Data tables, 2016 Census

Individual MBM Low-income Status (6), Age (14) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details individual mbm low-income status , age and sex for the population in private households in Alberta
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Individual MBM low-income status (6) Age (14)
Total - Age 0 to 17 years 0 to 5 years 6 to 10 years 11 to 17 years 18 years and over 18 to 64 years 18 to 24 years 25 to 54 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 years and over
Total - Individual MBM low-income statusFootnote 1 3,978,145 914,510 317,445 264,680 332,385 3,063,640 2,609,455 351,640 1,763,210 635,910 580,370 546,940 494,610 454,175
Low-income status - not applicableFootnote 2 52,930 20,925 7,105 6,300 7,520 32,000 29,060 6,400 18,760 7,285 5,845 5,635 3,895 2,940
Low-income status - applicable 3,925,220 893,585 310,340 258,375 324,865 3,031,635 2,580,400 345,235 1,744,450 628,625 574,525 541,305 490,710 451,235
In low income 401,940 120,235 44,160 36,680 39,390 281,700 255,000 49,485 162,085 64,765 53,740 43,580 43,430 26,705
Not in low income 3,523,280 773,350 266,180 221,695 285,475 2,749,935 2,325,400 295,750 1,582,370 563,860 520,790 497,725 447,280 424,530
Prevalence of low income (%)Footnote 3 10.2 13.5 14.2 14.2 12.1 9.3 9.9 14.3 9.3 10.3 9.4 8.1 8.9 5.9

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Footnote 1

Market Basket Measure (MBM) - Market Basket Measure refers to the measure of low income based on the cost of a specific basket of goods and services representing a modest, basic standard of living developed by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). The threshold represents the costs of specified qualities and quantities of food, clothing, footwear, transportation, shelter and other expenses for a reference family of two adults and two children. The square root of economic family size is the equivalence scale used to adjust the MBM thresholds for other family sizes.

The MBM basket (2011-base) is priced for 50 different geographic areas - 19 specific communities and 31 population centre size and province combinations. The MBM recognises the potential differences in the cost of the basket between similar-sized communities in different provinces and between different geographical regions within provinces. These thresholds are presented in Table 4.5 Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for economic families and persons not in economic families, 2015, Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016.

The income measure used to compare against the MBM thresholds is the disposal income for the MBM. When the disposable income for the MBM of an economic family member or a person not in economic family falls below the threshold applicable to the person, the person is considered to be in low income according to MBM. Since the MBM threshold and disposable income are unique within each economic family, low-income status based on MBM can also be reported for economic families.

Low-income status - The income situation of the statistical unit in relation to a specific low-income line in a reference year. Statistical units with income that is below the low-income line are considered to be in low income.

For the 2016 Census, the reference period is the calendar year 2015 for all income variables.

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Footnote 2

The low-income concepts are not applied in the territories and in certain areas based on census subdivision type (such as Indian reserves). The existence of substantial in-kind transfers (such as subsidized housing and First Nations band housing) and sizeable barter economies or consumption from own production (such as product from hunting, farming or fishing) could make the interpretation of low-income statistics more difficult in these situations.

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Footnote 3

Prevalence of low income - The proportion or percentage of units whose income falls below a specified low-income line.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016147.

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