Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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Trenton, Town (CSD) - Nova Scotia

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Trenton, Town (CSD) - Nova Scotia

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 8.9%
  • 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 Canada was $70,336.

Number and median total income of households, Trenton and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015

Geography Number of households Median total income of households
2006 2016 % change 2005 2015 % change
Pictou, Subd. B (Subdivision of county municipality) 2,365 2,585 9.3 52,123 62,285 19.5
Pictou, Subd. C (Subdivision of county municipality) 3,700 3,650 -1.4 55,725 63,433 13.8
New Glasgow (Town) 4,160 4,210 1.2 47,331 50,624 7.0
Trenton (Town) ... 1,070 ... ... 50,592 ...

Low income

  • In 2015, 485 persons or 19.9% of the persons in Trenton lived in low income2.

Savings

  • In 2015, 54.7% of households in Trenton contributed to Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), or Tax-free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). In Nova Scotia, 58.4% 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, Trenton, 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

$ 4,251

$ 2,112

$ 2,920

$ 1,780

Income of couples

  • In 29.3% of couples in Trenton, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 56.0% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 15.5% 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, Trenton and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

Figure 1.7 description Long description for Figure 1.7 Characteristics of couples' total income, Trenton and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

  • In 2015, the median total income of couples in Trenton was $69,568 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
  • The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $46,016 and the median income of lower-income partners was $19,840.

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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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