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Topic-based tabulation: Total Income Groups (22), Sex (3) and Aboriginal Groups (11) for Population 15 Years and Over, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1995 and 2000 - 20% Sample Data
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General information
| Catalogue number : | 97F0020XCB2001045 |
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| Release date : | October 14, 2003 |
| Topic : | Income of Individuals, Families and Households |
| Data dimensions : |
Note
Special Note: Aboriginal Population
The Aboriginal population counts for 1996 and 2001 have been adjusted for incompletely enumerated reserves and other changes in reserves from 1996 to 2001, to allow for comparison of the two census years.
The following adjustments were made:
(1) Population on reserves that were incompletely enumerated during the 2001 Census have been excluded from the 1996 data.
(2) Population on reserves that were incompletely enumerated during the 1996 Census have been excluded from the 2001 data.
(3) Forty-one census subdivisions (CSDs) specified by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (i.e. northern communities in Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory which have large concentrations of Registered Indians) are included in the 2001 Census on-reserve population. These counts were not included in 1996. The Aboriginal population for these CSDs is excluded from the Aboriginal total for the 2001 on reserve data. (Additional information on the on-reserve population can be obtained from the 2001 Census Dictionary.)
Aboriginal population counts for 1996 shown in this table will not agree, in total, with data by Aboriginal status published from the 1996 Census. The 2001 Aboriginal population, in total, will not agree with other similar totals (for example, population 15 years and over) shown in this table or in other 2001 products that do not provide a historical comparison.
Special Note: Constant Dollars Income
Refers to the presentation of income statistics from two or more censuses in terms of the value of the dollar in one of those censuses.
To convert the 1995 incomes into 2000 dollars, the 1995 values are revised upwards by the change in the Consumer Price Index between 1995 and 2000.
For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.
Special Note: Data Quality - Relationship of Census Income Estimates to the National Accounts and Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics
Census income estimates of aggregate income in 2000 were compared to similar personal income estimates from the national accounts. After adjustments to the personal income estimates for differences in concepts and coverage, the census estimate of aggregate income in 2000 from comparable sources was 4.1% lower than the national accounts estimate. As in the past, census estimates for some income components and for some provinces compared more favourably than for others.
Census estimates of aggregate wages and salaries, the largest component of income, were almost identical to the national accounts estimates. Although there was a large difference between the two estimates of net income from farm self-employment (the smallest component of individual earnings), census estimates of aggregate income from both farm and non-farm self-employment were lower by 1%. Overall, estimates of total income from employment were nearly identical.
Census estimates of Old Age Security pensions and the Guaranteed Income Supplement were about 5% higher, while those for Canada/Quebec Pension Plan benefits were about 9% lower, than adjusted national accounts estimates. Employment Insurance benefits reported in the census were smaller by about 6%. Estimates of aggregate Canada Child Tax benefits were nearly identical in both estimates. Census estimates of other government transfer payments, which include such items as social welfare benefits, provincial income supplements to seniors, veterans' pensions and GST/HST/QST refunds, were significantly below the estimates from the national accounts. Overall, census estimates of aggregate income from all government transfer payments were lower by about 13%. As in previous census-year comparisons, the census estimate of investment income was significantly lower, by 32% in 2000, than the national accounts estimate.
Census income statistics were also compared with similar statistics from the annual Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID). SLID estimates reflect adjustments made for population undercoverage, while census estimates do not include such an adjustment. This adjustment contributes to census estimates showing fewer income recipients (by 3.4%) and earners (by 7.2%) than SLID estimates. Consequently, census estimates of aggregate earnings are 4% lower than the SLID estimate, while the census estimate of aggregate total income of individuals is lower by 3%. Most of the observed provincial differences were considered acceptable in the light of sampling errors in the Survey.
Special Note: Income Reference Period
Canadian censuses were conducted in 1996 and 2001. Income data from these censuses relate to the calendar year prior to the census year, i.e. 1995 and 2000 respectively. For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.
Special Note: Income Suppression
Area suppression is the deletion of all characteristic data for geographic areas with populations below a specified size. Income distributions and related statistics are suppressed if the population in the area, excluding institutional residents, is less than 250 from either the 100% or the 20% database, or if the number of private households is less than 40 from the 20% database.
Tables with Income/Employment Income Distributions
Income/earnings distributions have been suppressed where the estimated total number of units (persons, families or households) in the reference year is less than 250. All suppressed data cells and associated averages, medians and standard errors of average income/earnings have been replaced with zeroes or symbols.
In all cases, suppressed data are included in the appropriate higher aggregate subtotals and totals.
Tables with Number and Average Employment Income only
Statistics have been suppressed if the estimated total number of persons (males, females or both sexes) with employment income in the reference year is less than 250. All suppressed data cells and associated averages have been replaced by zeroes or symbols.
In all cases, suppressed data are included in the appropriate higher aggregate subtotals and totals.
Special Note: Nunavut (1)
Data from the 2001 Census are available for Nunavut, the new territory that came into effect on April 1, 1999.
Standard data products released only at the Canada/Province/Territory geographic levels will not contain data for Nunavut for the census years prior to 2001.
Standard data products released at the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) and Census Agglomeration (CA) geographic levels will contain data for Nunavut for the 2001, 1996 and/or 1991 Censuses.
The 1996 and 1991 CMA/CA data have been adjusted to reflect as closely as possible the 2001 CMA/CA geographic boundaries. This has been done to facilitate data comparisons using the 2001 geographic boundaries.
For additional information, please refer to the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.
Special Note: Population Universe
The Population Universe of the 2001 Census includes the following groups:
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants with a usual place of residence in Canada;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants who are abroad, either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold student authorizations (student visas or student permits) and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold employment authorizations (or work permits) and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Minister's permits (including extensions) and members of their families living with them.
For census purposes, the last four groups in this list are referred to as 'non-permanent residents'. For further information, refer to the variable Immigration: Non-permanent Resident found in the 2001 Census Dictionary, Catalogue Number 92-378-XIE or 92-378-XPE.
Data table
| Total Income Groups (22) | Years (2) | |
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| 1995 | 2000 | |
| Total - Income groupsFootnote 3 | 22,627,700 | 23,889,710 |
| Without income | 1,712,100 | 1,177,725 |
| With income | 20,915,605 | 22,711,990 |
| Under $2,000Footnote 4 | 1,682,010 | 1,565,065 |
| $ 2,000 - $ 4,999 | 1,287,250 | 1,377,110 |
| $ 5,000 - $ 6,999 | 1,011,465 | 1,012,640 |
| $ 7,000 - $ 9,999 | 1,439,935 | 1,463,040 |
| $10,000 - $11,999 | 1,101,145 | 1,091,675 |
| $12,000 - $14,999 | 1,620,750 | 1,669,935 |
| $15,000 - $19,999 | 2,138,075 | 2,243,820 |
| $20,000 - $24,999 | 1,673,645 | 1,877,430 |
| $25,000 - $29,999 | 1,562,195 | 1,686,550 |
| $30,000 - $34,999 | 1,464,995 | 1,666,450 |
| $35,000 - $39,999 | 1,169,875 | 1,307,170 |
| $40,000 - $44,999 | 1,021,470 | 1,174,610 |
| $45,000 - $49,999 | 775,970 | 847,015 |
| $50,000 - $59,999 | 1,196,145 | 1,338,655 |
| $60,000 - $74,999 | 911,635 | 1,184,040 |
| $75,000 and over | 859,040 | 1,206,780 |
| Average income $Footnote 5 | 27,446.0 | 29,776.0 |
| Median income $Footnote 6 | 20,577.0 | 22,131.0 |
| Standard error of average income $Footnote 7 | 14.0 | 19.0 |
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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Aboriginal Identity - Refers to those persons who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, i.e. North American Indian, Métis or Inuit (Eskimo), and/or those who reported being a Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian as defined by the Indian Act of Canada and/or who were members of an Indian Band or First Nation. In 1991 and previous censuses, Aboriginal persons were determined using the ethnic origin question (ancestry). The 1996 Census included a question on the individual's own perception of his/her Aboriginal identity. The 2001 Census question is the same as the one used in 1996.
Census Subdivision (CSD) - Area that is a municipality or an area that is deemed to be equivalent to a municipality for statistical reporting purposes (e.g. as an Indian reserve or an unorganized territory). Municipal status is defined by laws in effect in each province and territory in Canada.
Census Subdivision Types Associated With 'On-reserve' Population
On-reserve population is a derived census variable that is captured by using the CSD type according to criteria established by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). On-reserve population includes all people living in any of seven CSD types legally affiliated with First Nations or Indian Bands (described below), as well as selected CSDs of various other types that are northern communities in Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory.
The following CSD types are based on the legal definition of communities affiliated with First Nations or Indian Bands.
1. Indian Reserve (R) - A tract of federally owned land with specific boundaries that is set apart for the use and benefit of an Indian Band and that is governed by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). Statistics Canada only recognizes the subset of Indian reserves that are populated (or potentially populated) as census subdivisions. For 2001, of the more than 2,800 Indian reserves across Canada, there are 1,052 Indian reserves classified as CSDs (including the 60 reserves added for 2001). Statistics Canada works closely with INAC to identify those reserves to be added as CSDs.
2. Indian Settlement (S-E) - A place where a self-contained group of at least 10 Indian (Aboriginal) persons reside more or less permanently. It is usually located on Crown lands under federal or provincial jurisdiction. Indian settlements have no official limits and have not been set apart for the use and benefit of an Indian Band as is the case with Indian reserves. Statistics Canada relies on INAC to identify Indian settlements to be recognized as census subdivisions, and their inclusion must be with the agreement of the provincial or territorial authorities. An arbitrary boundary is delineated to represent each Indian settlement as a census subdivision.
3. Indian Government District (IGD) - Sechelt reserve lands in British Columbia. The Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act is a transfer by Her Majesty in right of Canada to the Sechelt Band in all Sechelt reserve lands, recognizing that the Sechelt Band would assume complete responsibility for the management, administration and control of all Sechelt lands. The Sechelt Indian Government District Enabling Act (British Columbia) recognizes the district Council as the governing body of the Sechelt Indian Government District. The district Council may enact laws or by-laws that a municipality has power to enact under an Act of the province.
4. Terres réservées (TR) - Parcels of land in Quebec set aside for the permanent residence of Cree and Naskapi First Nations of Quebec. Terres réservées are adjacent to villages Cri and village Naskapi. The area of a village Cri is set aside for the use of Cree Bands, but members of Cree Bands are not permanently residing there. Similarly, the area of the lone village Naskapi is set aside for the use of the Naskapi Band, although its members do not reside there permanently. Note that a village Cri and its adjacent terre réservée can have the same name, e.g. the Village Cri of Waswanipi and the Terre réservée of Waswanipi.
5. Nisga'a Village (NVL) - The four former Bands of the Nisga'a Nation that became villages with the Final Land Claims Agreement of 1998 between the Nisga'a Nation, the Government of Canada and the Government of British Columbia. These include the villages of Gingolx, Gitwinksihlkw, Laxgalts'ap and New Aiyansh. Note that the Nisga'a Village called New Aiyansh is delineated as two separate census subdivisions, which correspond to the former Indian reserves called Aiyansh 1 (currently unpopulated) and New Aiyansh 1.
6. Nisga'a Land (NL) - Part of the territory whose title has been transferred to the Nisga'a Nation by the Final Land Claims Agreement of 1998 between the Nisga'a Nation, the Government of Canada and the Government of British Columbia. Together with the four Nisga'a Villages (NVL), this territory makes up the Nisga'a Lands defined by the land claims agreement.
7. Teslin Land (TL) - A parcel of rural settlement land whose title has been transferred to the Teslin Tlingit Council by the Teslin Tlingit Council Land Claims Agreement of 1993 between the Teslin Tlingit Council, the Government of Canada and the Government of the Yukon. - Footnote 2
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Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
- Footnote 3
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Refers to the total money income received from the following sources during calendar year 2000 by persons 15 years of age and over:
- wages and salaries (total);
- net farm income;
- net non-farm income from unincorporated business and/or professional practice;
- Canada Child Tax benefits;
- Old Age Security pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement;
- benefits from Canada or Quebec Pension Plan;
- benefits from Employment Insurance;
- other income from government sources;
- dividends, interest on bonds, deposits and savings certificates, and other investment income;
- retirement pensions, superannuation and annuities, including those from RRSPs and RRIFs;
- other money income.
Receipts Not Counted as Income - The income concept excludes gambling gains and losses, lottery prizes, money inherited during the year in a lump sum, capital gains or losses, receipts from the sale of property, income tax refunds, loan payments received, lump-sum settlements of insurance policies, rebates received on property taxes, refunds of pension contributions, as well as all income 'in kind', such as free meals, living accommodations, or agricultural products produced and consumed on the farm.
Average Income of Individuals - Average income of individuals refers to the weighted mean total income of individuals 15 years of age and over who reported income for 2000. Average income is calculated from unrounded data by dividing the aggregate income of a specified group of individuals (e.g. males 45 to 54 years of age) by the number of individuals with income in that group. Average and median incomes and standard errors for average income of individuals will be calculated for those individuals who are at least 15 years of age and who have an income (positive or negative). For all other universes (e.g. census families or private households), these statistics will be calculated over all units, whether or not they reported any income.
Median Income of Individuals - The median income of a specified group of income recipients is that amount which divides their income size distribution into two halves, i.e. the incomes of the first half of individuals are below the median, while those of the second half are above the median. Median income is calculated from the unrounded number of individuals (e.g. males 45 to 54 years of age) with income in that group.
Average and median incomes and standard errors for average income of individuals will be calculated for those individuals who are at least 15 years of age and who have an income (positive or negative). For all other universes (e.g. census families or private households), these statistics will be calculated over all units, whether or not they reported any income.
Standard Error of Average Income - Refers to the estimated standard error of average income for an income size distribution. If interpreted as shown below, it serves as a rough indicator of the precision of the corresponding estimate of average income. For about 68% of the samples which could be selected from the sample frame, the difference between the sample estimate of average income and the corresponding figure based on complete enumeration would be less than one standard error. For about 95% of the possible samples, the difference would be less than two standard errors and, in about 99% of the samples, the difference would be approximately two and one half standard errors. - Footnote 4
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Including loss.
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For persons with income.
- Footnote 6
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For persons with income.
- Footnote 7
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For persons with income.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97F0020XCB2001045.
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2001 Census analysis series:Income of Canadian Families, 2001 Census