Table 5
Average income and source by migration status, age 60 and over, 2005

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Table 5 Average income and source by migration status, age 60 and over, 2005
Table summary
 This table displays the results of average income and source by migration status. This information is grouped by income appearing as row headers and is grouped by returnees, stayers, Canadian-born and immigrants appearing as column headers, calculated using dollar as a unit of measure.
  Returnees1 Stayers
Canadian-born Immigrants Canadian-born Immigrants
$
Total income 43,800* 30,700 31,900 31,400
Income tax paid 9,100* 4,900 5,300 5,100
Market income 37,000* 23,700 21,700 21,300
Wages and salaries 12,700* 9,100 7,100 8,800
Self-employment income 2,500* 1,900 1,100 1,300
Investment income 5,600* 4,000 3,300 3,500
Retirement income 13,900* 7,400 9,200 6,900
Government transfers 6,800* 7,000* 10,200 10,100
Canada Pension Plan/Quebec Pension Plan (CPP/QPP) 3,100* 2,600* 4,800 4,200
Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement (OAS and GIS) 3,000* 3,500* 4,600 4,900
Other social transfers 700* 1,000 900 1,000
  %
Low-income rate2 17.2* 24.2* 13.5 15.7
1. Returnees include the Canadian-born and long-term immigrants who lived in Canada at the time of the census but in another country 5 years before the census.
2. Statistics Canada's [Low income cut-offs (LICOs), 1992 base, after government transfers and before income taxes] are used to determine low income status. A person is defined as low income if her/his economic family income is below the LICO.
* indicates statistical significance at p <0.05 between returnees and stayers. The differences between Canadian-born and immigrant returnees are significant with the exception of self-employment income, investment income and total government transfers.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.
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