Table 2 
Persons in low income (after-tax low income measure), 2012 to 2016 

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Persons in low income (after-tax low income measure), 2012 to 2016
  2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
  thousandsthousandsthousandsthousandsthousands % of all persons% 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 4,615 13.7 13.4 13.0 14.2 13.0
Persons under 18 years1 1,083 1,090 991 1,032 957 16.1 16.2 14.7 15.2 14.0
In two-parent families 713 704 603 701 565 12.8 12.8 10.8 12.4 10.1
In female lone-parent families 309 313 313 264 344 43.4 41.7 44.9 38.2 44.6
Persons 18 to 64 years 2,951 2,923 2,849 3,147 2,830 13.3 13.0 12.6 13.9 12.4
In economic families 1,924 1,852 1,777 1,987 1,720 10.5 10.0 9.6 10.6 9.2
Not in an economic family 1,027 1,071 1,072 1,160 1,110 26.3 27.4 27.0 29.1 27.6
Persons 65 years and over 612 602 677 800 828 12.2 11.6 12.5 14.3 14.2
In economic families 225 204 257 315 302 6.2 5.4 6.5 7.7 7.1
Not in an economic family 388 398 421 485 526 28.3 27.5 28.8 32.0 33.7
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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