Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Le Fjord-du-Saguenay MRC

Table B3.8

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   17,000 8,700 100% 100% 51%
  Non-elderly women 5,800 3,200 34% 37% 55%
Non-elderly men 6,700 3,000 40% 35% 45%
Elderly women 3,300 2,000 19% 23% 60%
Elderly men 1,200 500 7% 5% 38%
 
Economic Families   49,000 9,200 100% 100% 19%
  Couples with no children < 18 20,500 3,200 42% 35% 16%
Couples with children < 18 20,700 2,800 42% 30% 13%
Lone-parent families < 18 4,000 2,200 8% 24% 55%
Other families 3,700 1,000 8% 11% 27%
 
Non-elderly family 41,600 8,000 85% 87% 19%
Elderly family 7,400 1,200 15% 13% 16%
 
Children 0-17 in families   42,600 8,200 100% 100% 19%
  Aged 0-5 12,300 2,800 29% 34% 23%
Aged 6-17 30,300 5,400 71% 66% 18%
 
All persons   169,500 35,100 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-14 33,800 6,700 20% 19% 20%
Aged 15-24 25,900 5,900 15% 17% 23%
Aged 25-34 22,900 5,200 13% 15% 23%
Aged 35-44 31,600 5,300 19% 15% 17%
Aged 45-54 23,500 3,700 14% 11% 16%
Aged 55-64 15,400 4,200 9% 12% 27%
Aged 65-74 11,400 2,700 7% 8% 24%
Aged 75+ 5,000 1,500 3% 4% 29%
 
Females 85,300 19,200 50% 55% 23%
Males 84,200 15,900 50% 45% 19%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   169,500 35,100 100% 100% 21%
  Recent immigrants 300 0 0% 0% 12%
Visible minorities 700 100 0% 0% 16%
Aboriginal identity 1,300 400 1% 1% 35%
With disabilities 10,900 4,400 6% 12% 40%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   119,300 24,300 100% 100% 20%
  Post-secondary certificate 37,000 4,600 31% 19% 12%
Secondary 31,800 5,900 27% 24% 19%
Less than secondary 50,500 13,700 42% 57% 27%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   119,300 24,300 100% 100% 20%
  Full-time, full year employment 36,300 1,900 30% 8% 5%
Part-time, full year employment 6,200 1,000 5% 4% 16%
Part-time, part year employment 35,300 6,500 30% 27% 18%
No employment in 1995 41,600 15,000 35% 62% 36%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $48,500 $10,900  
Average earnings $44,300 $6,600
Average government transfers $5,800 $6,300
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   3,500  
Average poverty gap $10,400
Average market gap** $13,700
 
* 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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