4% 17%
Part-time, part year employment 29,400 6,200 31% 29% 21%
No employment in 1995 29,900 12,600 31% 58% 42%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $49,700 $12,000  
Average earnings $45,600 $7,100
Average government transfers $5,500 $6,900
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   2,300  
Average poverty gap $9,400
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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