Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Thunder Bay

Table B4.33

Thunder Bay
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   15,600 5,900 100% 100% 38%
  Non-elderly women 4,300 1,800 27% 31% 42%
Non-elderly men 5,900 2,000 38% 34% 33%
Elderly women 4,100 1,800 26% 30% 43%
Elderly men 1,400 300 9% 6% 25%
 
Economic Families   31,500 3,800 100% 100% 12%
  Couples with no children < 18 14,500 700 46% 19% 5%
Couples with children < 18 11,100 800 35% 21% 7%
Lone-parent families < 18 3,200 1,900 10% 48% 57%
Other families 2,600 400 8% 11% 17%
 
Non-elderly family 25,300 3,500 80% 93% 14%
Elderly family 6,200 300 20% 7% 5%
 
Children 0-17 in families   25,500 4,800 100% 100% 19%
  Aged 0-5 8,300 2,000 33% 41% 24%
Aged 6-17 17,200 2,800 67% 59% 16%
 
All persons   111,800 17,100 100% 100% 15%
  Aged 0-14 21,700 4,500 19% 26% 21%
Aged 15-24 15,500 3,000 14% 17% 19%
Aged 25-34 16,900 2,700 15% 16% 16%
Aged 35-44 18,600 2,100 17% 12% 11%
Aged 45-54 13,900 1,200 12% 7% 9%
Aged 55-64 9,700 1,200 9% 7% 12%
Aged 65-74 9,400 1,100 8% 6% 12%
Aged 75+ 6,300 1,400 6% 8% 22%
 
Females 57,200 10,000 51% 59% 18%
Males 54,600 7,100 49% 41% 13%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   111,800 17,100 100% 100% 15%
  Recent immigrants 900 300 1% 2% 35%
Visible minorities 2,600 500 2% 3% 19%
Aboriginal identity 6,200 2,900 6% 17% 48%
With disabilities 15,200 4,000 14% 24% 27%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   74,500 10,200 100% 100% 14%
  Post-secondary certificate 25,700 2,200 34% 21% 8%
Secondary 18,100 2,200 24% 21% 12%
Less than secondary 30,700 5,900 41% 58% 19%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   74,500 10,200 100% 100% 14%
  Full-time, full year employment 29,100 1,100 39% 11% 4%
Part-time, full year employment 6,100 700 8% 7% 11%
Part-time, part year employment 23,300 3,500 31% 34% 15%
No employment in 1995 16,000 4,900 21% 49% 31%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $61,900 $12,700  
Average earnings $55,700 $7,300
Average government transfers $5,800 $7,600
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   1,300  
Average poverty gap $9,600
Average market gap** $14,500
 
* 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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