Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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Wasaga Beach, (CA) - Ontario

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Wasaga Beach

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.3%

Median income of households

  • In 2015, the median total income of households in Wasaga Beach was $62,150, a change of -3.1% from $64,115 in 20051.

Figure 1.1 Median total income of households, Canada, Ontario, Wasaga Beach, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 Median total income of households, Wasaga Beach, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.2 Distribution of households by household total income, Canada, Ontario, Wasaga Beach, 2015

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Distribution of households by household total income, Canada, Ontario, Wasaga Beach, 2015

Number and median total income of households, Wasaga Beach and its census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015

Geography Number of households Median total income of households
2006 2016 % change 2005 2015 % change
Wasaga Beach 6,240 9,005 44.3 64,115 62,150 -3.1
Wasaga Beach (T) 6,240 9,005 44.3 64,115 62,150 -3.1

Figure 1.3 Median total income of households by household type, Wasaga Beach, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.3 description Long description for Figure 1.3 Median total income of households by household type, Wasaga Beach, 2005 and 2015

Low income

  • In 2015, 2,570 persons or 12.6% were in low income, while in 2005, 10.5% of the persons in Wasaga Beach lived in low income2.
  • The low-income rate for persons under 18 years of age was 18.7% compared to 13.9% for persons aged 18 to 64 and 8.0% for persons 65 and over in 2015.
  • Persons living in lone-parent families had a higher rate of low income at 25.2%, while those living in couple families without children had a lower rate of 6.6%.

Figure 1.4 Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Wasaga Beach, 2015

Figure 1.4 description Long description for Figure Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Wasaga Beach, 2015

Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Ontario, Wasaga Beach and its census subdivisions, 2015

Figure 1.5 description Long description for Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Ontario, Wasaga Beach 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, Wasaga Beach, 2015

Savings

  • In 2015, 61.5% of households in Wasaga Beach 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 Wasaga Beach, 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

$ 8,000

$ 2,756

$ 4,149

$ 7,112

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, Wasaga Beach, 2015

Income of couples

  • In 29.5% of couples in Wasaga Beach, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 54.7% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 15.8% 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, Wasaga Beach 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, Wasaga Beach, 2015

  • In 2015, the median total income of couples in Wasaga Beach was $70,695.
  • The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $48,943 and the median income of lower-income partners was $19,212.

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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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