Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Jonquière

Table B4.13

Jonquière
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   6,100 3,500 100% 100% 57%
  Non-elderly women 2,200 1,300 35% 37% 61%
Non-elderly men 2,300 1,200 37% 35% 53%
Elderly women 1,300 800 21% 24% 64%
Elderly men 400 200 6% 4% 40%
 
Economic Families   16,300 3,400 100% 100% 21%
  Couples with no children < 18 7,000 1,100 43% 33% 16%
Couples with children < 18 6,400 1,000 39% 30% 16%
Lone-parent families < 18 1,600 900 10% 27% 59%
Other families 1,300 300 8% 9% 24%
 
Non-elderly family 13,500 2,900 83% 87% 22%
Elderly family 2,800 400 17% 13% 15%
 
Children 0-17 in families   13,500 3,000 100% 100% 22%
  Aged 0-5 3,800 900 28% 31% 25%
Aged 6-17 9,700 2,100 72% 69% 21%
 
All persons   55,800 13,100 100% 100% 23%
  Aged 0-14 10,500 2,400 19% 18% 23%
Aged 15-24 8,500 2,300 15% 18% 27%
Aged 25-34 6,900 1,800 12% 13% 26%
Aged 35-44 10,400 2,100 19% 16% 20%
Aged 45-54 7,800 1,300 14% 10% 17%
Aged 55-64 5,400 1,600 10% 12% 29%
Aged 65-74 4,400 1,100 8% 8% 24%
Aged 75+ 2,000 600 4% 4% 28%
 
Females 28,400 7,200 51% 55% 25%
Males 27,400 5,900 49% 45% 22%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   55,800 13,100 100% 100% 23%
  Recent immigrants 100 0 0% 0% 15%
Visible minorities 200 0 0% 0% 26%
Aboriginal identity 500 200 1% 2% 42%
With disabilities 3,800 1,500 7% 11% 40%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   39,000 9,100 100% 100% 23%
  Post-secondary certificate 13,300 1,800 34% 20% 13%
Secondary 9,800 2,400 25% 26% 24%
Less than secondary 15,900 4,900 41% 54% 31%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   39,000 9,100 100% 100% 23%
  Full-time, full year employment 11,900 700 31% 7% 6%
Part-time, full year employment 2,200 500 6% 5% 22%
Part-time, part year employment 10,600 2,300 27% 25% 22%
No employment in 1995 14,300 5,600 37% 62% 40%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $48,400 $10,900  
Average earnings $45,700 $7,100
Average government transfers $5,500 $6,100
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   1,300  
Average poverty gap $11,200
Average market gap** $14,400
 
* 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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