Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Cambridge

Table B4.28

Cambridge
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   9,100 3,100 100% 100% 34%
  Non-elderly women 2,600 1,000 28% 32% 38%
Non-elderly men 3,600 1,000 40% 32% 27%
Elderly women 2,200 900 24% 31% 42%
Elderly men 700 200 7% 6% 28%
 
Economic Families   28,000 3,500 100% 100% 12%
  Couples with no children < 18 11,500 700 41% 21% 6%
Couples with children < 18 12,400 1,100 44% 31% 9%
Lone-parent families < 18 2,600 1,400 9% 41% 54%
Other families 1,500 200 5% 7% 16%
 
Non-elderly family 24,000 3,300 86% 95% 14%
Elderly family 4,000 200 14% 5% 5%
 
Children 0-17 in families   27,600 4,500 100% 100% 16%
  Aged 0-5 9,600 1,800 35% 39% 18%
Aged 6-17 18,000 2,700 65% 61% 15%
 
All persons   100,200 13,700 100% 100% 14%
  Aged 0-14 23,500 3,900 23% 29% 17%
Aged 15-24 13,600 2,400 14% 18% 18%
Aged 25-34 16,600 2,100 17% 15% 12%
Aged 35-44 16,800 1,700 17% 13% 10%
Aged 45-54 12,100 1,100 12% 8% 9%
Aged 55-64 7,700 1,100 8% 8% 14%
Aged 65-74 6,100 600 6% 4% 10%
Aged 75+ 3,800 800 4% 6% 20%
 
Females 50,900 7,900 51% 58% 16%
Males 49,400 5,800 49% 42% 12%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   100,200 13,700 100% 100% 14%
  Recent immigrants 1,700 500 2% 3% 28%
Visible minorities 7,500 1,600 7% 12% 22%
Aboriginal identity 400 100 0% 1% 23%
With disabilities 10,700 2,700 11% 20% 25%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   66,800 8,400 100% 100% 13%
  Post-secondary certificate 19,100 1,300 29% 15% 7%
Secondary 17,200 1,900 26% 23% 11%
Less than secondary 30,500 5,200 46% 62% 17%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   66,800 8,400 100% 100% 13%
  Full-time, full year employment 30,900 1,200 46% 14% 4%
Part-time, full year employment 4,400 400 7% 5% 9%
Part-time, part year employment 18,300 2,500 27% 29% 14%
No employment in 1995 13,300 4,400 20% 52% 33%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $60,600 $13,200  
Average earnings $55,300 $8,300
Average government transfers $5,300 $7,500
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   1,100  
Average poverty gap $9,700
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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