Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Val-des-Bois, 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, Val-des-Bois 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 | |
Val-des-Monts (Municipalité) | 3,675 | 4,565 | 24.2 | 73,044 | 83,872 | 14.8 |
Montpellier (Municipalité) | ... | 495 | ... | ... | 45,184 | ... |
Val-des-Bois (Municipalité) | ... | 455 | ... | ... | 46,592 | ... |
Duhamel (Municipalité) | ... | 235 | ... | ... | 49,451 | ... |
Bowman (Municipalité) | ... | 310 | ... | ... | 48,768 | ... |
Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette (Municipalité) | ... | 330 | ... | ... | 52,736 | ... |
Mulgrave-et-Derry (Municipalité) | ... | 175 | ... | ... | 57,728 | ... |
Notre-Dame-du-Laus (Municipalité) | ... | 790 | ... | ... | 46,560 | ... |
Low income
- In 2015, 155 persons or 17.9% of the persons in Val-des-Bois lived in low income2.
Savings
- In 2015, 45.6% of households in Val-des-Bois 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-des-Bois, 2015
Median contribution amount
$ 5,520
$ 2,995
$ 2,352
$ 10,208
Income of couples
- In 29.6% of couples in Val-des-Bois, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 53.7% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 16.7% 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 1.7 Characteristics of couples' total income, Val-des-Bois and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015
- In 2015, the median total income of couples in Val-des-Bois was $62,080 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
- The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $42,027 and the median income of lower-income partners was $16,144.
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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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