Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Communaute-urbaine-de-l'Outaouais

Table B3.7

Communaute-urbaine-de-l'Outaouais
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   27,500 12,900 100% 100% 47%
  Non-elderly women 10,900 4,900 39% 38% 45%
Non-elderly men 11,600 4,900 42% 38% 42%
Elderly women 3,800 2,400 14% 19% 64%
Elderly men 1,200 700 5% 5% 54%
 
Economic Families   61,400 11,300 100% 100% 18%
  Couples with no children < 18 25,100 3,100 41% 28% 12%
Couples with children < 18 24,500 3,500 40% 31% 14%
Lone-parent families < 18 7,300 3,600 12% 32% 50%
Other families 4,500 1,100 7% 10% 24%
 
Non-elderly family 54,900 10,200 89% 90% 19%
Elderly family 6,600 1,100 11% 10% 17%
 
Children 0-17 in families   54,300 12,200 100% 100% 22%
  Aged 0-5 19,300 5,100 36% 41% 26%
Aged 6-17 35,000 7,100 64% 59% 20%
 
All persons   214,900 46,000 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-14 46,500 11,000 22% 24% 24%
Aged 15-24 29,000 7,400 13% 16% 25%
Aged 25-34 38,600 8,300 18% 18% 22%
Aged 35-44 40,900 6,900 19% 15% 17%
Aged 45-54 28,300 4,000 13% 9% 14%
Aged 55-64 15,900 3,700 7% 8% 23%
Aged 65-74 11,000 3,000 5% 7% 28%
Aged 75+ 4,800 1,800 2% 4% 37%
 
Females 110,000 25,400 51% 55% 23%
Males 104,900 20,600 49% 45% 20%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   214,900 46,000 100% 100% 21%
  Recent immigrants 2,800 1,800 1% 4% 65%
Visible minorities 7,400 3,200 3% 7% 43%
Aboriginal identity 3,000 1,200 1% 3% 40%
With disabilities 16,500 6,600 8% 14% 40%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   152,600 30,200 100% 100% 20%
  Post-secondary certificate 55,900 6,200 37% 20% 11%
Secondary 39,100 6,600 26% 22% 17%
Less than secondary 57,500 17,400 38% 58% 30%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   152,600 30,200 100% 100% 20%
  Full-time, full year employment 64,700 3,700 42% 12% 6%
Part-time, full year employment 8,300 1,500 5% 5% 18%
Part-time, part year employment 41,900 8,700 27% 29% 21%
No employment in 1995 37,600 16,200 25% 54% 43%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $57,000 $13,700  
Average earnings $53,000 $10,800
Average government transfers $5,200 $7,100
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   4,300  
Average poverty gap $11,900
Average market gap** $16,000
 
* 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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