Data tables, 2016 Census
Household Income Statistics (3A), Structural Type of Dwelling (10) and Household Type Including Census Family Structure (11) for Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data
Data table
| Household type including census family structure (11) | Household income statistics (3A) | ||
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| Total - Household income statisticsFootnote 1 | Average total income of households ($) | Average after-tax income of households ($) | |
| Total - Household type including census family structureFootnote 2 | 319,775 | 72,786 | 61,431 |
| Census family households | 218,465 | 88,206 | 74,155 |
| One-census-family households without additional persons | 203,335 | 87,061 | 72,948 |
| One couple census family without other persons in the household | 174,565 | 93,165 | 77,615 |
| Without children | 98,750 | 79,314 | 66,747 |
| With children | 75,810 | 111,208 | 91,771 |
| One lone-parent census family without other persons in the household | 28,770 | 50,025 | 44,634 |
| With a male lone parent | 5,740 | 64,260 | 54,178 |
| With a female lone parent | 23,025 | 46,474 | 42,253 |
| Other census family householdsFootnote 3 | 15,130 | 103,592 | 90,369 |
| Non-census-family households | 101,310 | 39,534 | 33,993 |
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Footnote(s)
- Footnote 1
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Total income - The sum of certain incomes (in cash and, in some circumstances, in kind) of the statistical unit during a specified reference period. The components used to calculate total income vary between:
- statistical units of social statistical programs such as persons, private households, census families and economic families;
- statistical units of business statistical programs such as enterprises, companies, establishments and locations;
- statistical units of farm statistical programs such as farm operator and farm family.
In the context of persons, total income refers to receipts from certain sources, before income taxes and deductions, during a specified reference period.
In the context of census families, total income refers to receipts from certain sources of all of its family members, before income taxes and deductions, during a specified reference period.
In the context of economic families, total income refers to receipts from certain sources of all of its family members, before income taxes and deductions, during a specified reference period.
In the context of households, total income refers to receipts from certain sources of all household members, before income taxes and deductions, during a specified reference period.
The monetary receipts included are those that tend to be of a regular and recurring nature. Receipts that are included as income are:
- employment income from wages, salaries, tips, commissions and net income from self-employment (for both unincorporated farm and non-farm activities);
- income from investment sources, such as dividends and interest on bonds, accounts, guaranteed investment certificates (GICs) and mutual funds;
- income from employer and personal pension sources, such as private pensions and payments from annuities and registered retirement income funds (RRIFs);
- other regular cash income, such as child support payments received, spousal support payments (alimony) received and scholarships;
- income from government sources, such as social assistance, child benefits, Employment Insurance benefits, Old Age Security benefits, Canada Pension Plan and Québec Pension Plan benefits and disability income.
Receipts excluded from this income definition are:
- one-time receipts, such as lottery winnings, gambling winnings, cash inheritances, lump-sum insurance settlements and tax-free savings account (TFSA) or registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) withdrawals;
- capital gains because they are not by their nature regular and recurring. It is further assumed that they are more relevant to the concept of wealth than the concept of income;
- employers' contributions to registered pension plans, Canada Pension Plan, Québec Pension Plan and Employment Insurance;
- voluntary inter-household transfers, imputed rent, goods and services produced for barter and goods produced for own consumption.
After-tax income - Total income less income taxes of the statistical unit during a specified reference period. Income taxes refers to the sum of federal income taxes, provincial and territorial income taxes, less abatement where applicable. Provincial and territorial income taxes include health care premiums in certain jurisdictions. Abatement reduces the federal income taxes payable by persons residing in Quebec or in certain self-governing Yukon First Nation settlement lands.
For the 2016 Census, the reference period is the calendar year 2015 for all income variables.
Average income - The average income of a specified group is calculated by dividing the aggregate income of that group by the number of units in that group. Average incomes of households are calculated for all units, whether or not they had income. - Footnote 2
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For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Household type; Census family.
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One-census-family households with additional persons and multiple-census-family households.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016102.
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