Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Saskatoon

Table B4.36

Saskatoon
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   31,300 14,300 100% 100% 46%
  Non-elderly women 10,900 5,500 35% 39% 51%
Non-elderly men 13,000 5,800 41% 41% 45%
Elderly women 6,000 2,500 19% 18% 42%
Elderly men 1,400 400 5% 3% 30%
 
Economic Families   51,300 9,100 100% 100% 18%
  Couples with no children < 18 21,800 1,500 43% 16% 7%
Couples with children < 18 19,600 2,900 38% 32% 15%
Lone-parent families < 18 6,300 3,800 12% 42% 61%
Other families 3,700 900 7% 10% 25%
 
Non-elderly family 43,600 8,800 85% 96% 20%
Elderly family 7,700 300 15% 4% 4%
 
Children 0-17 in families   49,100 13,200 100% 100% 27%
  Aged 0-5 17,100 5,700 35% 43% 33%
Aged 6-17 31,900 7,500 65% 57% 24%
 
All persons   190,600 43,500 100% 100% 23%
  Aged 0-14 42,600 12,400 22% 28% 29%
Aged 15-24 30,600 10,500 16% 24% 34%
Aged 25-34 31,200 7,900 16% 18% 25%
Aged 35-44 31,300 4,900 16% 11% 16%
Aged 45-54 20,500 2,500 11% 6% 12%
Aged 55-64 13,900 2,000 7% 5% 14%
Aged 65-74 11,400 1,400 6% 3% 13%
Aged 75+ 9,000 1,900 5% 4% 21%
 
Females 98,500 24,500 52% 56% 25%
Males 92,100 19,000 48% 44% 21%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   190,600 43,500 100% 100% 23%
  Recent immigrants 3,500 1,800 2% 4% 52%
Visible minorities 11,000 3,900 6% 9% 35%
Aboriginal identity 15,100 9,800 8% 23% 65%
With disabilities 20,600 6,700 11% 15% 33%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   127,500 27,800 100% 100% 22%
  Post-secondary certificate 47,300 7,300 37% 26% 15%
Secondary 30,400 7,400 24% 27% 24%
Less than secondary 49,800 13,000 39% 47% 26%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   127,500 27,800 100% 100% 22%
  Full-time, full year employment 51,900 3,400 41% 12% 7%
Part-time, full year employment 9,400 1,700 7% 6% 18%
Part-time, part year employment 41,600 11,600 33% 42% 28%
No employment in 1995 24,700 11,100 19% 40% 45%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $54,700 $13,000  
Average earnings $48,700 $8,300
Average government transfers $4,600 $6,900
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   3,300  
Average poverty gap $10,400
Average market gap** $15,000
 
* 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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