Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Winnipeg

Table B4.34

Winnipeg
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   95,100 46,600 100% 100% 49%
  Non-elderly women 30,400 14,500 32% 31% 48%
Non-elderly men 35,800 16,100 38% 34% 45%
Elderly women 22,500 13,000 24% 28% 58%
Elderly men 6,400 3,100 7% 7% 48%
 
Economic Families   165,700 32,200 100% 100% 19%
  Couples with no children < 18 74,100 7,800 45% 24% 11%
Couples with children < 18 60,700 10,200 37% 32% 17%
Lone-parent families < 18 17,100 10,700 10% 33% 63%
Other families 13,800 3,400 8% 11% 25%
 
Non-elderly family 136,300 28,300 82% 88% 21%
Elderly family 29,400 3,900 18% 12% 13%
 
Children 0-17 in families   141,400 40,200 100% 100% 28%
  Aged 0-5 48,500 16,600 34% 41% 34%
Aged 6-17 92,900 23,500 66% 59% 25%
 
All persons   606,800 147,400 100% 100% 24%
  Aged 0-14 121,900 37,100 20% 25% 30%
Aged 15-24 83,600 25,100 14% 17% 30%
Aged 25-34 98,000 24,400 16% 17% 25%
Aged 35-44 99,900 18,500 16% 13% 19%
Aged 45-54 75,400 10,800 12% 7% 14%
Aged 55-64 49,300 9,400 8% 6% 19%
Aged 65-74 45,000 9,900 7% 7% 22%
Aged 75+ 33,800 12,300 6% 8% 37%
 
Females 314,000 82,800 52% 56% 26%
Males 292,800 64,700 48% 44% 22%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   606,800 147,400 100% 100% 24%
  Recent immigrants 15,700 7,900 3% 5% 50%
Visible minorities 72,300 23,300 12% 16% 32%
Aboriginal identity 41,300 25,900 7% 18% 63%
With disabilities 67,100 25,600 11% 17% 38%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   406,100 88,200 100% 100% 22%
  Post-secondary certificate 140,500 19,700 35% 22% 14%
Secondary 97,300 20,100 24% 23% 21%
Less than secondary 168,200 48,300 41% 55% 29%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   406,100 88,200 100% 100% 22%
  Full-time, full year employment 176,600 15,400 43% 18% 9%
Part-time, full year employment 29,400 5,200 7% 6% 18%
Part-time, part year employment 117,100 30,600 29% 35% 26%
No employment in 1995 83,000 36,900 20% 42% 44%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $55,600 $15,200  
Average earnings $49,800 $11,300
Average government transfers $4,500 $6,500
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   11,200  
Average poverty gap $12,100
Average market gap** $15,700
 
* 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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