Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Communaute-urbaine-de-Montreal

Table B3.6

Communaute-urbaine-de-Montreal
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   364,700 200,000 100% 100% 55%
  Non-elderly women 128,300 65,100 35% 33% 51%
Non-elderly men 147,900 79,300 41% 40% 54%
Elderly women 68,200 44,400 19% 22% 65%
Elderly men 20,300 11,300 6% 6% 55%
 
Economic Families   460,200 132,000 100% 100% 29%
  Couples with no children < 18 210,400 38,100 46% 29% 18%
Couples with children < 18 143,900 40,400 31% 31% 28%
Lone-parent families < 18 55,300 36,800 12% 28% 66%
Other families 50,500 16,700 11% 13% 33%
 
Non-elderly family 370,300 113,400 80% 86% 31%
Elderly family 89,900 18,600 20% 14% 21%
 
Children 0-17 in families   340,600 138,800 100% 100% 41%
  Aged 0-5 124,500 55,000 37% 40% 44%
Aged 6-17 216,100 83,800 63% 60% 39%
 
All persons   1,736,500 604,300 100% 100% 35%
  Aged 0-14 290,200 123,100 17% 20% 42%
Aged 15-24 226,000 94,300 13% 16% 42%
Aged 25-34 301,400 107,300 17% 18% 36%
Aged 35-44 284,300 88,200 16% 15% 31%
Aged 45-54 225,300 56,900 13% 9% 25%
Aged 55-64 169,700 49,300 10% 8% 29%
Aged 65-74 146,800 47,600 8% 8% 32%
Aged 75+ 92,900 37,600 5% 6% 41%
 
Females 905,200 327,400 52% 54% 36%
Males 831,300 276,900 48% 46% 33%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   1,736,500 604,300 100% 100% 35%
  Recent immigrants 116,200 76,200 7% 13% 66%
Visible minorities 324,800 186,200 19% 31% 57%
Aboriginal identity 5,000 2,700 0% 0% 54%
With disabilities 139,800 70,400 8% 12% 50%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   1,206,700 396,100 100% 100% 33%
  Post-secondary certificate 499,100 119,900 41% 30% 24%
Secondary 297,800 98,400 25% 25% 33%
Less than secondary 409,800 177,800 34% 45% 43%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   1,206,700 396,100 100% 100% 33%
  Full-time, full year employment 426,200 47,500 35% 12% 11%
Part-time, full year employment 55,900 14,500 5% 4% 26%
Part-time, part year employment 356,100 118,700 30% 30% 33%
No employment in 1995 368,500 215,400 31% 54% 58%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $52,300 $14,100  
Average earnings $48,700 $10,500
Average government transfers $5,600 $7,200
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   48,900  
Average poverty gap $12,800
Average market gap** $17,400
 
* 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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