Table 2 
Persons in low income (after-tax low income measure), 2012 to 2015 

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Persons in low income (after-tax low income measure), 2012 to 2015
  2012 2013 2014 2015 2012 2013 2014 2015
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousands % of all persons% of all persons% of all persons% of all persons
All persons in low income 4,647 4,615 4,517 4,979 13.7 13.4 13.0 14.2
Persons under 18 years old1 1,083 1,090 991 1,032 16.1 16.2 14.7 15.2
   In two-parent families 713 704 603 701 12.8 12.8 10.8 12.4
   In female lone-parent families 309 313 313 264 43.4 41.7 44.9 38.2
Persons 18 to 64 years old 2,951 2,923 2,849 3,147 13.3 13.0 12.6 13.9
   In economic families 1,924 1,852 1,777 1,987 10.5 10.0 9.6 10.6
   Not in an economic family 1,027 1,071 1,072 1,160 26.3 27.4 27.0 29.1
Persons 65 years of age and older 612 602 677 800 12.2 11.6 12.5 14.3
   In economic families 225 204 257 315 6.2 5.4 6.5 7.7
   Not in an economic family 388 398 421 485 28.3 27.5 28.8 32.0
Source(s):
CANSIM table 206-0041.

Table note 1

Data do not add up to the total, as some components have been excluded.
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