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Persons in low income before tax, by prevalence in percent
(2001 to 2005)
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  prevalence1 in %
All persons 15.5 16.2 16.0 15.8 15.3
Under 18 years of age 17.2 18.0 17.7 17.9 16.8
18 to 64 15.0 15.7 15.6 15.4 15.0
65 and over 15.0 15.8 15.2 14.1 14.5
Males 14.0 15.0 14.8 14.7 14.4
Under 18 years of age 16.7 18.7 17.7 18.0 17.4
18 to 64 13.8 14.4 14.6 14.4 14.2
65 and over 9.8 10.5 10.2 9.4 9.4
Females 17.0 17.4 17.2 16.9 16.2
Under 18 years of age 17.8 17.3 17.7 17.7 16.1
18 to 64 16.3 16.9 16.6 16.4 15.7
65 and over 19.1 20.1 19.2 17.9 18.6
           
Persons in economic families 11.8 12.7 12.4 12.0 11.3
Males 10.8 12.1 11.6 11.2 10.7
Females 12.7 13.4 13.1 12.9 11.8
Persons 65 years of age and over 5.0 5.5 5.4 5.3 4.9
Males 4.9 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.0
Females 5.1 5.7 5.5 5.7 4.7
Persons under 18 years of age 17.2 18.0 17.7 17.9 16.8
In two-parent families 12.2 11.8 11.9 11.9 11.3
In female lone-parent families 48.2 55.7 52.8 52.5 47.1
In all other economic families 17.8 16.8 20.0 20.3 17.6
Persons 18 to 64 years of age 10.5 11.7 11.3 10.8 10.2
Males 9.3 10.3 10.1 9.4 8.9
Females 11.7 13.0 12.5 12.2 11.4
           
Unattached individuals 39.1 37.7 38.2 38.1 39.0
Males 33.6 32.9 34.0 34.8 35.6
Females 44.5 42.4 42.4 41.5 42.4
Persons 65 years of age and over 38.6 39.3 38.4 35.5 38.9
Males 31.6 32.7 31.7 29.0 30.7
Females 41.2 41.8 41.0 38.0 42.0
Persons under 65 years of age 39.2 37.1 38.1 38.9 39.0
Males 34.0 33.0 34.4 35.7 36.3
Females 46.5 42.7 43.3 43.5 42.6
1. Prevalence of low income shows the proportion of people living below the low income cutoffs within a given group. It is expressed as a percentage.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table (for fee) 202-0802 and Catalogue no. 75-202-X.
Last modified: 2007-05-01.

To learn more about low income cutoffs, consult On poverty and low income.

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