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Macpherson-Grizzly Valley, Unorganized (CSD) - Yukon

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Macpherson-Grizzly Valley, Unorganized (CSD) - Yukon

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 3.7%
  • Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

Median income of households

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

Number and median total income of households, Macpherson-Grizzly Valley and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015

Geography Number of households Median total income of households
2006 2016 % change 2005 2015 % change
Whitehorse (City) 8,275 10,185 23.1 78,216 93,652 19.7
Ibex Valley (Hamlet) ... 190 ... ... 69,376 ...
Whitehorse, Unorganized (Unorganized) ... 145 ... ... 86,272 ...
Macpherson-Grizzly Valley (Unorganized) ... 550 ... ... 84,378 ...
Yukon, Unorganized (Unorganized) ... 700 ... ... 59,008 ...

Savings

  • In 2015, 64.9% of households in Macpherson-Grizzly Valley contributed to Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), or Tax-free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). In Yukon, 67.5% 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, Macpherson-Grizzly Valley, 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

$ 10,251

$ 4,995

$ 6,384

$ 5,552

Income of couples

  • In 37.5% of couples in Macpherson-Grizzly Valley, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 35.9% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 26.6% 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, Macpherson-Grizzly Valley and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

Figure 1.7 description Long description for Figure 1.7 Characteristics of couples' total income, Macpherson-Grizzly Valley and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

  • In 2015, the median total income of couples in Macpherson-Grizzly Valley was $107,904 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
  • The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $72,896 and the median income of lower-income partners was $32,704.

Symbols:

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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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