Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Province of Manitoba

Median income of households

In 2015, the median total income of households in Manitoba was $68,147, a change of 20.3% from $56,644 in 2005¹.

Figure 1.1 Median total income of households, Canada, Manitoba, 1995 to 2015

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 Median total income of households, Manitoba, 1995 to 2015

Figure 1.2 Distribution of households by household total income, Canada, Manitoba, 2015

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Distribution of households by household total income, Canada, Manitoba, 2015

Number and median total income of households, Manitoba and its census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2005 and 2015

Geography	Number of households			Median total income of households
Geography	2006	2016	% change	2005	2015	% change
Manitoba	448,780	489,050	9.0	56,644	68,147	20.3
Winnipeg	281,760	306,550	8.8	60,719	70,795	16.6
Winkler	7,585	10,260	35.3	52,166	64,806	24.2
Steinbach	4,250	6,020	41.6	52,640	61,355	16.6
Portage la Prairie	5,215	5,580	7.0	50,894	58,368	14.7
Brandon	20,940	23,645	12.9	56,491	69,656	23.3
Thompson	4,805	4,910	2.2	80,876	96,465	19.3

Figure 1.3 Median total income of households by household type, Manitoba, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.3 description Long description for Figure 1.3 Median total income of households by household type, 2005 and 2015

Low income

In 2015, 180,880 persons or 15.4% were in low income, while in 2005, 15.7% of the persons in Manitoba lived in low income².
The low-income rate for persons under 18 years of age was 21.9% compared to 13.4% for persons aged 18 to 64 and 13.9% for persons 65 and over in 2015.
Persons living in lone-parent families had a higher rate of low income at 33.4%, while those living in couple families without children had a lower rate of 6.1%.

Figure 1.4 Percentage of persons in low income for Canada and provinces, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.4 description Long description for Figure Percentage of persons in low income for Canada and provinces, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Manitoba, 2015

Figure 1.5 description Long description for Figure Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Manitoba, 2015

Figure 1.6 Percentage of persons in low income for Manitoba and its census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2015

Figure 1.6 description Long description for Figure Percentage of persons in low income for Manitoba and its census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2015

Figure 1.7 Percentage of persons in low income by census family type, Canada, #q_canada_PR_data.OFFNAME#, 2015

Figure 1.7 description Long description for Figure 7 Percentage of persons in low income by census family type, Canada, Manitoba, 2015

Savings

In 2015, 66.2% of 489,050 households in Manitoba contributed to Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), or Tax-free Savings Accounts (TFSAs), compared to 65.2% nationally.

Percentage of households contributing to RRSPs, RPPs or TFSAs, RRSPs, RPPs and TFSAs, Manitoba, 2015

Figure 1.8 description Long description for Figure 1.8 Percentage of households contributing to RRSPs, RPPs or TFSAs, RRSPs, RPPs and TFSAs

Median contribution amount

$ 6,957

$ 2,910

$ 3,806

$ 5,479

Figure 1.9 Household contributions to RRSPs, RPPs, or TFSAs by after-tax household income, #q_canada_PR_data.OFFNAME#, 2015

Figure 1.9 description Long description for Figure 1.9 Household contributions to RRSPs, RPPs, or TFSAs by after-tax household income, Manitoba, 2015

Income of couples

In 2015, 33.4% of couples in Manitoba had fairly equal income³ between the two spouses or partners, a change from 21.0% in 1986. A man had higher income in 49.0% of couples (70.4% in 1986) and a woman had higher income in the remaining 17.6% of couples (8.5% in 1986).
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 1.10 Characteristics of couples' total income, Manitoba and its census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2015

Figure 1.10 description Long description for Figure 1.11 Characteristics of couples' total income by province and territory, Manitoba, 2015

In 2015, the median total income of couples in Manitoba was $84,415.
The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $56,061 (a change from $49,248 in 1986) and the median income of lower-income partners was $25,985 (a change from $12,045 in 1986).

Symbols:

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Note(s):

Footnote 1

Dollar amounts have been inflated where necessary to 2015 constant dollars using the consumer price index (CPI).

Footnote 2

Low-income status is determined based on low-income measure, after-tax (LIM-AT). For a one-person household, the after-tax low-income measure (LIM-AT) was $22,460 in 2015. For larger households, this amount was adjusted upward by multiplying it by the square root of household size. Persons in a private household with after-tax income below this threshold were considered to be in low income.

Footnote 3

Fairly equal income where no spouse or partner receives more than 60% of the couple’s total income.

Couples with a negative or zero combined income are considered to have no income, and they are excluded from the calculations of statistics.

Source:

Statistics Canada. 2017. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-404-X2016001. Ottawa, Ontario. Data products, 2016 Census.

Date modified:: 2019-04-10

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