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Most minimum-wage workers live at home with their parents
  Minimum wage
Total employees Total Incidence

’000 ’000 %
Total 13,658.20 586.9 4.3
       
Member of a couple 7,882.20 145.3 1.8
Spouse not employed 1,498.10 34.5 2.3
Spouse unemployed 299 8.6 2.9
Spouse not in the labour force 1,199.10 25.9 2.2
Less than 55 771.5 12.7 1.6
55 and over 427.6 13.2 3.1
       
Spouse employed 6,384.10 110.8 1.7
Earning minimum wage or less 91.6 6.9 7.5
Earning more than minimum wage 5,414.80 84.7 1.6
Self-employed 877.6 19.2 2.2
       
Head of family, no spouse present 963.6 34 3.5
Youngest child less than 18 833.2 31.7 3.8
No children, or children 18 or older 130.5 2.3 1.8
       
Son, daughter or other relative living with family 2,543.40 338.9 13.3
15 to 19, in school 467.9 166 35.5
15 to 19, not in school 335.7 77.8 23.2
20 to 24, in school 220.7 26.5 12
20 to 24, not in school 558.5 38.6 6.9
25 or over, in school 57.4 2.3 4
25 or over, not in school 903.3 27.7 3.1
       
Unattached individual 2,233.10 68 3
Living alone 1,443.30 35.2 2.4
15 to 24 128.9 9.2 7.1
25 to 54 1,063.40 17.5 1.6
55 and over 251 8.5 3.4
       
Living with non-relatives 789.8 32.8 4.2
15 to 24 251.8 18.3 7.3
25 to 54 500.9 13 2.6
55 and over 37.1 1.5 4

Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2005