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Lac-Simon, Indian reserve (CSD) - Quebec

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Lac-Simon, Indian reserve (CSD) - Quebec

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 19.2%
  • Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 20%, but lower than 30%.

Median income of households

  • In 2015, the median total income of households in Canada was $70,336.

Number and median total income of households, Lac-Simon and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015

Geography Number of households Median total income of households
2006 2016 % change 2005 2015 % change
Val-d'Or (Ville) 13,315 14,565 9.4 54,831 64,864 18.3
Lac-Simon (Indian reserve) ... 310 ... ... 32,896 ...

Savings

  • In 2015, 12.9% of households in Lac-Simon 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, Lac-Simon, 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

$ 812

$ 0

$ 0

$ 521

Income of couples

  • In 14.0% of couples in Lac-Simon, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 32.6% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 53.5% 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, Lac-Simon and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

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

  • In 2015, the median total income of couples in Lac-Simon was $29,376 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
  • The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $23,696 and the median income of lower-income partners was $4,592.

Symbols:

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not applicable
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incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement
r
revised
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use with caution

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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