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Tables

  • Table 20  Median after-tax income, by economic family type
  • Table 21  Persons with low income after tax
  • Table 22  Family units and net worth, by net worth group, 2005

Tables

Table 20  Median after-tax income, by economic family type
  1984 1994 2004
  2004 constant $
Economic families, two people or more 48,600 47,600 54,100
Elderly families 32,300 36,000 38,500
Married couples only 29,400 33,000 38,200
All other elderly families 40,500 45,100 40,300
Non-elderly families 50,700 49,800 57,600
Married couples only 48,400 46,000 53,000
Two-parent families with children 53,000 53,500 64,100
Married couples with other relatives 67,100 68,500 80,500
Lone-parent families 22,100 23,400 29,800
All other non-elderly families 41,000 41,000 50,600
Unattached individuals 19,000 17,900 21,300
Elderly males 16,100 18,900 21,300
Elderly females 14,600 17,200 19,000
Non-elderly males 24,400 20,600 24,200
Non-elderly females 20,200 16,500 20,100
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 202-0605.

 

Table 21  Persons with low income after tax
  1984 1994 2004
  thousands
All persons 3,451 3,898 3,479
Persons under 18 years 1,041 1,102 865
Persons 18 to 64 years 2,021 2,520 2,396
Persons 65 years and older 390 276 219
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 202-0802.

 

Table 22  Family units and net worth, by net worth group, 2005
  Family units1 Net worth2
  thousands % $ millions %
All family units' net worth groups3 13,348 100.0 4,862,486 100.0
Negative net worth 872 6.5 -12,751 -0.3
Less than $5,000 1,220 9.1 2,068 0.0
$5,000 to $14,999 854 6.4 7,762 0.2
$15,000 to $29,999 791 5.9 17,149 0.4
$30,000 to $49,999 602 4.5 23,235 0.5
$50,000 to $74,999 760 5.7 46,275 1.0
$75,000 to $99,999 583 4.4 51,702 1.1
$100,000 to $149,999 1,020 7.6 127,010 2.6
$150,000 to $249,999 1,487 11.1 293,647 6.0
$250,000 to $499,999 2,253 16.9 813,922 16.7
$500,000 to $999,999 1,807 13.5 1,233,616 25.4
$1,000,000 and over 1,098 8.2 2,258,851 46.5
1. Economic families (a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption) and unattached individuals (a person living either alone or with others to whom he or she is unrelated).
2. Includes employer-sponsored Registered Pension Plans valued on a termination basis.
3. Includes family units with net worth of $0.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Financial Security (SFS).
Date Modified: 2007-03-02

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