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Table 11-1
Persons in low income after tax (92 LICOs base), showing prevalence and estimated number — Canada

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Canada: Part 1
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  prevalence of low income (%)
All persons 13.7 13.0 12.5 11.2 11.6 11.6 11.4 10.8 10.5 9.2
Under 18 years 15.7 14.6 13.9 12.2 12.4 12.7 13.0 11.8 11.4 9.5
18 to 64 years 13.9 13.4 12.9 11.7 12.0 12.2 11.9 11.4 11.2 9.9
65 years and over 8.6 7.9 7.6 6.7 7.6 6.8 5.6 6.1 5.4 4.8
Males 12.9 12.4 11.4 10.3 10.7 11.0 10.8 10.5 10.1 9.0
Under 18 years 16.2 14.9 13.5 12.1 12.8 13.1 13.2 12.3 11.4 9.9
18 to 64 years 12.8 12.7 11.7 10.6 10.9 11.4 11.3 11.1 10.9 9.7
65 years and over 5.4 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.4 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.3
Females 14.5 13.6 13.6 12.1 12.4 12.2 11.9 11.2 10.9 9.4
Under 18 years 15.1 14.3 14.4 12.3 12.0 12.4 12.9 11.3 11.4 9.0
18 to 64 years 15.0 14.0 14.0 12.8 13.1 12.9 12.5 11.8 11.6 10.2
65 years and over 11.1 10.4 10.0 8.3 9.7 8.7 7.3 8.4 7.0 6.0
Economic family persons 10.4 9.7 9.3 8.1 8.6 8.7 8.2 7.5 7.3 6.0
Males 9.6 9.2 8.4 7.4 8.0 8.1 7.7 7.1 6.9 5.7
Females 11.1 10.3 10.1 8.7 9.2 9.2 8.8 7.9 7.8 6.3
Elderly persons 3.3 E 2.3 E 2.1 E 1.9 E 2.4 2.2 1.7 E 1.2 E 1.4 E 1.1 E
Elderly males 2.7 E 2.1 E 1.7 E 1.9 E 2.3 E 2.0 E 1.7 E 1.1 E 1.1 E 1.2 E
Elderly females 3.9 E 2.4 E 2.5 E 1.9 E 2.4 E 2.3 E 1.6 E 1.3 E 1.7 E 1.1 E
Persons under 18 years of age 15.6 14.5 13.8 12.1 12.3 12.5 12.9 11.7 11.3 9.4
In two-parent families 10.0 9.4 9.5 8.3 7.4 7.9 8.4 7.8 7.7 6.5
In female lone-parent families 46.2 41.9 40.1 37.4 43.0 41.4 40.4 33.4 32.3 26.6
In all other economic families 1 22.7 24.9 14.6 E 10.5 E 11.2 E 14.3 E 14.9 E 14.5 11.0 E 9.5 E
Persons 18 to 64 years of age 9.3 8.8 8.4 7.3 8.1 8.1 7.4 6.9 6.8 5.5
Males 7.8 7.8 7.3 6.3 6.9 7.1 6.3 6.0 6.1 4.9
Females 10.6 9.8 9.4 8.4 9.3 9.0 8.4 7.7 7.5 6.2
Unattached individuals 35.2 34.1 32.9 30.8 29.5 29.7 30.1 30.4 29.2 27.4
Males 33.8 33.0 30.0 28.4 27.1 28.4 29.2 29.8 28.8 27.4
Females 36.5 35.2 35.7 33.3 32.0 30.9 31.0 31.0 29.6 27.5
Elderly persons 20.9 21.1 20.6 18.1 19.4 17.7 15.4 18.5 15.5 13.9
Elderly males 17.5 17.2 17.6 16.8 15.9 14.7 11.5 13.6 14.0 13.0
Elderly females 22.1 22.5 21.7 18.6 20.7 18.9 16.9 20.3 16.1 14.3
Persons under 65 years of age 40.4 38.8 37.3 35.3 33.2 33.9 35.0 34.3 33.7 32.0
Males, under 65 years 36.5 35.5 32.1 30.3 29.0 30.7 32.0 32.3 31.2 29.7
Females, under 65 years 45.8 43.6 44.3 42.2 39.0 38.1 39.3 37.1 37.1 35.1
Canada: Part 2
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  Estimated number ('000)
All persons 4,031 3,861 3,743 3,396 3,540 3,594 3,545 3,410 3,354 2,952
Under 18 years 1,096 1,016 967 845 851 870 884 798 770 637
18 to 64 years 2,635 2,563 2,501 2,306 2,405 2,465 2,442 2,370 2,365 2,113
65 years and over 300 281 275 246 284 259 219 243 219 201
Males 1,880 1,822 1,687 1,546 1,629 1,691 1,678 1,637 1,605 1,432
Under 18 years 584 531 474 423 453 458 462 432 399 341
18 to 64 years 1,214 1,217 1,140 1,047 1,095 1,159 1,155 1,148 1,145 1,028
65 years and over 81 74 73 75 81 74 60 58 61 63
Females 2,152 2,039 2,056 1,850 1,911 1,903 1,867 1,772 1,749 1,520
Under 18 years 513 486 493 421 398 412 422 366 371 296
18 to 64 years 1,421 1,346 1,361 1,259 1,310 1,306 1,286 1,222 1,220 1,085
65 years and over 218 207 202 170 203 185 159 184 158 138
Economic family persons 2,650 2,495 2,397 2,105 2,277 2,298 2,203 2,021 1,991 1,643
Males 1,220 1,164 1,081 952 1,051 1,069 1,015 950 927 773
Females 1,431 1,331 1,315 1,154 1,226 1,229 1,188 1,071 1,063 870
Elderly persons 80 E 56 E 52 E 48 E 61 58 46 E 34 E 40 E 34 E
Elderly males 33 E 27 E 22 E 25 E 31 E 28 E 24 E 17 E 17 E 18 E
Elderly females 46 E 29 E 30 E 23 E 31 E 30 E 22 E 18 E 24 E 15 E
Persons under 18 years of age 1,089 1,008 958 837 844 854 877 790 762 629
In two-parent families 561 531 537 464 408 436 457 420 414 345
In female lone-parent families 452 396 373 337 397 370 371 320 307 246
In all other economic families 1 74 78 44 E 34 E 37 E 47 E 49 E 49 E 37 E 34 E
Persons 18 to 64 years of age 1,473 1,419 1,360 1,207 1,350 1,363 1,254 1,179 1,181 966
Males 600 604 574 501 555 578 514 494 509 409
Females 873 815 786 707 795 784 740 685 672 557
Unattached individuals 1,381 1,366 1,346 1,291 1,263 1,296 1,342 1,389 1,363 1,309
Males 660 658 606 594 578 621 663 688 678 660
Females 721 708 740 697 685 674 678 701 685 649
Elderly persons 220 225 223 197 222 201 173 208 179 168
Elderly males 48 47 51 50 50 46 36 41 45 44 E
Elderly females 172 178 172 147 172 155 137 167 134 123
Persons under 65 years of age 1,161 1,141 1,124 1,093 1,041 1,095 1,168 1,181 1,184 1,141
Males, under 65 years 612 611 555 544 527 575 627 646 633 615
Females, under 65 years 549 530 569 550 513 519 541 535 551 526
1.
Includes persons under 18 years of age in elderly families.
Date Modified: 2009-06-03

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