Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: London

Table B4.31

London
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   50,500 19,500 100% 100% 39%
  Non-elderly women 17,900 7,400 35% 38% 41%
Non-elderly men 19,900 8,200 39% 42% 41%
Elderly women 9,900 3,200 20% 16% 32%
Elderly men 2,800 800 6% 4% 29%
 
Economic Families   88,300 13,000 100% 100% 15%
  Couples with no children < 18 40,000 2,500 45% 19% 6%
Couples with children < 18 32,100 3,800 36% 29% 12%
Lone-parent families < 18 9,900 5,600 11% 43% 56%
Other families 6,400 1,100 7% 8% 17%
 
Non-elderly family 73,600 12,400 83% 95% 17%
Elderly family 14,700 700 17% 5% 4%
 
Children 0-17 in families   77,100 17,900 100% 100% 23%
  Aged 0-5 26,500 7,000 34% 39% 26%
Aged 6-17 50,600 10,800 66% 61% 21%
 
All persons   321,300 60,400 100% 100% 19%
  Aged 0-14 66,200 16,100 21% 27% 24%
Aged 15-24 44,900 12,600 14% 21% 28%
Aged 25-34 54,800 11,100 17% 18% 20%
Aged 35-44 52,500 8,100 16% 13% 15%
Aged 45-54 39,400 4,400 12% 7% 11%
Aged 55-64 25,900 3,300 8% 5% 13%
Aged 65-74 22,800 2,500 7% 4% 11%
Aged 75+ 14,900 2,300 5% 4% 15%
 
Females 166,400 33,100 52% 55% 20%
Males 155,000 27,200 48% 45% 18%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   321,300 60,400 100% 100% 19%
  Recent immigrants 11,300 5,700 4% 9% 50%
Visible minorities 28,700 11,400 9% 19% 40%
Aboriginal identity 3,700 2,100 1% 3% 56%
With disabilities 39,600 11,200 12% 19% 28%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   217,500 39,500 100% 100% 18%
  Post-secondary certificate 86,500 10,700 40% 27% 12%
Secondary 58,000 11,100 27% 28% 19%
Less than secondary 73,100 17,600 34% 45% 24%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   217,500 39,500 100% 100% 18%
  Full-time, full year employment 91,000 4,400 42% 11% 5%
Part-time, full year employment 17,000 2,600 8% 7% 15%
Part-time, part year employment 62,400 14,200 29% 36% 23%
No employment in 1995 47,100 18,300 22% 46% 39%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $60,100 $13,600  
Average earnings $53,800 $8,100
Average government transfers $5,800 $8,300
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   4,000  
Average poverty gap $9,400
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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