Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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Region 5, Region (CD) - Northwest Territories

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Region 5, Region (CD) - Northwest Territories

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 7.0%
  • Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

Median income of households

  • In 2015, the median total income of households in Region 5 was $104,302, a change of 18.5% from $88,038 in 20051.

Figure 1.1 Distribution of households by household total income, Region 5 and higher level geographies, 2015

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 Distribution of households by household total income, Region 5 and higher level geographies, 2015

Number and median total income of households, Region 5 and its census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015

Geography Number of households Median total income of households
2006 2016 % change 2005 2015 % change
Region 5 2,510 2,695 7.4 88,038 104,302 18.5
Fort Resolution (Hamlet) ... 190 ... ... 55,424 ...
Lutselk'e (Settlement) ... 110 ... ... 50,304 ...
Hay River (Town) ... 1,385 ... ... 115,424 ...
Fort Smith (Town) ... 960 ... ... 105,899 ...

Figure 1.2 Median total income of households by household type, Region 5, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Median total income of households by household type, Region 5, 2005 and 2015

Savings

  • In 2015, 65.5% of households in Region 5 contributed to Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), or Tax-free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). In Northwest Territories, 70.5% of households contributed to an account while 65.2% of households contributed nationally.

Percentage of households contributing to RRSPs, RPPs or TFSAs, RRSPs, RPPs and TFSAs, Region 5, 2015

Figure 1.6 description Long description for Figure 1.6 Percentage of households contributing to RRSPs, RPPs or TFSAs, RRSPs, RPPs and TFSAs

Median contribution amount

$ 8,683

$ 3,584

$ 6,973

$ 3,405

Income of couples

  • In 31.7% of couples in Region 5, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 48.3% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 20.3% of couples.
  • For Canada overall, each partner had fairly equal incomes in 32.0% of couples with men having the higher income in 50.7% of couples and women having higher income in 17.3% of couples.

Figure 1.7 Characteristics of couples' total income, Region 5 and its census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2015

Figure 1.7 description Long description for Figure 1.7 Characteristics of couples' total income by province and territory, Region 5, 2015

  • In 2015, the median total income of couples in Region 5 was $133,632.
  • The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $95,949 and the median income of lower-income partners was $35,925.

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incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement
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revised
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use with caution

Source:

Statistics Canada. 2017. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-404-X2016001. Ottawa, Ontario. Data products, 2016 Census.

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