Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Communaute-urbaine-de-Quebec

Table B3.4

Communaute-urbaine-de-Quebec
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   88,600 47,000 100% 100% 53%
  Non-elderly women 33,800 17,400 38% 37% 52%
Non-elderly men 34,600 16,900 39% 36% 49%
Elderly women 16,100 10,500 18% 22% 65%
Elderly men 4,100 2,200 5% 5% 52%
 
Economic Families   138,500 27,900 100% 100% 20%
  Couples with no children < 18 63,800 10,000 46% 36% 16%
Couples with children < 18 48,000 7,100 35% 25% 15%
Lone-parent families < 18 13,800 7,200 10% 26% 52%
Other families 13,000 3,600 9% 13% 28%
 
Non-elderly family 116,600 23,500 84% 84% 20%
Elderly family 21,900 4,400 16% 16% 20%
 
Children 0-17 in families   100,900 23,200 100% 100% 23%
  Aged 0-5 32,800 8,700 33% 37% 26%
Aged 6-17 68,100 14,500 67% 63% 21%
 
All persons   493,100 123,600 100% 100% 25%
  Aged 0-14 81,800 19,600 17% 16% 24%
Aged 15-24 70,400 21,300 14% 17% 30%
Aged 25-34 77,100 20,300 16% 16% 26%
Aged 35-44 87,200 16,800 18% 14% 19%
Aged 45-54 74,000 13,300 15% 11% 18%
Aged 55-64 46,500 12,600 9% 10% 27%
Aged 65-74 35,600 11,400 7% 9% 32%
Aged 75+ 20,500 8,100 4% 7% 39%
 
Females 256,200 69,400 52% 56% 27%
Males 236,900 54,100 48% 44% 23%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   493,100 123,600 100% 100% 25%
  Recent immigrants 4,600 2,700 1% 2% 58%
Visible minorities 8,800 4,500 2% 4% 51%
Aboriginal identity 2,100 1,100 0% 1% 51%
With disabilities 32,400 15,800 7% 13% 49%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   355,200 84,400 100% 100% 24%
  Post-secondary certificate 141,900 24,400 40% 29% 17%
Secondary 97,100 21,700 27% 26% 22%
Less than secondary 116,300 38,200 33% 45% 33%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   355,200 84,400 100% 100% 24%
  Full-time, full year employment 133,400 10,300 38% 12% 8%
Part-time, full year employment 20,800 4,600 6% 5% 22%
Part-time, part year employment 106,000 26,700 30% 32% 25%
No employment in 1995 95,100 42,900 27% 51% 45%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $54,700 $14,300  
Average earnings $49,900 $10,400
Average government transfers $4,900 $6,500
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   8,700  
Average poverty gap $11,000
Average market gap** $14,700
 
* 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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