Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Mississauga

Table B4.21

Mississauga
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   39,300 12,500 100% 100% 32%
  Non-elderly women 14,400 4,400 36% 35% 31%
Non-elderly men 17,300 4,400 44% 35% 25%
Elderly women 5,900 3,200 15% 25% 54%
Elderly men 1,700 600 4% 5% 36%
 
Economic Families   143,600 21,600 100% 100% 15%
  Couples with no children < 18 56,100 4,900 39% 23% 9%
Couples with children < 18 67,300 9,700 47% 45% 14%
Lone-parent families < 18 10,900 5,300 8% 25% 49%
Other families 9,200 1,700 6% 8% 18%
 
Non-elderly family 126,200 19,400 88% 90% 15%
Elderly family 17,400 2,200 12% 10% 13%
 
Children 0-17 in families   141,400 29,200 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-5 50,200 10,900 36% 37% 22%
Aged 6-17 91,200 18,300 64% 63% 20%
 
All persons   541,600 88,900 100% 100% 16%
  Aged 0-14 121,000 25,800 22% 29% 21%
Aged 15-24 74,900 13,000 14% 15% 17%
Aged 25-34 96,400 14,700 18% 17% 15%
Aged 35-44 95,800 14,500 18% 16% 15%
Aged 45-54 72,000 8,000 13% 9% 11%
Aged 55-64 42,000 5,600 8% 6% 13%
Aged 65-74 26,400 4,400 5% 5% 17%
Aged 75+ 13,000 3,000 2% 3% 23%
 
Females 274,300 48,000 51% 54% 17%
Males 267,300 41,000 49% 46% 15%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   541,600 88,900 100% 100% 16%
  Recent immigrants 57,100 22,900 11% 26% 40%
Visible minorities 183,600 45,600 34% 51% 25%
Aboriginal identity 1,400 300 0% 0% 21%
With disabilities 43,200 11,400 8% 13% 26%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   381,100 55,800 100% 100% 15%
  Post-secondary certificate 151,500 16,000 40% 29% 11%
Secondary 100,000 14,700 26% 26% 15%
Less than secondary 129,600 25,000 34% 45% 19%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   381,100 55,800 100% 100% 15%
  Full-time, full year employment 174,900 9,300 46% 17% 5%
Part-time, full year employment 19,500 2,200 5% 4% 11%
Part-time, part year employment 105,900 17,800 28% 32% 17%
No employment in 1995 80,800 26,500 21% 47% 33%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $70,700 $16,000  
Average earnings $64,000 $12,000
Average government transfers $5,000 $6,400
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   7,700  
Average poverty gap $13,000
Average market gap** $16,300
 
* 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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