Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Sudbury

Table B4.32

Sudbury
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   14,900 6,800 100% 100% 46%
  Non-elderly women 4,900 2,500 33% 37% 51%
Non-elderly men 5,600 2,600 38% 38% 46%
Elderly women 3,200 1,400 22% 20% 43%
Elderly men 1,100 300 8% 5% 30%
 
Economic Families   25,600 4,400 100% 100% 17%
  Couples with no children < 18 12,300 900 48% 20% 7%
Couples with children < 18 8,100 1,100 32% 25% 13%
Lone-parent families < 18 3,100 2,000 12% 46% 65%
Other families 2,200 400 9% 9% 18%
 
Non-elderly family 20,800 4,100 81% 93% 20%
Elderly family 4,800 300 19% 7% 6%
 
Children 0-17 in families   19,200 5,100 100% 100% 27%
  Aged 0-5 6,100 2,200 32% 43% 36%
Aged 6-17 13,100 3,000 68% 57% 23%
 
All persons   90,400 19,200 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-14 15,900 4,600 18% 24% 29%
Aged 15-24 14,000 4,200 15% 22% 30%
Aged 25-34 13,700 3,600 15% 19% 26%
Aged 35-44 13,600 2,000 15% 11% 15%
Aged 45-54 11,900 1,400 13% 7% 11%
Aged 55-64 8,900 1,300 10% 7% 15%
Aged 65-74 7,900 1,100 9% 6% 13%
Aged 75+ 4,400 1,000 5% 5% 23%
 
Females 46,900 11,000 52% 57% 23%
Males 43,400 8,200 48% 43% 19%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   90,400 19,200 100% 100% 21%
  Recent immigrants 600 200 1% 1% 35%
Visible minorities 2,400 600 3% 3% 27%
Aboriginal identity 2,800 1,700 3% 9% 59%
With disabilities 14,100 4,500 16% 23% 32%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   62,000 12,500 100% 100% 20%
  Post-secondary certificate 21,800 2,500 35% 20% 12%
Secondary 15,300 3,200 25% 26% 21%
Less than secondary 25,000 6,800 40% 54% 27%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   62,000 12,500 100% 100% 20%
  Full-time, full year employment 22,000 1,000 35% 8% 5%
Part-time, full year employment 4,400 700 7% 5% 16%
Part-time, part year employment 18,400 3,900 30% 31% 21%
No employment in 1995 17,300 6,900 28% 55% 40%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $60,000 $12,600  
Average earnings $54,500 $7,600
Average government transfers $6,600 $8,500
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   1,400  
Average poverty gap $9,300
Average market gap** $15,500
 
* 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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