Table 4.1
Low-income rates for at-risk groups in provinces, 2000 and 2009
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| 2000 | 2009 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LICO | LIM | MBM | LICO | LIM | MBM | |
| % | ||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | ||||||
| All persons | 13.2 | 21.4 | 20.5 | 7.0 | 15.7 | 13.2 |
| Children | 17.9 | 29.6 | 28.5 | 9.3 | 20.9 | 19.3 |
| Seniors | 3.6 | 17.1 | 12.0 | 1.7 | 21.1 | 6.0 |
| Lone-parents | 44.4 | 63.1 | 58.8 | 14.2 | 47.3 | 46.0 |
| Unattached non-elderly | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Recent immigrants | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Off-reserve aboriginal | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 10.4 | 19.5 | 18.2 |
| Activity limited | 17.7 | 30.5 | 27.9 | 11.3 | 21.8 | 16.5 |
| Prince Edward Island | ||||||
| All persons | 9.1 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 4.8 | 12.0 | 8.8 |
| Children | 7.7 | 18.6 | 16.8 | 6.4 | 16.3 | 11.2 |
| Seniors | 5.9 | 13.4 | 8.6 | 2.2 | 10.8 | 8.6 |
| Lone-parents | 19.2 | 42.3 | 38.5 | 19.0 | 42.1 | 35.9 |
| Unattached non-elderly | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Recent immigrants | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Off-reserve aboriginal | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Activity limited | 11.4 | 17.3 | 14.3 | 7.0 | 15.3 | 12.7 |
| Nova Scotia | ||||||
| All persons | 11.6 | 15.9 | 14.2 | 8.0 | 16.9 | 13.1 |
| Children | 12.6 | 18.9 | 17.0 | 8.2 | 20.1 | 14.4 |
| Seniors | 5.7 | 17.0 | 8.0 | 3.4 | 19.3 | 8.7 |
| Lone-parents | 29.0 | 42.1 | 39.9 | 19.9 | 39.9 | 35.9 |
| Unattached non-elderly | 51.3 | 45.8 | 52.8 | 29.8 | 37.6 | 39.3 |
| Recent immigrants | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Off-reserve aboriginal | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 17.1 | 29.7 | 24.9 |
| Activity limited | 16.4 | 23.3 | 19.3 | 9.3 | 24.9 | 19.1 |
| New Brunswick | ||||||
| All persons | 9.2 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 6.7 | 14.6 | 11.2 |
| Children | 10.8 | 18.4 | 16.2 | 7.5 | 17.5 | 14.6 |
| Seniors | 3.4 | 12.3 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 4.7 |
| Lone-parents | 33.0 | 47.9 | 44.5 | 22.7 | 43.4 | 40.8 |
| Unattached non-elderly | 48.6 | 42.4 | 54.0 | 30.1 | 37.4 | 37.3 |
| Recent immigrants | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Off-reserve aboriginal | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 9.3 | 18.3 | 16.4 |
| Activity limited | 11.9 | 18.8 | 16.7 | 10.4 | 20.1 | 14.9 |
| Quebec | ||||||
| All persons | 14.8 | 15.0 | 11.6 | 9.4 | 13.7 | 9.5 |
| Children | 16.1 | 17.9 | 13.7 | 7.7 | 12.8 | 8.9 |
| Seniors | 12.1 | 11.1 | 1.8 | 7.7 | 16.3 | 4.7 |
| Lone-parents | 37.9 | 40.3 | 36.0 | 18.2 | 28.4 | 21.0 |
| Unattached non-elderly | 44.5 | 39.1 | 38.3 | 29.9 | 31.2 | 29.2 |
| Recent immigrants | 37.7 | 31.8 | 27.0 | 24.0 | 37.2 | 25.4 |
| Off-reserve aboriginal | 17.2 | 17.7 | 13.4 | 22.8 | 26.8 | 19.8 |
| Activity limited | 26.2 | 24.9 | 19.0 | 15.7 | 22.4 | 14.1 |
| Ontario | ||||||
| All persons | 10.8 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 13.1 | 10.5 |
| Children | 12.9 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 10.1 | 14.6 | 11.1 |
| Seniors | 6.1 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 8.8 | 3.4 |
| Lone-parents | 29.0 | 31.7 | 28.3 | 18.2 | 30.1 | 20.5 |
| Unattached non-elderly | 42.0 | 34.5 | 36.9 | 42.1 | 32.4 | 37.6 |
| Recent immigrants | 24.9 | 19.3 | 21.0 | 16.0 | 17.9 | 13.7 |
| Off-reserve aboriginal | 12.2 | 13.1 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 22.3 | 11.7 |
| Activity limited | 13.8 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 14.4 | 20.1 | 14.7 |
| Manitoba | ||||||
| All persons | 13.4 | 14.4 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 15.3 | 9.7 |
| Children | 16.9 | 21.5 | 15.1 | 9.1 | 22.2 | 11.6 |
| Seniors | 9.4 | 8.5 | 2.1 | 6.2 | 11.1 | 3.6 |
| Lone-parents | 42.2 | 47.9 | 40.7 | 21.9 | 50.0 | 24.2 |
| Unattached non-elderly | 34.9 | 25.7 | 30.1 | 27.3 | 25.8 | 27.4 |
| Recent immigrants | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Off-reserve aboriginal | 27.3 | 30.2 | 22.3 | 13.5 | 25.5 | 17.2 |
| Activity limited | 16.1 | 16.0 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 16.2 | 12.7 |
| Saskatchewan | ||||||
| All persons | 10.9 | 16.8 | 13.2 | 7.0 | 11.7 | 9.5 |
| Children | 13.2 | 22.4 | 17.2 | 9.7 | 15.2 | 13.3 |
| Seniors | 2.5 | 10.5 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 13.4 | 3.0 |
| Lone-parents | 36.5 | 48.5 | 43.2 | 29.4 | 44.4 | 37.3 |
| Unattached non-elderly | 51.6 | 46.8 | 50.1 | 22.7 | 26.4 | 28.0 |
| Recent immigrants | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Off-reserve aboriginal | 24.0 | 31.3 | 25.4 | 20.3 | 24.4 | 25.8 |
| Activity limited | 11.9 | 16.7 | 13.2 | 8.8 | 14.5 | 10.9 |
| Alberta | ||||||
| All persons | 11.1 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 9.9 |
| Children | 12.5 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 9.3 | 12.8 | 13.3 |
| Seniors | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| Lone-parents | 28.9 | 27.5 | 30.3 | 14.2 | 23.1 | 23.7 |
| Unattached non-elderly | 43.9 | 37.7 | 40.2 | 22.9 | 21.8 | 26.3 |
| Recent immigrants | 19.0 | 22.7 | 19.6 | 15.6 | 17.1 | 14.6 |
| Off-reserve aboriginal | 18.3 | 16.1 | 20.0 | 6.9 | 10.2 | 8.6 |
| Activity limited | 14.9 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 7.8 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| British Columbia | ||||||
| All persons | 15.1 | 14.9 | 16.8 | 12.0 | 15.1 | 13.0 |
| Children | 14.2 | 15.8 | 18.4 | 12.0 | 17.9 | 13.9 |
| Seniors | 9.6 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 7.3 | 12.1 | 6.2 |
| Lone-parents | 28.7 | 33.1 | 34.8 | 14.8 | 25.4 | 18.1 |
| Unattached non-elderly | 45.3 | 40.3 | 41.0 | 28.4 | 30.0 | 28.0 |
| Recent immigrants | 29.2 | 25.6 | 25.1 | 24.6 | 25.1 | 25.2 |
| Off-reserve aboriginal | 24.6 | 30.2 | 32.3 | 17.4 | 23.5 | 20.0 |
| Activity limited | 20.6 | 20.3 | 20.7 | 14.3 | 18.5 | 14.8 |
| F too unreliable to be published. Note: Low-income cut-offs (LICO), low-income measure (LIM) and market basket measure (MBM). Source: Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2000 and 2009, Statistics Canada. |
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