Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Powassan, Municipality (CSD) - Ontario
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, Powassan 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 | |
Nipissing (Township) | ... | 705 | ... | ... | 70,229 | ... |
Callander (Municipality) | ... | 1,580 | ... | ... | 86,455 | ... |
Powassan (Municipality) | ... | 1,330 | ... | ... | 66,133 | ... |
Chisholm (Township) | ... | 505 | ... | ... | 62,720 | ... |
Low income
- In 2015, 360 persons or 11.1% of the persons in Powassan lived in low income2.
Savings
- In 2015, 66.4% of households in Powassan 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, Powassan, 2015
Median contribution amount
$ 6,032
$ 2,408
$ 3,784
$ 5,474
Income of couples
- In 31.8% of couples in Powassan, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 48.6% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 20.1% 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, Powassan and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015
- In 2015, the median total income of couples in Powassan was $77,013 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
- The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $52,096 and the median income of lower-income partners was $21,920.
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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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