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Val-d'Or, (CA) - Quebec

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Val-d'Or

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.0%

Median income of households

  • In 2015, the median total income of households in Val-d'Or was $63,957, a change of 18.0% from $54,183 in 20051.

Figure 1.1 Median total income of households, Canada, Quebec, Val-d'Or, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 Median total income of households, Val-d'Or, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.2 Distribution of households by household total income, Canada, Quebec, Val-d'Or, 2015

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Distribution of households by household total income, Canada, Quebec, Val-d'Or, 2015

Number and median total income of households, Val-d'Or and its census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015

Geography Number of households Median total income of households
2006 2016 % change 2005 2015 % change
Val-d'Or 13,560 14,875 9.7 54,183 63,957 18.0
Val-d'Or (V) 13,315 14,565 9.4 54,831 64,864 18.3
Lac-Simon (IRI) ... 310 ... ... 32,896 ...

Figure 1.3 Median total income of households by household type, Val-d'Or, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.3 description Long description for Figure 1.3 Median total income of households by household type, Val-d'Or, 2005 and 2015

Low income

  • In 2015, 3,875 persons or 12.2% were in low income, while in 2005, 15.4% of the persons in Val-d'Or lived in low income2.
  • The low-income rate for persons under 18 years of age was 10.6% compared to 10.4% for persons aged 18 to 64 and 22.1% for persons 65 and over in 2015.
  • Persons living in lone-parent families had a higher rate of low income at 25.7%, while those living in couple families without children had a lower rate of 5.5%.

Figure 1.4 Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Val-d'Or, 2015

Figure 1.4 description Long description for Figure Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Val-d'Or, 2015

Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Quebec, Val-d'Or and its census subdivisions, 2015

Figure 1.5 description Long description for Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Quebec, Val-d'Or and its census subdivisions, 2015

Figure 1.6 Percentage of persons in low income by census family type, Canada, #LI_PERSONS_FAM_FOCUS.PRNAME_E[7]#, #qCMA.CMACANAME_E#, 2015

Figure 1.6 description Long description for Figure 1.6 Percentage of persons in low income by census family type, Canada, Quebec, Val-d'Or, 2015

Savings

  • In 2015, 62.7% of households in Val-d'Or contributed to Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), or Tax-free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). In Quebec, 63.7% 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 Val-d'Or, 2015

Figure 1.7 description Long description for Figure 1.7 Percentage of households contributing to RRSPs, RPPs or TFSAs, RRSPs, RPPs and TFSAs

Median contribution amount

$ 6,478

$ 4,182

$ 2,934

$ 5,472

Figure 1.8 Household contributions to RRSPs, RPPs, or TFSAs by after-tax household income, #qCMA.CMACANAME_E#, 2015

Figure 1.8 description Long description for Figure 1.8 Household contributions to RRSPs, RPPs, or TFSAs by after-tax household income, Val-d'Or, 2015

Income of couples

  • In 29.0% of couples in Val-d'Or, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 59.3% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 11.7% 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 1.9 Characteristics of couples' total income, Val-d'Or and its census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2015

Figure 1.9 description Long description for Figure 1.9 Characteristics of couples' total income by province and territory, Val-d'Or, 2015

  • In 2015, the median total income of couples in Val-d'Or was $91,772.
  • The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $60,715 and the median income of lower-income partners was $26,805.

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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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