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Table A1.1
Income and earnings trends

Table A1.1a
Average total income
 
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
in 2003 dollars
Economic families1
64,800
63,300
64,300
66,000
69,900
73,600
72,700
Non-elderly families2
67,500
66,000
66,900
69,100
73,300
77,500
76,400
Couples without children
64,000
64,200
63,500
69,300
69,600
74,900
70,900
Two-parent families with children
72,400
71,100
72,200
74,700
80,100
84,300
85,600
Female-headed lone-parent families3
27,300
27,300
29,000
27,500
31,000
34,900
32,500
Male-headed lone-parent families3
46,700
41,400
42,200
45,900
49,700
51,000
54,700
Elderly families4
49,300
48,300
50,400
46,600
49,100
49,600
50,200
Unattached individuals
26,700
26,900
27,100
26,400
28,800
29,600
30,900
Non-elderly women
25,600
26,700
26,100
23,700
28,100
27,200
30,100
Non-elderly men
30,600
30,900
30,500
29,300
32,000
33,700
34,400
Elderly women
21,500
20,100
21,900
23,400
23,000
24,500
24,800
Elderly men
24,400
24,500
27,100
28,300
28,100
28,600
29,600
1. Individuals (two or more people) sharing a common dwelling unit who are related by blood, marriage (including common-law relationships) or adoption.
2. Families in which the major income earner is under 65 years of age.
3. With children under 18 years of age.
4. Families in which the major income earner is 65 years of age and over.
Note: Average total income refers to income from all sources including government transfers and before deduction of federal and provincial income taxes. It may also be called income before tax (but after transfers).
Data sources: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 202-0403 and catalogue number 75-202-XIE.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, catalogue number 85-570-XWE2006001.

 

Table A1.1b
Women's earnings as a percentage of men's
 
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
percentage
Full-year full-time workers
68.7
71.3
72.4
68.3
68.4
69.9
70.5
Data sources: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 202-0403 and catalogue number 75-202-XIE.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, catalogue number 85-570-XWE2006001.

 

Table A1.1c
Percentage of families with low income1
 
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
percentage
Economic families2
13.7
15.7
15.4
15.9
13.2
11.6
12.0
Non-elderly families3
14.6
16.6
16.7
16.7
14.2
12.4
12.9
Couples without children
10.5
11.2
12.1
10.6
10.6
8.8
9.2
Two-parent families with children
11.4
13.2
13.8
13.5
11.2
10.4
9.8
Female-headed lone-parent families4
60.9
60.2
59.2
58.9
51.4
45.0
48.9
Male-headed lone-parent families4
24.9
32.6
33.2
26.0
22.2
21.0
20.0
Elderly families5
8.4
10.2
8.2
11.4
7.4
6.6
6.7
Unattached individuals
44.1
45.3
43.6
46.7
42.9
39.1
38.0
Non-elderly women
45.1
45.9
45.7
52.7
48.3
46.5
42.8
Non-elderly men
37.4
39.2
40.5
42.9
39.2
34.0
34.4
Elderly women
56.0
57.8
51.3
50.1
46.0
41.2
40.9
Elderly men
43.5
41.3
29.8
33.7
33.7
31.6
31.6
1. Based on Statistics Canada's low income cut-offs before taxes (1992 base).
2. Individuals (two or more people) sharing a common dwelling unit who are related by blood, marriage (including common-law relationships) or adoption.
3. Families in which the major income earner is under 65 years of age.
4. With children under 18 years of age.
5. Families in which the major income earner is 65 years of age and over.
Data sources: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 202-0403 and catalogue number 75-202-XIE.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, catalogue number 85-570-XWE2006001.