For the analysis of income, Statistics Canada distinguishes between the following statistical units:
- Household: "a person or group of persons who occupy the same dwelling"[1]
- Economic families: "two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law union, adoption or a foster relationship (a couple may be of opposite or same sex)"[2]
- Census families: "a married couple and the children, if any, of either and/or both spouses; a couple living common law and the children, if any, of either and/or both partners; or a lone parent of any marital status with at least one child living in the same dwelling and that child or those children (all members of a particular census family live in the same dwelling; a couple may be of opposite or same sex)"[3]
Therefore, a person living alone constitutes a household, but not an economic or census family. Two couples sharing a dwelling constitute a single household, but two economic or census families. A couple living with its children and one spouse's parents constitutes a single household or economic family, but two census families.
Income statistics by census metropolitan area (CMA) are published:
- every 5 years for households (data from the Census of Population)
- annually for economic families, for select CMAs (data from the Canadian Income Survey)
- annually for census families (data from the T1 Family File)
The income concept for this article is total income.[4]
Median Household and Family Income by Census Metropolitan AreaEdit
| Census Metropolitan Area | Median Income, Households 2015 (CAD)[5] |
Median Income, Census Families 2017 (CAD)[6] |
Median Income, Economic Families and Persons not in an Economic Family 2017 (CAD)[7] |
Median Income, Economic Families 2017 (CAD)[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort McMurray, AB (Wood Buffalo) | 185030 | 173410 | ||
| Calgary | 99583 | 102060 | 83700 | 115500 |
| Edmonton | 94447 | 101190 | 81300 | 122200 |
| Oshawa | 85697 | 95510 | ||
| Regina | 84447 | 99240 | ||
| Saskatoon | 82999 | 94810 | ||
| Ottawa-Gatineau | 82053 | 105050 | 72700 | 108800 |
| Guelph | 81223 | 98650 | ||
| Barrie | 80788 | 89090 | ||
| St. John's | 79750 | 97110 | ||
| Toronto | 78373 | 83020 | 77000 | 99000 |
| Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | 77229 | 91580 | ||
| Hamilton | 75464 | 92090 | ||
| Lethbridge | 75452 | 90470 | ||
| Abbotsford-Mission | 73598 | 78660 | ||
| Vancouver | 72662 | 86140 | 73800 | 99600 |
| Greater Sudbury | 71687 | 93860 | ||
| Kingston | 71195 | 91790 | ||
| Kelowna | 71127 | 87060 | ||
| Winnipeg | 70795 | 85660 | 65800 | 94300 |
| Victoria | 70283 | 95250 | ||
| Halifax | 69522 | 89510 | ||
| Brantford | 68756 | 79480 | ||
| Thunder Bay | 68476 | 89630 | ||
| Windsor | 65983 | 83210 | ||
| Québec | 65359 | 92690 | 71400 | 94400 |
| Peterborough | 64777 | 81410 | ||
| London | 64743 | 83880 | ||
| Belleville | 63902 | 78670 | ||
| Saint John | 63737 | 80760 | ||
| St. Catharines–Niagara | 63001 | 77870 | ||
| Moncton | 62871 | 79460 | ||
| Montréal | 61790 | 82000 | 59700 | 86200 |
| Saguenay | 59243 | 81870 | ||
| Sherbrooke | 53747 | 78120 | ||
| Trois-Rivières | 51850 | 76050 |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Statistics Canada (April 16, 2012). "Household". www23.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ Statistics Canada (November 16, 2015). "Economic family". www23.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ Statistics Canada (November 16, 2015). "Census family". www23.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ Statistics Canada (September 13, 2017). "Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016 - Total income". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ Statistics Canada (February 20, 2019). "Income Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ Statistics Canada (July 11, 2019). "Selected income characteristics of census families by family type". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ Statistics Canada (February 26, 2019). "Market income, government transfers, total income, income tax and after-tax income by economic family type". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ Statistics Canada (February 26, 2019). "Market income, government transfers, total income, income tax and after-tax income by economic family type". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 10, 2019.