Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Niagara Falls

Table B4.26

Niagara Falls
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   8,900 3,700 100% 100% 41%
  Non-elderly women 2,500 1,100 28% 31% 44%
Non-elderly men 2,800 1,000 31% 28% 38%
Elderly women 2,700 1,200 30% 33% 45%
Elderly men 900 30010% 8% 35%
 
Economic Families   22,200 3,300 100% 100% 15%
  Couples with no children < 18 10,800 800 49% 23% 7%
Couples with children < 18 7,400 1,000 33% 30% 13%
Lone-parent families < 18 2,200 1,300 10% 40% 61%
Other families 1,800 300 8% 8% 15%
 
Non-elderly family 17,300 3,100 78% 93% 18%
Elderly family 4,800 200 22% 7% 5%
 
Children 0-17 in families   17,400 4,300 100% 100% 24%
  Aged 0-5 5,700 1,600 33% 38% 29%
Aged 6-17 11,700 2,600 67% 62% 22%
 
All persons   76,100 13,900 100% 100% 18%
  Aged 0-14 14,800 3,800 19% 28% 26%
Aged 15-24 9,600 1,900 13% 14% 20%
Aged 25-34 11,100 2,200 15% 16% 20%
Aged 35-44 11,900 1,900 16% 14% 16%
Aged 45-54 9,600 1,200 13% 9% 12%
Aged 55-64 7,400 1,000 10% 7% 14%
Aged 65-74 7,400 1,000 10% 7% 13%
Aged 75+ 4,300 800 6% 6% 19%
 
Females 39,400 8,100 52% 58% 20%
Males 36,800 5,800 48% 42% 16%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   76,100 13,900 100% 100% 18%
  Recent immigrants 1,400 500 2% 4% 38%
Visible minorities 2,700 800 4% 6% 29%
Aboriginal identity 600 300 1% 2% 58%
With disabilities 10,200 2,700 13% 19% 26%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   49,600 8,300 100% 100% 17%
  Post-secondary certificate 15,200 1,600 31% 20% 11%
Secondary 13,700 2,100 28% 26% 16%
Less than secondary 20,700 4,500 42% 54% 22%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   49,600 8,200 100% 100% 17%
  Full-time, full year employment 18,300 800 37% 10% 4%
Part-time, full year employment 3,500 400 7% 5% 12%
Part-time, part year employment 16,200 2,800 33% 34% 18%
No employment in 1995 11,600 4,200 23% 51% 36%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)           
  Average total income $53,600 $13,600  
Average earnings $48,300 $8,300
Average government transfers $6,100 $8,000
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   1,000  
Average poverty gap $9,200
Average market gap** $14,600
 
* 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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