Low income and inequality
Key indicators
Selected geographical area: Canada
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$68,4000.9%
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$73,000
More low income and inequality indicators
Selected geographical area: Canada
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9.8%
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-0.040
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11.1%
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-3.3
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$70,336
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14.2%
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17.0%
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32.0%
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Proportion of households contributing to TFSA, RRP or RRSP in 2015 - Canada
(2016 Census of Population)65.2%
Results
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- 1. On the edge: financially vulnerable families ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20020036395Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article examines the extent to which Canadian families are financially vulnerable to adverse events, such as a sudden loss of income or unexpected bills.
Release date: 2002-12-17 - Articles and reports: 75F0002M2002005Description:
This publication incorporates a detailed description of the methods used to arrive at the various low income cut-off points. There is also an explanation of how base years are defined and how the cutoffs are updated using the Consumer Price Index.
Release date: 2002-11-14 - 3. Are families getting richer? ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20020026348Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study examines whether the gap between high-wealth families and low-wealth families increased from 1984 to 1999, using data from the Assets and Debt Survey and the Survey of Financial Security.
Release date: 2002-09-17 - Articles and reports: 71-584-M2002004Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper addresses pay differentials between the sexes in terms of the characteristics of the individual worker, the tasks of the worker, the employment contract between the worker and the workplace, and the contribution of specific workplace characteristics to these pay differentials.
Release date: 2002-07-30 - Articles and reports: 82-003-S20020016353Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article describes changes in income-related differences in mortality in Canada from 1971 to 1996, including trends by specific causes of death.
Release date: 2002-07-04 - Articles and reports: 11-008-X20020016195Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article compares the activities and time use of Canadians aged 25 to 54 in high- and low-income households.
Release date: 2002-06-11 - Articles and reports: 21-006-X2001007Geography: CanadaDescription:
One objective of public policy is to reduce income disparity in Canada. Previous research (e.g. Rupnik, Thompson-James and Bollman (2001)) has indicated that, on average, rural residents have a similar incidence of low income as urban residents. However, there is considerable diversity within rural regions, i.e. the term 'rural' is far from being a homogeneous entity. For example, the rural regions in Ontario are very different from the rural regions in the Prairies due to the differences in population size and access to markets, among other features. Since rural regions across Canada differ economically and socially, it follows that the nature of rural income disparities could also differ across provinces in Canada. The objective of this study is to describe the range in income disparities across rural Canada.
Release date: 2002-03-20 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2002184Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper examines the Canadian labour market during the 1990s and contrasts it to prior decades, with a special focus on distributional outcomes. It discusses changes in relative earnings between groups, changes in relative labour market outcomes of women and older workers, changes in earnings and income inequality, and changes in low-income.
Release date: 2002-03-01 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2002187Geography: CanadaDescription:
Using data from the Assets and Debts Survey of 1984 and the Survey of Financial Security of 1999, we document the evolution of wealth inequality in Canada between 1984 and 1999. Our main findings are as follows: 1) wealth inequality has increased between 1984 and 1999, 2) the growth in wealth inequality has been associated with substantial declines in real average and median wealth for young couples with children and recent immigrants, 3) real median wealth and real average wealth rose much more among family units whose major income recipient is a university graduate than among other family units, 4) real median and average wealth fell among family units whose major income recipient is aged 25-34 and increased among those whose major income recipient is aged 55 and over, 5) the aging of the Canadian population over the 1984-1999 period has tended to reduce wealth inequality, 6) diverging changes in permanent income do not explain a substantial portion of the growing gap between low-wealth and high-wealth family units. Factors that may have contributed to rising wealth inequality - which cannot be quantified with existing data sets - include differences in the growth of inheritances, inter vivos transfers, rates of return on savings and number of years worked full-time. In particular, rates of return on savings may have increased more for wealthy family units than for their poorer counterparts as a result of the booming stock market during the 1990s.
Release date: 2002-02-22
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- 1. On the edge: financially vulnerable families ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20020036395Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article examines the extent to which Canadian families are financially vulnerable to adverse events, such as a sudden loss of income or unexpected bills.
Release date: 2002-12-17 - Articles and reports: 75F0002M2002005Description:
This publication incorporates a detailed description of the methods used to arrive at the various low income cut-off points. There is also an explanation of how base years are defined and how the cutoffs are updated using the Consumer Price Index.
Release date: 2002-11-14 - 3. Are families getting richer? ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20020026348Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study examines whether the gap between high-wealth families and low-wealth families increased from 1984 to 1999, using data from the Assets and Debt Survey and the Survey of Financial Security.
Release date: 2002-09-17 - Articles and reports: 71-584-M2002004Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper addresses pay differentials between the sexes in terms of the characteristics of the individual worker, the tasks of the worker, the employment contract between the worker and the workplace, and the contribution of specific workplace characteristics to these pay differentials.
Release date: 2002-07-30 - Articles and reports: 82-003-S20020016353Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article describes changes in income-related differences in mortality in Canada from 1971 to 1996, including trends by specific causes of death.
Release date: 2002-07-04 - Articles and reports: 11-008-X20020016195Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article compares the activities and time use of Canadians aged 25 to 54 in high- and low-income households.
Release date: 2002-06-11 - Articles and reports: 21-006-X2001007Geography: CanadaDescription:
One objective of public policy is to reduce income disparity in Canada. Previous research (e.g. Rupnik, Thompson-James and Bollman (2001)) has indicated that, on average, rural residents have a similar incidence of low income as urban residents. However, there is considerable diversity within rural regions, i.e. the term 'rural' is far from being a homogeneous entity. For example, the rural regions in Ontario are very different from the rural regions in the Prairies due to the differences in population size and access to markets, among other features. Since rural regions across Canada differ economically and socially, it follows that the nature of rural income disparities could also differ across provinces in Canada. The objective of this study is to describe the range in income disparities across rural Canada.
Release date: 2002-03-20 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2002184Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper examines the Canadian labour market during the 1990s and contrasts it to prior decades, with a special focus on distributional outcomes. It discusses changes in relative earnings between groups, changes in relative labour market outcomes of women and older workers, changes in earnings and income inequality, and changes in low-income.
Release date: 2002-03-01 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2002187Geography: CanadaDescription:
Using data from the Assets and Debts Survey of 1984 and the Survey of Financial Security of 1999, we document the evolution of wealth inequality in Canada between 1984 and 1999. Our main findings are as follows: 1) wealth inequality has increased between 1984 and 1999, 2) the growth in wealth inequality has been associated with substantial declines in real average and median wealth for young couples with children and recent immigrants, 3) real median wealth and real average wealth rose much more among family units whose major income recipient is a university graduate than among other family units, 4) real median and average wealth fell among family units whose major income recipient is aged 25-34 and increased among those whose major income recipient is aged 55 and over, 5) the aging of the Canadian population over the 1984-1999 period has tended to reduce wealth inequality, 6) diverging changes in permanent income do not explain a substantial portion of the growing gap between low-wealth and high-wealth family units. Factors that may have contributed to rising wealth inequality - which cannot be quantified with existing data sets - include differences in the growth of inheritances, inter vivos transfers, rates of return on savings and number of years worked full-time. In particular, rates of return on savings may have increased more for wealthy family units than for their poorer counterparts as a result of the booming stock market during the 1990s.
Release date: 2002-02-22
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