Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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Northwest Territories

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Northwest Territories

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 8.8%
  • 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 Northwest Territories was $117,688, a change of 24.5% from $94,521 in 20051.

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

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

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

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

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

Geography Number of households Median total income of households
2006 2016 % change 2005 2015 % change
Northwest Territories 14,240 14,985 5.2 94,521 117,688 24.5
Yellowknife 6,630 7,130 7.5 118,876 142,616 20.0

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

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

Savings

  • In 2015, 70.5% of 14,980 households in Northwest Territories 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, Northwest Territories, 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

$ 10,101

$ 4,264

$ 7,524

$ 3,610

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, Northwest Territories, 2015

Income of couples

  • In 2015, 33.8% of couples in Northwest Territories had fairly equal income3 between the two spouses or partners, a change from 20.0% in 1986. A man had higher income in 45.4% of couples (68.9% in 1986) and a woman had higher income in the remaining 20.8% of couples (11.0% 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, Northwest Territories 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, Northwest Territories, 2015

  • In 2015, the median total income of couples in Northwest Territories was $143,858.
  • The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $98,587 (a change from $60,437 in 1986) and the median income of lower-income partners was $41,422 (a change from $11,066 in 1986).

Symbols:

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not applicable
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incompletely enumerated Indian reserve or Indian settlement
r
revised
E
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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