Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Longueuil

Table B4.7

Longueuil
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   21,600 10,900 100% 100% 50%
  Non-elderly women 8,100 3,900 38% 36% 49%
Non-elderly men 9,200 4,000 43% 37% 44%
Elderly women 3,300 2,300 15% 21% 71%
Elderly men 1,000 6005% 5% 58%
 
Economic Families   36,000 9,400 100% 100% 26%
  Couples with no children < 18 15,500 2,500 43% 26% 16%
Couples with children < 18 11,400 2,500 32% 27% 22%
Lone-parent families < 18 5,300 3,300 15% 35% 63%
Other families 3,800 1,100 11% 12% 30%
 
Non-elderly family 30,800 8,200 85% 88% 27%
Elderly family 5,200 1,200 15% 12% 22%
 
Children 0-17 in families   27,200 9,900 100% 100% 36%
  Aged 0-5 9,800 4,000 36% 40% 41%
Aged 6-17 17,400 5,900 64% 60% 34%
 
All persons   126,300 38,200 100% 100% 30%
  Aged 0-14 22,800 8,600 18% 23% 38%
Aged 15-24 18,000 6,400 14% 17% 36%
Aged 25-34 20,700 6,100 16% 16% 30%
Aged 35-44 21,900 5,400 17% 14% 24%
Aged 45-54 18,500 3,900 15% 10% 21%
Aged 55-64 11,800 3,200 9% 8% 27%
Aged 65-74 8,300 2,800 7% 7% 34%
Aged 75+ 4,300 1,800 3% 5% 42%
 
Females 65,400 21,400 52% 56% 33%
Males 61,000 16,800 48% 44% 28%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   126,300 38,200 100% 100% 30%
  Recent immigrants 2,800 1,900 2% 5% 67%
Visible minorities 9,900 5,000 8% 13% 50%
Aboriginal identity 300 100 0% 0% 41%
With disabilities 10,200 5,200 8% 14% 51%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   90,900 25,000 100% 100% 27%
  Post-secondary certificate 30,800 4,600 34% 19% 15%
Secondary 23,300 6,100 26% 24% 26%
Less than secondary 36,800 14,300 40% 57% 39%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   90,900 25,000 100% 100% 27%
  Full-time, full year employment 33,800 2,800 37% 11% 8%
Part-time, full year employment 4,400 900 5% 4% 22%
Part-time, part year employment 26,200 6,800 29% 27% 26%
No employment in 1995 26,600 14,400 29% 58% 54%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $50,300 $13,800  
Average earnings $47,500 $9,900
Average government transfers $5,500 $7,500
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   3,500  
Average poverty gap $12,300
Average market gap** $17,200
 
* 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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