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Table 1-1
Median market income by selected family types — Canada

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Canada: Part 1
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  2007 constant dollars
Average  
Economic families, two persons or more 65,500 67,600 70,600 71,400 71,200 70,600 72,400 73,200 74,600 77,300
Elderly families 28,300 30,400 31,300 31,000 32,100 31,600 32,500 34,700 35,700 38,600
Married couples 27,500 29,900 29,600 30,200 30,500 30,700 32,300 33,000 33,900 37,100
Other families 31,200 32,500 37,500 34,100 37,900 35,000 33,400 41,000 42,100 43,800
Non-elderly families 71,500 73,700 77,100 77,900 77,600 77,200 79,400 79,900 81,600 84,200
Married couples 71,500 71,200 72,500 76,900 75,300 73,100 73,900 77,000 78,900 81,800
No earners 21,900 24,600 25,300 29,800 26,600 23,900 23,900 25,100 28,600 29,000
One earner 53,000 56,700 55,400 60,100 54,300 55,000 58,200 61,300 59,600 60,300
Two earners 86,900 84,500 84,900 88,900 88,900 85,000 84,700 88,700 90,800 93,500
Two-parent families with children 79,200 81,800 85,100 85,800 86,200 87,400 90,800 87,400 89,000 93,300
No earners 5,200 E 5,600 E 6,400 E 7,100 E 8,500 E 7,400 E 8,100 E 7,200 E 8,200 E 12,000 E
One earner 58,900 58,700 58,900 59,900 64,000 65,000 62,800 59,000 58,700 60,800
Two earners 82,600 84,300 87,800 87,700 87,400 88,200 91,500 89,400 89,300 93,100
Three or more earners 99,300 103,500 108,100 109,800 107,300 108,600 115,200 111,000 115,100 120,100
Married couples with other relatives 95,700 101,300 108,500 103,600 103,400 103,400 106,700 112,900 115,900 116,900
Lone-parent families 25,800 27,400 31,300 32,000 30,000 30,900 31,200 37,500 37,800 37,200
Male 45,500 47,200 53,400 49,000 49,100 53,700 50,300 60,800 62,400 55,800
Female 22,400 23,700 26,800 28,400 25,500 25,800 26,900 32,200 32,100 33,100
No earners 2,400 E 2,700 E 1,500 E 2,500 E 2,300 E 2,600 E 3,900 3,200 E 4,800 E 2,700 E
One earner 26,300 27,200 28,500 29,800 27,500 26,600 28,500 34,800 33,800 34,600
Two or more earners 45,900 45,200 50,400 52,900 44,700 47,000 43,300 45,800 46,900 49,600
Other non-elderly families 55,700 57,400 60,100 59,900 61,900 56,800 59,800 58,500 60,000 62,100
Unattached individuals 23,000 25,300 25,300 26,100 26,700 27,500 27,400 28,100 29,500 30,000
Elderly males 16,600 15,400 14,100 16,200 15,800 17,300 16,500 17,600 18,200 21,000
Non-earner 12,800 13,400 12,000 14,100 12,800 12,900 14,100 12,800 13,500 15,800
Earner 39,500 E 28,600 26,000 28,800 E 29,000 32,400 E 26,000 36,600 35,400 39,500
Elderly females 10,500 10,500 11,200 12,200 12,800 12,500 13,400 12,500 14,300 14,100
Non-earner 9,600 9,600 10,300 11,000 12,100 11,500 12,100 11,200 13,100 12,600
Earner 23,400 E 24,200 24,900 28,000 E 21,700 20,900 25,200 24,100 24,800 26,200
Non-elderly males 29,700 32,000 33,300 33,800 33,900 35,000 34,300 35,900 37,900 37,800
Non-earner 3,100 E 3,200 2,700 E 4,500 E 5,000 5,600 5,200 E 6,600 E 6,600 E 7,300
Earner 36,700 38,000 39,100 39,400 39,900 41,200 39,900 42,400 43,300 43,600
Non-elderly females 23,300 27,500 25,800 26,300 28,000 28,500 28,300 28,300 28,800 30,300
Non-earner 4,100 4,700 4,500 5,200 4,900 6,600 6,300 8,000 6,900 7,000
Earner 31,000 35,800 33,000 33,400 35,000 34,900 35,000 33,700 34,600 36,500
Canada: Part 2
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  2007 constant dollars
Median  
Economic families, two persons or more 54,900 57,300 58,800 58,700 58,000 58,000 59,200 60,100 60,900 62,700
Elderly families 16,500 18,900 19,700 20,600 21,500 20,800 21,800 23,100 23,800 25,300
Married couples 16,600 18,600 19,400 20,500 21,400 20,700 21,800 22,400 22,900 24,100
Other families 16,400 19,700 21,600 21,700 21,800 21,500 22,800 27,500 27,000 28,300
Non-elderly families 61,500 63,200 65,100 65,800 64,800 65,100 66,600 67,000 68,200 69,800
Married couples 58,400 60,800 61,600 62,700 60,900 62,000 63,000 66,400 66,900 67,900
No earners 12,200 E 15,300 E 18,800 E 18,800 E 16,300 E 14,900 E 10,300 E 12,100 E 17,900 E 25,700 E
One earner 42,500 45,700 44,900 47,100 45,200 45,200 47,300 51,000 50,000 49,200
Two earners 71,900 71,300 72,000 73,500 72,900 73,600 72,800 75,700 76,900 78,100
Two-parent families with children 70,800 72,000 73,900 74,300 73,700 74,900 76,000 75,800 76,500 78,900
No earners E E E E E E E 100 E E E
One earner 44,000 46,200 44,400 44,700 46,800 45,800 43,800 43,900 43,400 45,200
Two earners 73,800 73,600 76,200 76,200 76,100 76,700 78,700 77,800 77,300 78,600
Three or more earners 88,900 95,600 97,200 96,300 97,000 95,900 98,400 98,600 101,200 104,100
Married couples with other relatives 86,100 92,300 93,800 93,900 92,600 92,500 95,600 100,500 101,300 106,000
Lone-parent families 17,000 19,900 24,200 23,800 21,500 22,400 23,000 26,400 28,500 28,000
Male 38,400 40,900 46,200 40,700 41,700 41,400 43,700 48,400 49,600 48,500
Female 13,800 16,600 19,400 20,700 17,300 18,400 19,900 23,100 23,600 24,400
No earners 0 E E E E E 1,000 E E E E
One earner 20,100 23,000 23,800 23,800 20,700 21,100 22,800 24,300 24,000 24,500
Two or more earners 43,400 42,200 45,000 44,500 36,800 40,700 36,800 39,900 41,400 43,200
Other non-elderly families 43,500 47,800 48,900 51,300 50,500 48,100 50,200 50,700 52,800 54,300
Unattached individuals 14,300 15,400 16,300 17,400 18,200 18,200 18,200 18,800 19,300 20,600
Elderly males 5,900 E 6,000 5,900 E 7,300 8,200 8,500 8,600 8,200 8,500 10,000
Non-earner 4,300 E 5,100 4,300 E 4,900 E 6,700 5,700 7,300 5,700 6,300 6,600 E
Earner 27,300 E 13,400 E 14,300 E 16,700 E 19,500 E 17,400 17,000 23,100 22,900 E 23,100
Elderly females 4,500 4,200 4,900 5,800 5,400 5,800 6,400 5,400 6,400 7,400
Non-earner 3,900 3,500 4,100 5,000 4,600 4,800 5,100 4,200 5,200 5,900
Earner 13,200 E 18,500 E 18,600 16,800 14,900 16,600 19,600 19,500 15,700 21,300
Non-elderly males 23,100 25,200 27,300 27,600 27,900 27,400 26,900 27,800 28,600 29,700
Non-earner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earner 30,500 31,800 32,600 32,500 33,500 33,900 32,700 33,000 33,700 34,900
Non-elderly females 15,900 18,000 17,800 18,700 20,700 21,100 20,700 21,500 22,000 23,100
Non-earner 0 0 0 0 0 E E E E E
Earner 25,800 26,700 26,200 27,400 28,700 28,000 27,600 27,100 29,000 28,600