Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Richmond Hill

Table B4.20

Richmond Hill
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   6,200 2,200 100% 100% 36%
  Non-elderly women 2,400 800 40% 38% 35%
Non-elderly men 2,200 600 35% 27% 27%
Elderly women 1,300 700 21% 31% 53%
Elderly men 300 100 4% 4% 37%
 
Economic Families   26,700 4,100 100% 100% 15%
  Couples with no children < 18 10,700 1,200 40% 29% 11%
Couples with children < 18 13,100 2,000 49% 49% 15%
Lone-parent families < 18 1,500 700 5% 16% 46%
Other families 1,500 300 6% 6% 17%
 
Non-elderly family 22,900 3,600 86% 89% 16%
Elderly family 3,800 500 14% 11% 12%
 
Children 0-17 in families   26,500 5,100 100% 100% 19%
  Aged 0-5 8,700 1,500 33% 30% 17%
Aged 6-17 17,800 3,600 67% 70% 20%
 
All persons   101,400 17,800 100% 100% 18%
  Aged 0-14 22,300 4,300 22% 24% 19%
Aged 15-24 13,700 3,000 13% 17% 22%
Aged 25-34 15,900 2,300 16% 13% 14%
Aged 35-44 18,600 3,000 18% 17% 16%
Aged 45-54 14,300 2,300 14% 13% 16%
Aged 55-64 8,100 1,300 8% 7% 16%
Aged 65-74 5,500 900 5% 5% 17%
Aged 75+ 2,900 700 3% 4% 23%
 
Females 51,600 9,400 51% 53% 18%
Males 49,700 8,400 49% 47% 17%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   101,400 17,800 100% 100% 18%
  Recent immigrants 11,600 6,000 11% 34% 52%
Visible minorities 33,000 9,500 33% 54% 29%
Aboriginal identity 200 100 0% 0% 36%
With disabilities 7,400 1,800 7% 10% 25%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   70,600 11,800 100% 100% 17%
  Post-secondary certificate 30,900 3,600 44% 30% 11%
Secondary 16,900 3,500 24% 30% 21%
Less than secondary 22,800 4,800 32% 40% 21%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   70,600 11,800 100% 100% 17%
  Full-time, full year employment 31,500 1,900 45% 16% 6%
Part-time, full year employment 4,000 500 6% 4% 12%
Part-time, part year employment 18,100 2,900 26% 25% 16%
No employment in 1995 16,900 6,500 24% 55% 39%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $76,700 $15,200  
Average earnings $68,700 $11,700
Average government transfers $4,500 $5,000
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   1,600  
Average poverty gap $15,000
Average market gap** $17,500
 
* 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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