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Catalogue number :	97-563-XCB2006070
Release date :	September 30, 2008
Topic :	Income and earnings
Data dimensions :	Geography (Geographic Index) After-tax family income groups (23A) Census family structure (11)

Note

Note: Data Quality - Historical earnings and income data and outliers

Changes in methodology and response modes introduced in the 2006 Census resulted in improved income data. However, these changes also mean that some comparisons with data from previous censuses and some data for the highest earnings and income amounts are affected.

For the 2006 Census, changes to methods for capturing and processing the 2006 Census income data and the introduction of data from tax files may have an impact on the trends analysis for earnings at the individual level in particular (but also total income).

There are more reported small amounts in 2006 and less rounding of the amounts that now come from tax data. To compare from census to census, users are advised to consider full-year full-time earners as the presence of more small amounts tends to lower the mean and median when considering the full population of earners.

As in the past, when considering small populations, one or more outliers may affect the average. In regions with sampling, this makes the estimate of the mean unreliable because of the variance due to sampling for smaller populations. The standard error of the average should help identify these situations. With extremely small populations, the median might also be affected by the presence of outliers. Users are required to interpret data with caution when the sub-population has small or very small counts.

Note: Data Quality - Relationship of Census Income Estimates to the National Accounts and Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics

Census income estimates of aggregate income in 2005 were compared to similar personal income estimates from the national accounts. After adjustments to the personal income estimates for differences in concepts and coverage, the census estimate of aggregate income in 2005 from comparable sources was 1.2% lower than the national accounts estimate. As in the past, census estimates for some income components and for some provinces compared more favourably than for others.

Census estimates of aggregate wages and salaries, the largest component of income, were slightly higher (1.0%) than the national accounts estimates. This was partially offset by the difference (-7.8%) between the census estimates of aggregate self-employment income from both farm and non-farm self-employment and the adjusted national accounts figures. Overall, estimates of aggregate employment income or earnings were nearly identical (0.3% difference).

Census estimates of Old Age Security pensions and the Guaranteed Income Supplement were slightly lower (-1.4%), as they were for Canada/Quebec Pension Plan benefits (-0.9%), than adjusted national accounts estimates. Employment Insurance benefits reported in the census were smaller by 6.1%. Census estimates of aggregate child benefits were 2.0% higher than the adjusted national accounts estimates. Census estimates of other government transfer payments, which include such items as social welfare benefits, provincial income supplements to seniors, veterans' pensions and GST/HST/QST refunds, were significantly below (-39.2%) the estimates from the national accounts. Overall, census estimates of aggregate income from all government transfer payments were lower by 12.0%. The census estimate of aggregate investment income in 2005 was slightly lower (-2.7%) than the comparable national accounts estimate. This is a significant improvement when compared to previous census comparisons.

Census income statistics were also compared with similar statistics from the annual Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID). SLID estimates reflect adjustments made for population undercoverage, while census estimates do not include such an adjustment. This adjustment contributes to census estimates showing fewer income recipients (-2.1%) and earners (-1.4%) than SLID estimates. However, due to higher average amounts, census estimates of aggregate earnings are 2.8% higher than the SLID estimate, while the census estimate of aggregate total income of individuals is 2.3% higher. Most of the observed provincial differences were considered acceptable in the light of sampling errors in the Survey. The all-person low income prevalence rates for Canada (excluding the Territories) were almost identical in both sources for the before-tax measure at 15.3% and only slightly higher (0.6 percentage points) in census than SLID for the after-tax rate.

Note: Income suppression

Area suppression is the deletion of all characteristic data for geographic areas with populations below a specified size. Income distributions and related statistics are suppressed if the population in the area, excluding institutional residents, is less than 250 from either the 100% or the 20% database, or if the number of private households is less than 40 from the 20% database.

Tables with income, after-tax income or earnings distributions

Income, after-tax income and earnings distributions have been suppressed where the estimated total number of units (persons, families or households) in the reference year is less than 250. All suppressed cells and associated averages, medians and standard errors of average income, average after-tax income or average earnings have been replaced with zeroes or symbols.

In all cases, suppressed data are included in the appropriate higher aggregate subtotals and totals.

Tables with number and median or average income, after-tax income or earnings

Statistics have been suppressed if the estimated total number of persons (males, females or both sexes) with income, after-tax income or earnings in the reference year is less than 250 persons. All suppressed counts and associated averages and medians have been replaced by zeroes or symbols.

In all cases, suppressed data are included in the appropriate higher aggregate subtotals and totals.

Note: Non-permanent residents and the census universe

In the 2006 Census, non-permanent residents are defined as people from another country who, at the time of the census, held a Work or Study Permit, or who were refugee claimants, as well as family members living in Canada with them. In the 1991, 1996 and 2001 censuses, non-permanent residents also included persons who held a Minister's permit; this was discontinued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada prior to the 2006 Census.

From 1991 on, the Census of Population has enumerated both permanent and non-permanent residents of Canada. Prior to 1991, only permanent residents of Canada were included in the census. (The only exception to this occurred in 1941.) Non-permanent residents were considered foreign residents and were not enumerated.

Total population counts, as well as counts for all variables, are affected by this change in the census universe. Users should be especially careful when comparing data from 1991, 1996, 2001 or 2006 with data from previous censuses in geographic areas where there is a concentration of non-permanent residents.

Today in Canada, non-permanent residents make up a significant segment of the population, especially in several census metropolitan areas. Their presence can affect the demand for such government services as health care, schooling, employment programs and language training. The inclusion of non-permanent residents in the census facilitates comparisons with provincial and territorial statistics (marriages, divorces, births and deaths) which include this population. In addition, this inclusion of non-permanent residents brings Canadian practice closer to the United Nations (UN) recommendation that long-term residents (persons living in a country for one year or longer) be enumerated in the census.

Although every attempt has been made to enumerate non-permanent residents, factors such as language difficulties, the reluctance to complete a government form or to understand the need to participate may have affected the enumeration of this population.

For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE.

For counts of the non-permanent resident population in 1991, 2001 and 2006, please refer to the 2006 Census table 97-557-XCB2006006.


Note: Population universe

The population universe of the 2006 Census includes the following groups:
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants with a usual place of residence in Canada;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants who are abroad, either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Study Permits and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Work Permits and members of their families living with them.

For census purposes, the last three groups in this list are referred to as 'non-permanent residents'. For further information, refer to the variable Immigration: Non-permanent resident found in the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE.

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Geography Geographic index Canada Newfoundland and Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador St. John's Bay Roberts Grand Falls-Windsor Corner Brook Prince Edward Island / Île-du-Prince-Édouard Charlottetown Summerside Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse Halifax Kentville Truro New Glasgow Cape Breton New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick Moncton Saint John Fredericton Bathurst Miramichi Campbellton Campbellton (N.B. part - Partie N.-B.) Campbellton (Que. part - Partie Qc) Edmundston Quebec / Québec Matane Rimouski Rivière-du-Loup Baie-Comeau Saguenay Alma Dolbeau-Mistassini Sept-Îles Québec Saint-Georges Thetford Mines Sherbrooke Cowansville Victoriaville Trois-Rivières Shawinigan La Tuque Drummondville Granby Saint-Hyacinthe Sorel-Tracy Joliette Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Montréal Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Lachute Val-d'Or Amos Rouyn-Noranda Ontario Cornwall Hawkesbury Hawkesbury (Que. part - Partie Qc) Hawkesbury (Ont. part - Partie Ont.) Ottawa - Gatineau Ottawa - Gatineau (Que. part - Partie Qc) Ottawa - Gatineau (Ont. part - Partie Ont.) Brockville Pembroke Petawawa Kingston Belleville Cobourg Port Hope Peterborough Kawartha Lakes Centre Wellington Oshawa Ingersoll Toronto Hamilton St. Catharines - Niagara Kitchener Brantford Woodstock Tillsonburg Norfolk Guelph Stratford London Chatham-Kent Leamington Windsor Sarnia Owen Sound Collingwood Barrie Orillia Midland North Bay Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury Elliot Lake Temiskaming Shores Timmins Sault Ste. Marie Thunder Bay Kenora Manitoba Winnipeg Portage la Prairie Brandon Thompson Saskatchewan Regina Yorkton Moose Jaw Swift Current Saskatoon North Battleford Prince Albert Estevan Alberta Medicine Hat Brooks Lethbridge Okotoks Calgary Canmore Red Deer Camrose Edmonton Lloydminster Lloydminster (Sask. part - Partie Sask.) Lloydminster (Alta. part - Partie Alb.) Cold Lake Grande Prairie Wood Buffalo Wetaskiwin British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique Cranbrook Penticton Kelowna Vernon Salmon Arm Kamloops Chilliwack Abbotsford Vancouver Squamish Victoria Duncan Nanaimo Parksville Port Alberni Courtenay Campbell River Powell River Williams Lake Quesnel Prince Rupert Kitimat Terrace Prince George Dawson Creek Fort St. John Yukon Territory / Territoire du Yukon Whitehorse Northwest Territories / Territoires du Nord-Ouest Yellowknife Nunavut

This table details after-tax family income groups and census family structure for the census families in private households in Moncton^{Footnote 1}

After-tax family income groups (23A)	Census family structure (11)
	Total - Census family structureFootnote 2	Married couple familiesFootnote 3	Married couple families with no children	Married couple families with children under 18 yearsFootnote 4	Married couple families with only children 18 years and over	Common-law couple familiesFootnote 5	Common-law couple families with no children	Common-law couple families with children under 18 yearsFootnote 6	Common-law couple families with only children 18 years and over	Male lone-parent families	Female lone-parent families
Total - After-tax family income groupsFootnote 7	37,130	25,305	11,975	9,545	3,790	6,005	3,955	1,750	300	970	4,845
Under $10,000	900	360	245	80	40	160	140	15	0	70	305
$10,000 to $14,999	900	190	130	45	10	170	140	30	0	80	460
$15,000 to $19,999	1,185	325	200	115	10	215	140	75	0	65	570
$20,000 to $24,999	1,795	745	575	140	30	320	185	130	10	95	635
$25,000 to $29,999	2,275	1,100	880	170	45	470	380	85	10	80	620
$30,000 to $34,999	2,665	1,515	1,000	430	85	505	325	165	15	110	535
$35,000 to $39,999	2,740	1,740	1,190	415	140	435	265	160	10	80	485
$40,000 to $44,999	2,930	1,885	1,165	530	190	640	415	205	25	80	320
$45,000 to $49,999	2,600	1,850	1,065	605	175	495	345	135	15	60	195
$50,000 to $54,999	2,835	2,100	1,105	805	190	480	330	130	15	40	210
$55,000 to $59,999	2,190	1,705	755	670	285	335	225	95	15	20	120
$60,000 to $64,999	2,380	1,815	675	880	255	380	230	130	25	40	145
$65,000 to $69,999	1,970	1,540	575	740	220	320	190	85	50	45	60
$70,000 to $74,999	1,750	1,465	530	635	300	240	170	50	15	10	40
$75,000 to $79,999	1,350	1,180	410	550	215	145	80	35	25	20	10
$80,000 to $89,999	2,120	1,810	560	870	375	225	145	65	10	50	45
$90,000 to $99,999	1,470	1,280	375	515	390	135	80	30	25	0	55
$100,000 to $124,999	1,815	1,570	315	770	485	230	115	65	50	0	15
$125,000 and over	1,250	1,125	220	555	355	105	40	55	0	0	10
Median after-tax family income $	51,095	57,931	47,751	64,002	73,118	45,719	44,721	45,133	66,901	33,433	28,552
Average after-tax family income $	56,616	63,597	52,816	70,010	81,497	50,105	47,699	52,006	70,558	37,923	31,976
Standard error of average after-tax family income $	376	474	584	740	1,543	737	848	1,471	3,150	1,620	559

Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-563-XCB2006070.

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Related data

• 2006 Census analysis series:
  Earnings and Incomes of Canadians Over the Past Quarter Century, 2006 Census: Findings
• 2006 Census reference guides and technical reports:
  Income and Earnings Reference Guide, 2006 Census