Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Wawa, 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, Wawa 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 | |
Algoma, Unorganized, North Part (Unorganized) | 2,415 | 2,545 | 5.4 | 56,126 | 61,277 | 9.2 |
Wawa (Municipality) | ... | 1,280 | ... | ... | 66,752 | ... |
Low income
- In 2015, 385 persons or 13.5% of the persons in Wawa lived in low income2.
Savings
- In 2015, 63.7% of households in Wawa 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, Wawa, 2015
Median contribution amount
$ 8,203
$ 3,608
$ 5,296
$ 4,995
Income of couples
- In 28.9% of couples in Wawa, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 57.7% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 13.4% 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, Wawa and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015
- In 2015, the median total income of couples in Wawa was $95,915 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
- The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $64,000 and the median income of lower-income partners was $26,400.
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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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