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Table 18
Low income before tax cut-offs (1992 base) for economic families and persons not in economic families, 2005

Modified on December 11, 2007


Size of area of residence
Family size Rural (farm and non-farm) Small urban regions 30,000 to 99,999 100,000 to 499,999 500,000 or more
Source: Statistics Canada. Income Research Paper Series, Low Income Cut-offs for 2006 and Low Income Measures for 2005. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 75F0002MIE, no. 004.
1 14,303 16,273 17,784 17,895 20,778
2 17,807 20,257 22,139 22,276 25,867
3 21,891 24,904 27,217 27,386 31,801
4 26,579 30,238 33,046 33,251 38,610
5 30,145 34,295 37,480 37,711 43,791
6 33,999 38,679 42,271 42,533 49,389
7+ 37,853 43,063 47,063 47,354 54,987