Table 4
Households that sent and received voluntary interhousehold transfers, by amount of voluntary interhousehold transfer in relation to household income, 2008

Warning View the most recent version.

Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please "contact us" to request a format other than those available.

Standard table symbols

  Households Median household income Share of voluntary interhousehold transfers sent Median ratio of voluntary interhousehold transfers to household income
'000 $ % ratio
Donor
All donor households 1,647 77,000 100.0 0.03
Sent less than 5% of household income 1,036 85,000 18.1 0.02
Sent 5% to 10% of household income 287 68,000 15.6 0.07
Sent 10% to 50% of household income 255 62,000 33.5 0.16
Sent 50% to 100% of household income F F F 0.66
Sent more than 100% of household income 28E F 14.8E 1.68E
Receiver
All recipient households 880 53,000 100.0 0.05
Received less than 5% of household income 433 72,000 6.7 0.01
Received 5% to 10% of household income 129 46,000 6.4 0.07
Received 10% to 50% of household income 209 45,000 28.3 0.18
Received 50% to 100% of household income 47E F F 0.86
Received more than 100% of household income 62E F 37.1E 3.20E
E use with caution.
F too unreliable to be published.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2008.