Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Saint John

Table B4.3

Saint John
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   11,300 5,200 100% 100% 46%
  Non-elderly women 3,700 1,900 33% 36% 51%
Non-elderly men 3,700 1,700 33% 32% 45%
Elderly women 3,000 1,300 26% 26% 45%
Elderly men 900 300 8% 5% 29%
 
Economic Families   20,000 4,700 100% 100% 24%
  Couples with no children < 18 8,700 1,000 44% 21% 11%
Couples with children < 18 6,300 1,100 32% 24% 18%
Lone-parent families < 18 2,800 2,000 14% 43% 73%
Other families 2,200 600 11% 13% 28%
 
Non-elderly family 16,200 4,300 81% 91% 26%
Elderly family 3,700 400 19% 9% 12%
 
Children 0-17 in families   15,700 5,400 100% 100% 35%
  Aged 0-5 5,200 2,200 33% 41% 42%
Aged 6-17 10,500 3,200 67% 59% 31%
 
All persons   70,800 19,100 100% 100% 27%
  Aged 0-14 13,300 4,800 19% 25% 36%
Aged 15-24 10,100 3,500 14% 18% 35%
Aged 25-34 11,500 2,900 16% 15% 26%
Aged 35-44 10,900 2,600 15% 14% 24%
Aged 45-54 8,500 1,600 12% 9% 19%
Aged 55-64 6,100 1,400 9% 7% 23%
Aged 65-74 5,700 1,100 8% 5% 18%
Aged 75+ 4,700 1,200 7% 6% 25%
 
Females 37,500 11,100 53% 58% 29%
Males 33,300 8,100 47% 42% 24%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   70,800 19,100 100% 100% 27%
  Recent immigrants 100 0 0% 0% 26%
Visible minorities 2,000 800 3% 4% 41%
Aboriginal identity 500 200 1% 1% 42%
With disabilities 11,100 4,400 16% 23% 40%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   47,200 12,000 100% 100% 25%
  Post-secondary certificate 14,000 2,100 30% 18% 15%
Secondary 12,600 2,800 27% 23% 22%
Less than secondary 20,600 7,200 44% 59% 35%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   47,200 12,000 100% 100% 25%
  Full-time, full year employment 16,900 1,300 36% 11% 8%
Part-time, full year employment 2,800 600 6% 5% 22%
Part-time, part year employment 14,000 3,600 30% 30% 26%
No employment in 1995 13,500 6,500 29% 54% 48%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $44,800 $11,800  
Average earnings $40,700 $7,400
Average government transfers $6,100 $7,200
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   1,700  
Average poverty gap $10,300
Average market gap** $15,100
 
* 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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