Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Plaisance, Municipalité (CSD) - Quebec
Data qualityMedian income of households
- In 2015, the median total income of households in Canada was $70,336.
Number and median total income of households, Plaisance and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015
Geography | Number of households | Median total income of households | ||||
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2006 | 2016 | % change | 2005 | 2015 | % change | |
Alfred and Plantagenet (Township) | 3,375 | 3,960 | 17.3 | 62,544 | 70,873 | 13.3 |
Plaisance (Municipalité) | ... | 475 | ... | ... | 58,048 | ... |
Papineauville (Municipalité) | ... | 965 | ... | ... | 52,843 | ... |
Lochaber (Canton (municipalité de)) | ... | 165 | ... | ... | 58,880 | ... |
Saint-André-Avellin (Municipalité) | ... | 1,590 | ... | ... | 48,213 | ... |
Low income
- In 2015, 160 persons or 14.9% of the persons in Plaisance lived in low income2.
Savings
- In 2015, 61.1% of households in Plaisance 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, Plaisance, 2015
Median contribution amount
$ 5,552
$ 2,456
$ 3,128
$ 6,512
Income of couples
- In 32.8% of couples in Plaisance, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 50.0% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 13.8% 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 1.7 Characteristics of couples' total income, Plaisance and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015
- In 2015, the median total income of couples in Plaisance was $75,776 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
- The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $48,299 and the median income of lower-income partners was $22,944.
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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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