Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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St. Catharines - Niagara, (CMA) - Ontario

Data quality

Data quality note(s): St. Catharines - Niagara

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.1%

Median income of households

  • In 2015, the median total income of households in St. Catharines - Niagara was $63,001, a change of 0.4% from $62,756 in 20051.

Figure 1.1 Median total income of households, Canada, Ontario, St. Catharines - Niagara, 1995 to 2015

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 Median total income of households, St. Catharines - Niagara, 1995 to 2015

Figure 1.2 Distribution of households by household total income, Canada, Ontario, St. Catharines - Niagara, 2015

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Distribution of households by household total income, Canada, Ontario, St. Catharines - Niagara, 2015

Number and median total income of households, St. Catharines - Niagara and its census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015

Geography Number of households Median total income of households
2006 2016 % change 2005 2015 % change
Fort Erie 12,220 13,185 7.9 56,189 60,800 8.2
Port Colborne (CY) 7,790 8,020 3.0 58,539 57,244 -2.2
Wainfleet (TP) 2,390 2,410 0.8 73,430 80,205 9.2
Pelham (T) 5,935 6,470 9.0 91,779 95,052 3.6
Welland (CY) 20,720 22,490 8.5 59,759 56,981 -4.6
Thorold (CY) 7,060 7,465 5.7 69,210 64,650 -6.6
Niagara Falls (CY) 32,495 35,775 10.1 60,946 60,727 -0.4
Niagara-on-the-Lake (T) 5,450 7,090 30.1 80,705 85,466 5.9
St. Catharines (CY) 54,725 56,870 3.9 59,721 59,256 -0.8
Lincoln (T) 7,685 8,710 13.3 81,013 86,816 7.2
St. Catharines - Niagara (1) 156,465 168,485 7.7 62,756 63,001 0.4

Figure 1.3 Median total income of households by household type, St. Catharines - Niagara, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.3 description Long description for Figure 1.3 Median total income of households by household type, St. Catharines - Niagara, 2005 and 2015

Low income

  • In 2015, 60,760 persons or 15.3% were in low income, while in 2005, 12.4% of the persons in St. Catharines - Niagara lived in low income2.
  • The low-income rate for persons under 18 years of age was 20.6% compared to 15.1% for persons aged 18 to 64 and 11.1% for persons 65 and over in 2015.
  • Persons living in lone-parent families had a higher rate of low income at 30.8%, while those living in couple families without children had a lower rate of 6.4%.

Figure 1.4 Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, St. Catharines - Niagara, 2015

Figure 1.4 description Long description for Figure Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, St. Catharines - Niagara, 2015

Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Ontario, St. Catharines - Niagara and its census subdivisions, 2015

Figure 1.5 description Long description for Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Ontario, St. Catharines - Niagara 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, Ontario, St. Catharines - Niagara, 2015

Savings

  • In 2015, 60.2% of households in St. Catharines - Niagara contributed to Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), or Tax-free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). In Ontario, 67.2% 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 St. Catharines - Niagara, 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

$ 7,220

$ 2,958

$ 4,039

$ 5,741

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, St. Catharines - Niagara, 2015

Income of couples

  • In 30.0% of couples in St. Catharines - Niagara, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 53.2% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 16.8% 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, St. Catharines - Niagara 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, St. Catharines - Niagara, 2015

  • In 2015, the median total income of couples in St. Catharines - Niagara was $79,841.
  • The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $54,207 and the median income of lower-income partners was $22,396.

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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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