Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Thunder Bay District

Table B3.21

Thunder Bay District
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   19,200 6,800 100% 100% 35%
  Non-elderly women 5,000 2,100 26% 30% 41%
Non-elderly men 7,800 2,400 41% 35% 31%
Elderly women 4,700 2,000 24% 29% 41%
Elderly men 1,700 400 9% 6% 23%
 
Economic Families   43,300 4,700 100% 100% 11%
  Couples with no children < 18 19,900 1,000 46% 21% 5%
Couples with children < 18 16,500 1,100 38% 24% 7%
Lone-parent families < 18 3,900 2,100 9% 45% 54%
Other families 3,100 500 7% 11% 16%
 
Non-elderly family 35,700 4,400 82% 93% 12%
Elderly family 7,600 300 18% 7% 4%
 
Children 0-17 in families   36,900 5,800 100% 100% 16%
  Aged 0-5 11,500 2,400 31% 41% 21%
Aged 6-17 25,400 3,400 69% 59% 14%
 
All persons   153,300 20,700 100% 100% 13%
  Aged 0-14 31,300 5,400 20% 26% 17%
Aged 15-24 21,200 3,600 14% 17% 17%
Aged 25-34 23,000 3,200 15% 16% 14%
Aged 35-44 26,600 2,600 17% 13% 10%
Aged 45-54 19,400 1,600 13% 7% 8%
Aged 55-64 13,000 1,600 9% 8% 12%
Aged 65-74 11,700 1,200 8% 6% 11%
Aged 75+ 7,100 1,500 5% 7% 21%
 
Females 77,200 11,900 50% 58% 15%
Males 76,100 8,800 50% 42% 12%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   153,300 20,700 100% 100% 13%
  Recent immigrants 1,000 300 1% 2% 33%
Visible minorities 3,000 500 2% 2% 17%
Aboriginal identity 9,100 3,600 6% 17% 39%
With disabilities 19,800 4,700 13% 23% 24%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   103,200 12,500 100% 100% 12%
  Post-secondary certificate 33,600 2,500 33% 20% 7%
Secondary 25,000 2,600 24% 21% 11%
Less than secondary 44,600 7,400 43% 59% 17%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   103,200 12,500 100% 100% 12%
  Full-time, full year employment 40,400 1,300 39% 11% 3%
Part-time, full year employment 8,000 800 8% 6% 10%
Part-time, part year employment 33,000 4,400 32% 35% 13%
No employment in 1995 21,700 6,000 21% 48% 28%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $63,400 $12,400  
Average earnings $57,200 $7,100
Average government transfers $5,700 $7,300
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   1,600  
Average poverty gap $9,400
Average market gap** $14,100
 
* 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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