Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Calgary

Table B4.37

Calgary
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   112,400 47,000 100% 100% 42%
  Non-elderly women 39,800 17,400 35% 37% 44%
Non-elderly men 53,300 19,700 47% 42% 37%
Elderly women 14,700 7,900 13% 17% 54%
Elderly men 4,500 2,000 4% 4% 43%
 
Economic Families   204,900 33,400 100% 100% 16%
  Couples with no children < 18 89,600 8,200 44% 25% 9%
Couples with children < 18 83,600 13,200 41% 39% 16%
Lone-parent families < 18 18,000 9,000 9% 27% 50%
Other families 13,700 3,000 7% 9% 22%
 
Non-elderly family 178,700 30,500 87% 91% 17%
Elderly family 26,200 2,900 13% 9% 11%
 
Children 0-17 in families   187,000 42,800 100% 100% 23%
  Aged 0-5 63,000 16,100 34% 38% 26%
Aged 6-17 124,000 26,700 66% 62% 22%
 
All persons   760,200 156,400 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-14 161,700 38,400 21% 25% 24%
Aged 15-24 103,000 29,000 14% 19% 28%
Aged 25-34 138,000 28,800 18% 18% 21%
Aged 35-44 146,500 24,000 19% 15% 16%
Aged 45-54 92,600 12,500 12% 8% 13%
Aged 55-64 54,700 9,500 7% 6% 17%
Aged 65-74 40,600 7,800 5% 5% 19%
Aged 75+ 23,200 6,400 3% 4% 28%
 
Females 381,800 83,600 50% 53% 22%
Males 378,400 72,800 50% 47% 19%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   760,200 156,400 100% 100% 21%
  Recent immigrants 33,200 15,700 4% 10% 47%
Visible minorities 125,600 40,000 17% 26% 32%
Aboriginal identity 13,800 7,000 2% 4% 51%
With disabilities 69,100 23,400 9% 15% 34%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   534,700 103,700 100% 100% 19%
  Post-secondary certificate 212,600 28,600 40% 28% 13%
Secondary 127,800 26,500 24% 26% 21%
Less than secondary 194,400 48,600 36% 47% 25%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   534,700 103,700 100% 100% 19%
  Full-time, full year employment 236,500 19,800 44% 19% 8%
Part-time, full year employment 33,700 6,800 6% 7% 20%
Part-time, part year employment 173,900 44,900 33% 43% 26%
No employment in 1995 90,500 32,200 17% 31% 36%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $65,700 $16,000  
Average earnings $58,000 $11,700
Average government transfers $4,100 $5,300
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   11,500  
Average poverty gap $11,800
Average market gap** $14,400
 
* 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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