Table 5.7
Average length of low-income spells
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| LICO | LIM | MBM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 to 1998 | 1996 to 2001 | 1999 to 2004 | 2002 to 2007 | 1993 to 1998 | 1996 to 2001 | 1999 to 2004 | 2002 to 2007 | 2002 to 2007 | |
| % | |||||||||
| Overall | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| Groups | |||||||||
| Children | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| Seniors | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
| Lone-parents | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| Unattached non-elderly | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| Recent immigrants | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Off-reserve Aboriginal people | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Activity limited | Note N/A: not available for a specific reference period | Note N/A: not available for a specific reference period | 3.4 | 3.4 | Note N/A: not available for a specific reference period | Note N/A: not available for a specific reference period | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| Province | |||||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3 | 2.8 |
| Prince Edward Island | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| Nova Scotia | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3 | 2.5 |
| New Brunswick | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| Quebec | 3.3 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| Ontario | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Manitoba | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Saskatchewan | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2 |
| Alberta | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| British Columbia | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Communities | |||||||||
| Montréal | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Ottawa–Gatineau | 3 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| Toronto | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| Winnipeg | 3.2 | 3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Calgary | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| Edmonton | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Vancouver | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Other CMA or CAs | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| Outside of CMA/CAss | 2.3 | 2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
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Note:
CMA, census metropolitan area; CA, census agglomeration. N/A, not available. Source: Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (1993 to 2007), Statistics Canada. |
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