Low-income Indicators (4), Individual Low-income Status (6), Age (15), Sex (3) and Year (2) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data and 2016 Census - 100% Data

• Low-income indicators (4): Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT)
• Sex (3): Total - Sex
• Year (2): 2015

This table details low-income indicators , individual low-income status , age , sex and year for the population in private households in Shawinigan

Age (15)	Individual low-income status (6)
	Total - Individual low-income status^Footnote 3	Low-income status - not applicable^Footnote 4	Low-income status - applicable	In low income	Not in low income	Prevalence of low income (%)^Footnote 5
Total - Age	52,180	0	52,180	10,720	41,455	20.5
0 to 17 years	8,240	0	8,240	1,580	6,655	19.2
0 to 5 years	2,885	0	2,885	555	2,330	19.2
6 to 10 years	2,300	0	2,300	435	1,865	18.9
11 to 17 years	3,050	0	3,050	590	2,460	19.3
18 to 64 years	31,345	0	31,350	5,960	25,390	19.0
18 to 24 years	3,610	0	3,615	810	2,800	22.4
25 to 54 years	17,460	0	17,460	3,065	14,390	17.6
25 to 34 years	5,100	0	5,100	875	4,230	17.2
35 to 44 years	5,455	0	5,455	980	4,475	18.0
45 to 54 years	6,905	0	6,905	1,210	5,690	17.5
55 to 64 years	10,275	0	10,275	2,080	8,195	20.2
65 years and over	12,595	0	12,595	3,185	9,405	25.3
65 to 74 years	7,610	0	7,605	1,845	5,765	24.3
75 years and over	4,990	0	4,985	1,340	3,645	26.9

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not available for a specific reference period

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) - The Low-income measure, after tax, refers to a fixed percentage (50%) of median adjusted after-tax income of private households. The household after-tax income is adjusted by an equivalence scale to take economies of scale into account. This adjustment for different household sizes reflects the fact that a household's needs increase, but at a decreasing rate, as the number of members increases.

Using data from the 2016 Census of Population, the line applicable to a household is defined as half the Canadian median of the adjusted household after-tax income, multiplied by the square root of household size. The median is determined based on all persons in private households where low-income concepts are applicable. Thresholds for specific household sizes are presented in Table 4.2 Low-income measures thresholds (LIM-AT and LIM-BT) for private households of Canada, 2015, Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016.

When the unadjusted after-tax income of household pertaining to a person falls below the threshold applicable to the person based on household size, the person is considered to be in low income according to LIM-AT. Since the LIM-AT threshold and household income are unique within each household, low-income status based on LIM-AT can also be reported for households.

Footnote 2

The reference period for income data from a given census is the calendar year prior to the specified census year.

Specifically, income data from the 2006 and 2016 censuses relate to the calendar year prior to the census year, i.e., 2005 and 2015 respectively. For additional information, refer to the Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016 and the Income Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

Footnote 3

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.

Footnote 4

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.

Footnote 5

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

Data quality note(s) – Shawinigan

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.9%.
• Short-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016126.