Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Sudbury Regional Municipality

Table B3.20

Sudbury Regional Municipality
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   19,500 8,300 100% 100% 43%
  Non-elderly women 6,100 3,100 31% 37% 50%
Non-elderly men 7,500 3,000 38% 36% 40%
Elderly women 4,300 1,800 22% 22% 43%
Elderly men 1,600 400 8% 5% 26%
 
Economic Families   46,500 6,700 100% 100% 14%
  Couples with no children < 18 21,600 1,500 46% 22% 7%
Couples with children < 18 17,300 1,900 37% 29% 11%
Lone-parent families < 18 4,600 2,800 10% 42% 61%
Other families 3,100 500 7% 8% 17%
 
Non-elderly family 39,200 6,200 84% 93% 16%
Elderly family 7,300 400 16% 7% 6%
 
Children 0-17 in families   38,400 8,100 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-5 12,200 3,400 32% 42% 28%
Aged 6-17 26,300 4,800 68% 58% 18%
 
All persons   162,000 27,900 100% 100% 17%
  Aged 0-14 32,000 7,300 20% 26% 23%
Aged 15-24 24,700 5,700 15% 20% 23%
Aged 25-34 24,700 4,900 15% 18% 20%
Aged 35-44 26,100 3,200 16% 11% 12%
Aged 45-54 21,700 2,000 13% 7% 9%
Aged 55-64 15,000 2,000 9% 7% 14%
Aged 65-74 11,900 1,600 7% 6% 13%
Aged 75+ 6,000 1,200 4% 4% 21%
 
Females 82,500 16,000 51% 57% 19%
Males 79,500 11,900 49% 43% 15%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   162,000 27,900 100% 100% 17%
  Recent immigrants 700 200 0% 1% 32%
Visible minorities 2,800 700 2% 3% 26%
Aboriginal identity 4,100 1,900 3% 7% 47%
With disabilities 22,800 6,200 14% 22% 27%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   112,200 17,800 100% 100% 16%
  Post-secondary certificate 36,400 3,300 32% 19% 9%
Secondary 28,100 4,400 25% 25% 16%
Less than secondary 47,700 10,100 43% 56% 21%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   112,200 17,800 100% 100% 16%
  Full-time, full year employment 39,500 1,600 35% 9% 4%
Part-time, full year employment 8,000 900 7% 5% 12%
Part-time, part year employment 33,500 5,400 30% 30% 16%
No employment in 1995 31,300 10,000 28% 56% 32%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $60,300 $12,700  
Average earnings $55,400 $7,400
Average government transfers $6,500 $8,300
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   2,100  
Average poverty gap $9,100
Average market gap** $15,100
 
* 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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