Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Windsor

Table B4.30

Windsor
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   30,200 11,800 100% 100% 39%
  Non-elderly women 9,000 4,000 30% 34% 45%
Non-elderly men 11,700 4,000 39% 34% 34%
Elderly women 7,100 3,100 24% 26% 43%
Elderly men 2,300 700 8% 6% 32%
 
Economic Families   53,400 8,500 100% 100% 16%
  Couples with no children < 18 24,100 1,800 45% 20% 7%
Couples with children < 18 17,900 2,300 34% 27% 13%
Lone-parent families < 18 6,300 3,600 12% 42% 57%
Other families 5,100 900 10% 11% 18%
 
Non-elderly family 43,200 7,900 81% 93% 18%
Elderly family 10,200 600 19% 7% 6%
 
Children 0-17 in families   43,500 10,900 100% 100% 25%
  Aged 0-5 15,100 4,300 35% 39% 28%
Aged 6-17 28,400 6,600 65% 61% 23%
 
All persons   194,600 38,200 100% 100% 20%
  Aged 0-14 37,200 9,800 19% 26% 26%
Aged 15-24 28,000 7,100 14% 19% 25%
Aged 25-34 33,200 6,100 17% 16% 18%
Aged 35-44 29,100 4,800 15% 12% 16%
Aged 45-54 23,100 3,000 12% 8% 13%
Aged 55-64 17,400 2,900 9% 8% 17%
Aged 65-74 16,500 2,300 8% 6% 14%
Aged 75+ 10,200 2,300 5% 6% 23%
 
Females 100,200 21,900 52% 57% 22%
Males 94,400 16,300 48% 43% 17%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   194,600 38,200 100% 100% 20%
  Recent immigrants 9,500 4,200 5% 11% 44%
Visible minorities 24,800 8,800 13% 23% 36%
Aboriginal identity 1,900 800 1% 2% 41%
With disabilities 26,600 7,800 14% 21% 29%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   130,800 23,800 100% 100% 18%
  Post-secondary certificate 43,000 5,300 33% 22% 12%
Secondary 38,700 7,000 30% 29% 18%
Less than secondary 49,100 11,500 38% 48% 23%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   130,800 23,800 100% 100% 18%
  Full-time, full year employment 51,200 2,800 39% 12% 5%
Part-time, full year employment 8,800 1,300 7% 6% 15%
Part-time, part year employment 37,700 7,300 29% 31% 19%
No employment in 1995 33,100 12,400 25% 52% 37%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $58,800 $12,700  
Average earnings $54,300 $8,000
Average government transfers $5,900 $7,500
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   2,900  
Average poverty gap $10,200
Average market gap** $15,200
 
* 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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