Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Vaughan

Table B4.18

Vaughan
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   3,900 1,600 100% 100% 42%
  Non-elderly women 1,400 700 36% 42% 49%
Non-elderly men 1,600 500 40% 32% 33%
Elderly women 700 300 18% 21% 47%
Elderly men 200 100 6% 6% 37%
 
Economic Families   34,100 3,900 100% 100% 12%
  Couples with no children < 18 13,400 1,300 39% 34% 10%
Couples with children < 18 18,100 1,900 53% 48% 11%
Lone-parent families < 18 1,300 400 4% 11% 33%
Other families 1,300 300 4% 7% 20%
 
Non-elderly family 29,800 3,300 87% 83% 11%
Elderly family 4,300 700 13% 17% 15%
 
Children 0-17 in families   36,600 4,700 100% 100% 13%
  Aged 0-5 11,700 1,400 32% 30% 12%
Aged 6-17 24,900 3,300 68% 70% 13%
 
All persons   132,100 15,900 100% 100% 12%
  Aged 0-14 30,800 4,000 23% 25% 13%
Aged 15-24 19,900 2,400 15% 15% 12%
Aged 25-34 19,900 2,100 15% 13% 11%
Aged 35-44 23,000 2,600 17% 16% 11%
Aged 45-54 18,500 1,900 14% 12% 10%
Aged 55-64 11,200 1,400 8% 9% 13%
Aged 65-74 6,100 1,000 5% 6% 17%
Aged 75+ 2,800 500 2% 3% 16%
 
Females 66,300 8,300 50% 52% 12%
Males 65,700 7,700 50% 48% 12%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   132,100 15,900 100% 100% 12%
  Recent immigrants 5,500 1,800 4% 11% 33%
Visible minorities 20,900 3,100 16% 20% 15%
Aboriginal identity 100 0 0% 0% 31%
With disabilities 10,400 2,000 8% 13% 19%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   92,400 10,400 100% 100% 11%
  Post-secondary certificate 34,500 2,700 37% 26% 8%
Secondary 22,000 2,700 24% 26% 12%
Less than secondary 35,900 5,100 39% 48% 14%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   92,400 10,500 100% 100% 11%
  Full-time, full year employment 41,100 1,900 44% 19% 5%
Part-time, full year employment 6,100 500 7% 5% 8%
Part-time, part year employment 25,100 3,000 27% 28% 12%
No employment in 1995 20,100 5,000 22% 48% 25%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)           
  Average total income $79,200 $15,500  
Average earnings $68,400 $11,800
Average government transfers $5,300 $5,700
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   1,400  
Average poverty gap $14,200
Average market gap** $16,200
 
* 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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