Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Peel Regional Municipality

Table B3.13

Peel Regional Municipality
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   58,300 18,200 100% 100% 31%
  Non-elderly women 20,500 6,400 35% 35% 31%
Non-elderly men 26,500 6,400 46% 35% 24%
Elderly women 8,600 4,500 15% 25% 52%
Elderly men 2,600 900 4% 5% 34%
 
Economic Families   224,500 30,600 100% 100% 14%
  Couples with no children < 18 87,200 7,000 39% 23% 8%
Couples with children < 18 106,600 13,400 47% 44% 13%
Lone-parent families < 18 17,100 8,000 8% 26% 47%
Other families 13,600 2,200 6% 7% 16%
 
Non-elderly family 198,800 27,600 89% 90% 14%
Elderly family 25,800 3,000 11% 10% 12%
 
Children 0-17 in families   226,100 42,100 100% 100% 19%
  Aged 0-5 79,600 15,800 35% 37% 20%
Aged 6-17 146,500 26,400 65% 63% 18%
 
All persons   847,900 127,100 100% 100% 15%
  Aged 0-14 193,500 37,400 23% 29% 19%
Aged 15-24 119,100 19,100 14% 15% 16%
Aged 25-34 151,700 21,200 18% 17% 14%
Aged 35-44 147,400 19,900 17% 16% 14%
Aged 45-54 112,800 11,200 13% 9% 10%
Aged 55-64 64,700 7,900 8% 6% 12%
Aged 65-74 39,300 6,100 5% 5% 15%
Aged 75+ 19,300 4,300 2% 3% 22%
 
Females 427,900 68,600 50% 54% 16%
Males 420,000 58,500 50% 46% 14%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   847,900 127,100 100% 100% 15%
  Recent immigrants 74,200 28,200 9% 22% 38%
Visible minorities 264,800 62,200 31% 49% 23%
Aboriginal identity 2,300 500 0% 0% 22%
With disabilities 67,900 16,600 8% 13% 24%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   595,800 79,400 100% 100% 13%
  Post-secondary certificate 222,400 21,200 37% 27% 10%
Secondary 160,100 21,200 27% 27% 13%
Less than secondary 213,300 36,900 36% 47% 17%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   595,800 79,400 100% 100% 13%
  Full-time, full year employment 277,600 14,100 47% 18% 5%
Part-time, full year employment 31,400 3,300 5% 4% 10%
Part-time, part year employment 165,500 25,600 28% 32% 15%
No employment in 1995 121,200 36,500 20% 46% 30%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $70,300 $16,000  
Average earnings $63,600 $12,000
Average government transfers $5,100 $6,500
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   11,000  
Average poverty gap $12,800
Average market gap** $16,100
 
* 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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