Low-income statistics by age groups, Income Highlight Tables, 2016 Census

Population in private households for income status, number of persons in low income, prevalence of low income based on the low-income concept - Low-income measure, after-tax (LIM-AT), by age groups (total - age groups), Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 Census – 100% Data

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Population in private households for income status, number of persons in low income, prevalence of low income based on the low-income concept - Low-income measure, after-tax (LIM-AT), by age groups (total - age groups), Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 Census – 100% Data
Geographic name^{Footnote 2}	Type	Prov.	Population in private households for income status^{Footnote 3}	Number of persons in low income	Prevalence of low income (%)

Canada			33,968,295	4,809,940	14.2
Melfort	CY	Sask.	5,850	895	15.3
Melita	T	Man.	985	130	13.2
Melville	CY	Sask.	4,405	680	15.4
Memramcook	VL	N.B.	4,725	475	10.1
Meota	VL	Sask.	300	25	8.3
Meota No. 468	RM	Sask.	930	65	7.0
Mercier	V	Que.	13,060	775	5.9
Merrickville-Wolford	VL	Ont.	2,915	325	11.1
Merritt	CY	B.C.	6,875	1,200	17.5
Mervin No. 499	RM	Sask.	1,245	145	11.6
Messines	MÉ	Que.	1,565	280	17.9
Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix	V	Que.	3,790	455	12.0
Metchosin	DM	B.C.	4,515	380	8.4
Métis-sur-Mer	V	Que.	570	95	16.7
Midale	T	Sask.	585	75	12.8
Middle Arm	T	N.L.	475	125	26.3
Middlesex Centre	MU	Ont.	16,895	895	5.3
Middleton	T	N.S.	1,750	545	31.1
Midland	T	Ont.	16,350	3,035	18.6
Midway	VL	B.C.	605	125	20.7
Milan	MÉ	Que.	295	70	23.7
Milestone	T	Sask.	700	55	7.9
Milk River	T	Alta.	785	90	11.5
Mille-Isles	MÉ	Que.	1,560	225	14.4
Millet	T	Alta.	1,945	220	11.3

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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.

Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) - The Low-income cut-offs, after tax refers to an income threshold, defined using 1992 expenditure data, below which economic families or persons not in economic families would likely have devoted a larger share of their after-tax income than average to the necessities of food, shelter and clothing. More specifically, the thresholds represented income levels at which these families or persons were expected to spend 20 percentage points or more of their after-tax income than average on food, shelter and clothing. These thresholds have been adjusted to current dollars using the all-items Consumer Price Index (CPI).

The LICO-AT has 35 cut-offs varying by seven family sizes and five different sizes of area of residence to account for economies of scale and potential differences in cost of living in communities of different sizes. These thresholds are presented in Table 4.3 Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT - 1992 base) for economic families and persons not in economic families, 2015, Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016.

When the after-tax income of an economic family member or a person not in an economic family falls below the threshold applicable to the person, the person is considered to be in low income according to LICO-AT. Since the LICO-AT threshold and family income are unique within each economic family, low-income status based on LICO-AT can also be reported for economic families.

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Footnote 2

Low-income concepts do not apply to certain geographic areas, i.e., geographic areas within territories and/or census subdivision types associated with 'on reserve' population.

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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.

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