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Table 9.3a. Proportion of immigrants without and with monthly income, by immigration category, 2001
Monthly individual income status Family Economic Refugees All immigrants
Skilled workers Other economic All economic
percentage
Without income
47
31
56
34
28
37
With income
53
69
44
66
72
63
Data source: Statistics Canada, 2001, Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2005, A Portrait of Early Settlement Experiences, catalogue number 89-614-XWE2005001.

Table 9.3b. Immigrants' gross monthly individual income, by immigration category, 2001
Monthly individual income Family Economic Refugees All immigrants
Skilled workers Other economic All economic
current dollars
Average income1
1,010
1,400
1,750
1,420
770
1,280
Median income1
680
770
800
770
590
730
Total2
43,986
98,414
10,460
108,873
9,740
163,350
1. Only for immigrants with personal income.
2. Excludes immigrants who do not know or refuse to state their personal income situation.
Data source: Statistics Canada, 2001, Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2005, A Portrait of Early Settlement Experiences, catalogue number 89-614-XWE2005001.

Table 9.3c. Immigrants' gross monthly family income status, by immigration category, 2001
Monthly family income status Family Economic Refugees All immigrants
Skilled workers Other economic All economic
percentage
Immigrants with no family income
12
14
34
16
3E
14
Immigrants with family income
88
86
66
84
97
86
Data source: Statistics Canada, 2001, Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2005, A Portrait of Early Settlement Experiences, catalogue number 89-614-XWE2005001.

Table 9.3d. Immigrants' gross monthly family income, by immigration category, 2001
Monthly family income Family Economic Refugees All immigrants
Skilled workers Other economic All economic
current dollars
Average income1
3,750
2,180
3,350
2,270
1,600
2,620
Median income1
2,860
1,290
1,600
1,320
1,440
1,590
Average income per member1
1,100
870
1,010
880
440
910
Total2
42,245
97,752
9,964
107,717
9,636
160,348
1. Only for immigrants living in families with income.
2. Excludes immigrants who do not know or refuse to state their family income situation.
Data source: Statistics Canada, 2001, Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2005, A Portrait of Early Settlement Experiences, catalogue number 89-614-XWE2005001.