Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: New Brunswick urban non-CMA

Table B5.5

New Brunswick urban non-CMA
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   31,800 13,900 100% 100% 44%
  Non-elderly women 11,200 5,500 35% 40% 49%
Non-elderly men 11,400 4,600 36% 33% 40%
Elderly women 7,300 3,200 23% 23% 45%
Elderly men 2,000 600 6% 4% 29%
 
Economic Families   65,500 10,000 100% 100% 15%
  Couples with no children < 18 31,100 2,700 48% 26% 9%
Couples with children < 18 23,300 2,800 36% 28% 12%
Lone-parent families < 18 6,000 3,500 9% 35% 58%
Other families 5,100 1,100 8% 11% 22%
 
Non-elderly family 54,200 9,100 83% 91% 17%
  Elderly family 11,300 900 17% 9% 8%
 
Children 0-17 in families   50,500 10,500 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-5 16,200 4,000 32% 38% 24%
Aged 6-17 34,300 6,500 68% 62% 19%
 
All persons   229,000 43,100 100% 100% 19%
  Aged 0-14 42,700 9,200 19% 21% 22%
Aged 15-24 33,800 9,300 15% 22% 28%
Aged 25-34 37,700 7,000 16% 16% 19%
Aged 35-44 37,200 5,600 16% 13% 15%
Aged 45-54 29,900 3,700 13% 9% 12%
Aged 55-64 19,500 3,200 9% 7% 16%
Aged 65-74 16,200 2,400 7% 5% 15%
Aged 75+ 12,000 2,700 5% 6% 22%
 
Females 119,100 25,000 52% 58% 21%
Males 110,000 18,200 48% 42% 17%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   229,000 43,100 100% 100% 19%
  Recent immigrants 1,300 400 1% 1% 33%
Visible minorities 4,000 1,400 2% 3% 36%
Aboriginal identity 1,700 800 1% 2% 48%
With disabilities 26,700 8,500 12% 20% 32%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   158,100 28,900 100% 100% 18%
  Post-secondary certificate 59,200 6,500 37% 22% 11%
Secondary 41,500 8,300 26% 29% 20%
Less than secondary 57,500 14,100 36% 49% 24%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   158,100 28,900 100% 100% 18%
  Full-time, full year employment 63,700 3,800 40% 13% 6%
Part-time, full year employment 9,000 1,600 6% 5% 18%
Part-time, part year employment 51,600 11,300 33% 39% 22%
No employment in 1995 33,900 12,200 21% 42% 36%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $52,900 $11,900  
Average earnings $46,800 $7,800
Average government transfers $5,100 $6,400
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   3,400  
Average poverty gap $9,300
Average market gap** $13,200
 
* 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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