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1. allowances beginning with 1994 QUEBEC FAMILY ALLOWANCE 21 includes payment of a non taxable allowance to the parent or guardian of one or more unmarried children under the age of 18 and not a ward of the province The applicant must have resided in Quebec for at least one month or subject his her income or that of the spouse to the Quebec income tax laws The QFA rate varies according to the rank of the child in the family and according to the child s age Available starting with 1994 data RRSP INCOME is withdrawals from an RRSP investment SELF EMPLOYMENT INCOME is net income from business profession commission farming and fishing SINGLE EARNER FAMILY is defined in husband wife families as only one spouse having employment income greater than zero or in lone parent families as the parent with employment income greater than zero SOCIAL ASSISTANCE includes payments made in the year on the basis of a means needs or income test whether made by an organized charity or under a government program The value is reported on line 145 of the personal income tax return Available only since 1994 previously included in Non taxable Income SPOUSE is either a husband or wife in a husband wife family SUBURBAN SERVICE See section on Geography TAXFILERS Most taxfilers are people who filed a tax return for the reference year and were alive at the end of the year Starting with the 1993 tax year those taxfilers who died with2. bec 433 Sherbrooke Qu bec 442 Trois Rivi res Qu bec 462 Montr al Qu bec 505 Ottawa Hull Qu bec part 505 Ottawa Hull Ontario part 532 Oshawa Ontario 535 Toronto Ontario 537 Hamilton Ontario 539 St Catharines Niagara Ontario 541 Kitchener Ontario 555 London Ontario 559 Windsor Ontario 580 Sudbury Ontario 595 Thunder Bay Ontario 602 Winnipeg Manitoba 705 Regina Saskatchewan 725 Saskatoon Saskatchewan 825 Calgary Alberta 835 Edmonton Alberta 933 Vancouver British Columbia 935 Victoria British Columbia 32 Census Divisions CDs General term applying to geographic areas established by provincial law and intermediate between census subdivisions and the province e g counties regional districts regional municipalities etc In Newfoundland Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta census divisions have been created by Statistics Canada in co operation with those provinces There are 290 CDs in the 1995 databanks based on the 199 Census boundaries 23 Geographic levels special geography Clients may select geographical areas of their own definition areas that are not part of the standard areas listed here for example bank service areas retail store catchment areas For this clients must submit a list of the postal codes that make up their special area and we will aggregate the micro data to correspond to that area of interest Information ordered
3. for husbands for wives for children and for the entire population the number reporting employment income and the value reported the number reporting transfer payments and the value reported These transfer payments identified are All transfer payments Unemployment Insurance UI Goods and Services Tax GST Credits Child Tax Benefits CTB Old Age Security OAS Net Federal Supplements Canada Quebec Pension Plan CPP QPP Other pensions Workers Compensation Social Assistance Provincial refundable tax credits Quebec family allowance Table 8 Economic Dependency Profile of Lone Parent Families and Non Family Persons For all lone parent families for parents for children for non family persons and for the entire population the number reporting employment income and the value reported the number reporting transfer payments and the value reported These transfer payments include All transfer payments Unemployment Insurance UI Goods and Services Tax GST Credits Child Tax Benefits CTB Old Age Security OAS Net Federal Supplements Canada Quebec Pension Plan CPP QPP Other pensions Workers Compensation Social Assistance Provincial refundable tax credits Quebec family allowance 11 Table 9 Labour Force Income Profile of Husband Wife Families Count of people in husband wife families of husbands of wives and of children in husband wife families and of the entire population taxfilers and dependents For husban
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6. parent families by age of parent and by cumulative total family income group median family total income by age group of parent Count of non family persons by age and by cumulative total income group median total income by age group Table 5 Families by Total Income and by Number of Children Count of husband wife families by number of children and by cumulative total family income group showing the median total family income by number of children Count of lone parent families by number of children and by cumulative total family income group showing the median total family income by number of children Table 6 Sources of Income by Family Type Sources of income number reporting and amount reported for husband wife families lone parent families non family persons and total for all family types The income sources are Employment income Wages salaries and commissions Self employment income Farm fish self employment income Other self employment income Investment income Total transfer payment income Unemployment Insurance UI Old Age Security OAS Net Federal Supplements Canada Quebec Pension Plan CPP QPP Other pensions Child Tax Benefits CTB Goods and Services Tax GST Credit Workers Compensation Social assistance Provincial refundable tax credits Quebec family allowance RRSP income Other income 10 Total income Table 7 Economic Dependency Profile of Husband Wife Families For all husband wife families
7. they are related e g brother in law cousin grandparent or unrelated e g lodger room mate They may be living with other non family persons or living alone The family databank approximates the total Canadian population It contains information on sources of income from the taxfilers and some demographic indicators derived from both the taxfilers and the imputed non filers Low Income Measure Calculation The following outlines the procedure for calculating the Low Income Measure LIM 1 Determine for each family the adjusted family size whereby the first adult is counted as 1 0 each additional adult and each child age 16 and over as 0 4 and each child less that 16 years of age as 0 3 except in a lone parent family where the first child is counted as 0 4 Each non family person is counted as 1 0 2 For each family calculate an adjusted family income by dividing their family income by their adjusted family size For non family persons for which the adjusted family size is 1 0 the adjusted family income is the individual s income 3 Determine the median adjusted family income which is the adjusted family income where 5096 of the families including non family persons have a smaller adjusted family income and 5096 have a higher one 4 The LIM for a family of size one is 50 of the median adjusted family income and the LIMs for the other family types are equal to this value multiplied by their adjusted
8. 00 263 1136 Fax 403 495 5318 Southern Alberta Advisory Services Statistics Canada Discovery Place Room 201 3553 31 Street N W Calgary Alberta T2L 2K7 Local calls 403 292 6717 Toll free 1 800 263 1136 Fax 403 292 4958 Pacific Region Serving British Columbia and the Yukon Advisory Services Statistics Canada Library Square Office Tower 600 300 West Georgia Street Vancouver British Columbia V6B 6C7 Local calls 604 666 3691 Toll free 1 800 263 1136 Fax 604 666 4863 LIST OF DATA PRODUCTS AVAILABLE The Small Area and Administrative Data Division of Statistics Canada tabulates statistical data derived from administrative records most notably the taxfile The resulting demographic and socio economic databanks available are listed in the table below along with their identifying product number and the usual release dates Product number _ Release date RRSP Contributors 17C0006 November RRSP Contribution Limits Room 17C0011 December Canadian Savers 17C0009 November Canadian Investors 17C0007 November Canadian Investment Income 17C0008 November Canadian Taxfilers 17C0010 November Charitable Donors 13C0014 December Neighbourhood Income and Demographics 13C0015 July Economic Dependency Profiles 13C0017 June Labour Force Income Profiles 71C0018 June Families 13C0016 August Seniors 89C0022 August Migration Estimates 91C0025 August Employment Insurance Data 73F0002 Monthly Community Prof
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10. LE INCOME PROVINCIAL REFUNDABLE TAX CREDITS Non taxable income refers to the amounts included in a taxfiler s income when applying for refundable tax credits but not included in the calculation of taxable income these amounts include Workers Compensation payments Net Federal Supplements received Guaranteed Income Supplements and or Spouse s Allowance and social assistance payments Beginning with the 1994 data information is available separately for Net Federal Supplements Workers Compensation and social assistance Provincial tax credits are a refundable credit paid to individuals by the province in which he she resided as of December 31 of the taxation year See also Provincial refundable tax credits OLD AGE SECURITY OAS PENSION is part of the Old Age Security program a federal government program that guarantees a degree of financial security to Canadian seniors All persons in Canada aged 65 or older who are Canadian citizens or legal residents may qualify for a full OAS pension depending on their years of residence in Canada after reaching age 18 Old Age Security benefits include all benefits reported for the reference year excluding Guaranteed Income 20 Supplements and Spousal Allowance benefits see also Net Federal Supplements and Non taxable Income OTHER INCOME includes net rental income alimony income from a limited partnership retiring allowances scholarships amounts received through a supplementary unemp
11. UI dependency ratio of 4 69 it means that 4 69 in UI benefits were received for every 100 of employment income for the area EMPLOYMENT INCOME is the total reported employment income Employment income includes wages and salaries commissions from employment training allowances tips and gratuities and self employment income net income from business profession farming fishing and commissions FAMILIES REPORTING INCOME is counted for a given source of income when that income is received by at least one family member Families and individuals may report more than one source of income FAMILY TOTAL INCOME is the sum of the total incomes of all members of the family see Total income New to the 1992 definition of total income is income for non filing spouses The information is derived from the taxfiling spouse Caution must be used in comparing to data for previous years FORWARD SORTATION AREA FSA See section on Geography GOODS AND SERVICES TAX GST CREDIT includes all amounts received through this program In 1990 the Goods and Services Tax Credit began replacing the Federal Sales Tax FST Credit By 1991 the FST Credit no longer existed HUSBAND WIFE FAMILIES consist of a man and woman living together whether married or common law at the same address and any children living at the same address taxfiling children must report single as their marital status See also Census families 17 IMPUTED PERSONS are p
12. a tables are shown below with a brief description Level of Geography Postal Area Description L O G This level of data is an aggregation of the provincial territorial totals code 11 The national total is identified by the region code Z99099 Province or This level of data is an aggregation of the following geographies Territory Total within a province City Totals Code 08 Rural Postal Codes Code 09 Other Provincial Totals Code 10 These totals are identified by a provincial territorial postal letter then a 990 followed by the province territory code as follows Newfoundland A99010 Nova Scotia B99012 Prince Edward Island C99011 New Brunswick E99013 Quebec J99024 Ontario P99035 Manitoba R99046 Saskatchewan 99047 Alberta T99048 British Columbia V99059 Northwest Territories X99061 Yukon Y99060 27 Level of Geography L O G Postal Area Other Provincial Total P Pot Rural Postal Code Not in City Description This level of data is an aggregation of small communities in the province that had less than 100 taxfilers where these communities are combined into a pot Before 1992 it was identified by the same codes as the provincial territorial totals and only the Delivery Mode codes 2 and 3 distinguished between the two To avoid this problem starting with the 1992 data an 8 appears after the provincial territorial letter instead of a 9 The 9 will be reserved for the provincial t
13. and to seek prior written permission from Statistics Canada for any uses not permitted or not specified in this agreement ANY USE WHATSOEVER OF THIS DATA PRODUCT SHALL CONSTITUTE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT For further information please contact Licence Services Tel 613 951 8211 Marketing Division Fax 613 951 1134 Statistics Canada Ottawa Ontario Canada K1A OT6 Revised on December 11 1996 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRODUCT LICENCE AGREEMENT 11 rmv WEE MATERIE Ru ED IMS i INTRODUCTION 52 5 erect se ch Nares ace tat aa s ane aca None eade aN aed aiuta Sat 1 SECTION S THEDATA a sita ie vba unus Vi Esa vs s V a bet eS 2 Data Souree Vcr rx ba Ib EX xk YT EX ae bd Be ee a a RE 2 Low Income Measure Calculation leleeeeeeeee e 2 Low Income Measures by Family Type 1995 0 0 eee eee 3 Other Low Income Statistics S su vic e Ics ey RES Ea SE a dE TEES 4 Bata Quality sence veers oer REO ue ele TRO E Qa RD EN LA Ro sU opus 5 Confidentiality and Rounding 0 0 cece es 6 Suppressed Data ax dacigute Od Qe aoe i eth oe Dine reote uice teu acies odd 7 SECTION II THE DATA TABLBS ix up ERXECXCR UREEKEEXRARYXRERIX REG DESEE 9 Data Table Comments 2 292 050 2 dw RIA er AER M E ES hae onde E he T E 9 SECTION ML GLOSSARY caue Ek EA RE ERR EE E See Eee RE 15 SECTION IV GEOGRAPHY 42 x eg ataa OR ate nex UR Eten et TTA p eR E 26 Geographic levels postal geography 0 cece eee ee
14. arner Families by Number of Children Includes Only Spouses Parents Reporting Non Negative Employment Income 12 Number reporting total employment income of parent spouses reported and the median employment income of parent spouses for Male single earner husband wife families by number of children Female single earner husband wife families by number of children Dual earner husband wife families by number of children Lone parent families by number of children Note excluded from this table are families where a spouse either one in husband wife families or the sole parent in lone parent families reported negative employment income and families where both spouses in husband wife families or the sole parent in lone parent families reported no employment income Table 14 Husband Wife Families by Percentage of Wife s Contribution to Husband Wife Employment Income Includes Only Spouses Reporting Non Negative Employment Income Counts of husband wife families by age of wife and by percentage of wife s contribution to the family employment income Counts of husband wife families by family employment income range and by percentage of wife s contribution to the family employment income Counts of husband wife families by number of children and by percentage of wife s contribution to the family employment income Counts of all husband wife families by percentage of wife s contribution to the family employment income Not
15. atistics Canada is similar to the traditional family concept However the small area family data include parent s and single children as reported on the tax form living in the same dwelling whereas the census family includes never married children living with their parent s Starting with the 1992 tax year common law couples were recognized as a separate category on the T1 General tax form As a result the coverage of husband wife families in which common law families are included is very high at 98 096 in 1995 This comparison was done using population estimates from Statistics Canada s Demography Division The initial population used to develop the family units comprises all taxfilers for the reference year and represents approximately two thirds of the Canadian population The family units are formed from information obtained on the tax returns of the taxfiling family members First taxfilers from the same family including children are matched using common links e g spousal social insurance number same name same address The resulting family unit is then examined to verify if it is complete When there are indications that one or several members of the family are missing for instance children those members are imputed The remaining taxfilers who have not been matched in the family formation process become non family persons Non family persons are not living with a spouse or child They may be living with a family to whom
16. ause they have low or no income Similarly some elderly Canadians receiving only Old Age Security OAS and Guaranteed Income Supplement GIS do not file because they have low or no taxable income However with the introduction of the Federal Sales Tax Credit in 1986 and the Goods and Services Tax Credit in 1989 the percentage of the elderly population filing tax returns has increased In 1995 87 filed tax returns up from 75 in 1989 FIGURE 2 RATES OF COVERAGE Rates of Coverage T1FF Compared to Population Estimates by Family Type Husband Lone Parent Non family Wife Families Persons Families 1995 TIFF 6 772 540 1 196 350 4 570 130 1995 SCF 7 047 000 1 134 000 4 574 000 96 1 105 5 99 9 Sources the Survey of Consumer Finance SCF information is taken from Family Income Census Families annual Statistics Canada catalogue number 13 208 the T1 Family File T1FF data are from the Small Area and Administrative Data Division s family databank unpublished data Note that the SCF information excludes the Territories and so the counts for the Territories have also been removed from the T1FF data for the above comparisons Comparing the tax based family median income figures T1FF to the Statistics Canada Survey of Consumer Finances SCF shows these results figure 3 FIGURE 3 COMPARISON OF FAMILY INCOMES Year CP TIFF SCF Note The above TIFF medians are taken from the family databank being discussed here the S
17. d the refundable Child Tax Credit It is an income supplement for individuals who have at least one qualified dependent child The Child Tax Benefit is also based on the individual s family income and the number of dependent children CHILDREN in husband wife and lone parent families are taxfilers or imputed persons taxfiling children report single as their marital status and have no child of their own DEPENDENTS For the purposes of these databanks dependents are the non filing members of a family that have been identified through the tax system We do not attempt to measure dependency in any way but are able to identify certain non filing family members and include these in the total counts of people in a given area DIVIDEND INCOME includes dividend income from taxable Canadian corporations such as stocks or mutual funds as reported on line 120 of the personal income tax return and then grossed down to the actual amounts received dividend income does not include dividends received from foreign investments which are included in interest income and reported on line 121 DUAL EARNER FAMILIES are husband wife families where both spouses have a non negative employment income greater than zero 16 ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY RATIO EDR is the number of transfer payment dollars received as benefits in a given area compared to every 100 of employment income for that same area For example where a table shows an Unemployment Insurance
18. d wife families for husbands for wives and for children in husband wife families and for the entire population taxfilers and dependents counts of numbers reporting labour force income and the value reported The different incomes shown are Total income Labour force income Employment income Self employment income Wages salaries commissions Unemployment Insurance Table 10 Labour Force Income Profile of Lone Parent Families and Non Family Persons Count of people in lone parent families of parents and of children of non family persons and of the entire population taxfilers and dependents For lone parent families for parents and for children in lone parent families for non family persons and for the entire population taxfilers and dependents counts of numbers reporting labour force income and the value reported The different incomes shown are Total income Labour force income Employment income Self employment income Wages salaries commissions Unemployment Insurance Table 11 Labour Force by Age Group and Gender Count of taxfilers and dependents by age group and by gender Count of labour force participants by age group and by gender Labour force participation rates by age group and by gender Table 12 Unemployment Insurance by Age Group and Gender Count of labour force participants by age group and by gender Count of Unemployment Insurance recipients by age group and by gender Table 13 Single Earner and Dual E
19. der was suppressed in the table to avoid disclosure by subtraction x The value for a second income variable was suppressed elsewhere in the table to avoid disclosure by subtraction SECTION II THE DATA TABLES Data Table Contents Table 1 Summary Table Count of taxfilers Count of taxfilers and dependents by age group under 15 15 64 65 and over total Count of all families husband wife families lone parent families and the number of persons in families similar counts are also given for husband wife families lone parent families and non family persons Median total income and per capita income for all families for husband wife families for lone parent families and for non family persons Count of all families with employment income of non family persons with employment income and their median employment income Count of dual earner husband wife families of single earner male families of single earner female families and the median employment income of these families Count of all families and of non family persons receiving transfer payments and the average amount of transfer payments Count of families with at least one member in the labour force the number of families receiving UI and the average amount received count of non family persons in the labour force the number receiving UI and the average amount received Table 2 Persons by Age Group and by Family Type Count of parents and of children in h
20. e excluded from this table are families where a spouse either one reported negative employment income and families where both spouses reported no employment income Table 15 Family Units and Children by Age of Children Counts of families husband wife lone parent and total for all families by age of children Counts of children in families husband wife lone parent and total for all families by age of children The age groups used are All children under 6 years All 6 14 All 15 17 Some under 6 and some 6 14 Some under 6 and some 15 17 Some 6 14 and some 15 17 Some under 6 some 6 14 and some 15 17 AII under 18 13 Some under 18 and some 18 and over All 18 and over Table 16 Family Units and Persons by Language of Tax Form Counts of husband wife families counts of lone parent families counts of non family persons and a total for the preceding by language of tax form Counts of persons in husband wife families counts of persons in lone parent families counts of non family persons and a total for the preceding by language of tax form The language groupings used are All English All French Some English and some French Total Table 17 Low Income For husband wife families lone parent families non family persons and a total of these three groups the table contains the following information Count of families by number of children and total Median family income by number of c
21. e aggregated data Also the user defined area may be a total of a number of individual standard areas grouped together for a total rather than a number of individual areas each with their own total WAGES SALARIES AND COMMISSIONS include employment pay and commissions as stated on T4 information slips training allowances tips and gratuities WORKERS COMPENSATION includes any compensation received under Workers Compensation in respect of an injury disability or death This value is reported on line 144 of the personal income tax return Information on Workers Compensation is available as a distinct income source starting with the 1994 data previously included in Non taxable Income 25 SECTION IV GEOGRAPHY The Family data are available for the following geographic areas Standard areas a Canada b Provinces and Territories c Census Divisions d Census Metropolitan Areas and e Postal Geography User defined areas Users may select a specific area of interest that is not a standard area for which data can be made available in standard format To obtain data provide us with a list of the postal codes for which data are required and we will provide the aggregated data 26 Geographic levels postal geography The various databanks compiled from the taxfile are available for different levels of the postal geography and for some levels of the Census geography Coded geographic indicators appearing on the dat
22. e eee eens 27 Vintage of the postal walks ecu Suda uda VALL ME OIL te DL M EMT Mad 31 Geographic levels Census geography iie lvii ee ea IEEE pe pa ERES 32 Geographic levels special geography 0 cee cece eee eee eee 34 WEINVITE YOUR COMMENTS 713 o28 sua miu sue Ek Cea ed eR eo he 35 List of Statistics Canada Regional Offices 0 0 0 cee eee 36 LIST OF DATA PRODUCTS AVAILABLE 0 ccc eects 37 INTRODUCTION Urban planning social policy and local marketing strategies require a comprehensive understanding of regional socio economic characteristics The Small Area and Administrative Data Division SAADD provides various data sources which can contribute significantly to this knowledge The Family databank is one of these sources This databank is compiled from information obtained through annual personal income tax returns and is updated annually Starting with the 1994 tax year two tables were added bringing the total number of standard tables to 16 all are available for over 26 000 geographical areas For the 1991 tax year four additional tables in this series concentrated on seniors and their family situation Beginning with the 1992 tax year these four tables constitute a separate data product called Seniors SECTION I THE DATA Data Source Development of the small area family data called the T1 family file or the T1FF is based on the census family concept This concept specific to St
23. erritorial total as explained in 11 above These pot codes are as follows Newfoundland A89010 Nova Scotia B89012 Prince Edward Island C89011 New Brunswick E89013 Quebec J89024 Ontario P89035 Manitoba R89046 Saskatchewan 89047 Alberta T89048 British Columbia V89059 Northwest Territories X89061 Yukon Y89060 This level of geography pertains to rural communities that have one and only one rural postal code These stand alone rural postal codes can be identified by a zero in the second position of the postal code and a level of geography code 09 The 1995 databanks contain 4 501 areas coded as level of geography 09 28 Level of Geography L O G Postal Area City Total Other Urban Area Non residential within city E Pot Rural Postal Code Within City Description This level of data is an aggregation of the following geographies for unique place names within a province territory Urban FSA Residential Code 03 Rural Route Code 04 Suburban Services Code 05 Rural Postal Code within city Code 06 Other Urban Area Code 07 They have the following format e g Edmonton T95479 Regina 894876 The pattern is the postal letter of the city plus 9 in the second position indicating a total followed by a 4 digit numeric code for the community often called CityID The 1995 databanks contain 611 areas coded as level of geography 08 This aggregation of data or pot covers non residen
24. ersons who are not taxfilers but are reported or otherwise identified by a taxfiler for example a non filing spouse or child INCOME AGGREGATES are rounded to the nearest thousand dollars See also Total income and the various sources of income INDEX is a comparison of the variable for the given area with either the province province 100 or with Canada Canada 100 INTEREST INCOME refers to the amount Canadians claimed on line 121 of the personal income tax return This amount includes interest generated from bank deposits Canada Savings Bonds corporate bonds treasury bills investment certificates term deposits annuities mutual funds earnings on life insurance policies and all foreign interest and foreign dividend incomes INVESTMENT INCOME includes both interest income and dividend income LABOUR FORCE consists of all persons who reported income from employment wages salaries commissions and self employment income or income from Unemployment Insurance LABOUR FORCE FAMILIES consist of all families where at least one member reported income from employment wages salaries commissions and net self employment income or income from unemployment insurance LABOUR FORCE INCOME includes employment income wages salaries commissions and net self employment income and unemployment insurance benefits LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE 18 is the total labour force expressed as a percentage of the total populat
25. f this type can be identified by a region code which is the FSA followed by three blanks and the postal walk number XXXX The 1995 databanks contain 159 areas coded as level of geography 02 Postal Walk This is the finest level of data and is an aggregation of urban residential postal codes allocated to a letter carrier route A postal walk of this type can be identified by a region code which is the FSA followed by three blanks and the postal walk number The 1995 databanks contain 18 036 areas coded as level of geography 01 Vintage of the postal walks The postal walks represented in the 1995 databanks were coded from a Canada Post Corporation file with a March 1997 reference date 3l Geographic levels Census geography Data are also available for the following levels of the Census geography the following table shows the coded designators for these geographies as well as a brief description of each Level of Name Description Geography Census Metropolitan The general concept of a CMA is one of a very large Areas CMAs urban area together with adjacent urban and rural areas which have a high degree of economic and social integration with that urban area CMAs have a population of at least 100 000 based on the previous census There are 26 CMAs in the 1995 databanks 001 St John s Newfoundland 205 Halifax Nova Scotia 310 Saint John New Brunswick 408 Chicoutimi Jonqui re Qu bec 421 Qu bec Qu
26. family size 5 Low income families and low income non family persons are those whose incomes are below the LIM for their family types Families and non family persons whose incomes are equal to or above the LIM for their family type are not considered low income 6 This process is repeated for each year Thus the LIMs for each year are derived from the reported incomes of that year Low Income Measures by Family Type 1995 The following table outlines the 1995 Low Income Measures LIMs by family type Various family types are outlined including non family persons one adult no children lone parent families one adult with one two and 18 children husband wife families two adults with zero one two and 18 children and lone parent or husband wife families with older children and younger children one to four adults with zero one and two children Low income families and low income non family persons are those whose family incomes are below the LIM for their family type FIGURE 1 1995 LOW INCOME MEASURES LIMS Number of Number of Children Less Than 16 Years of Age Adults oo Pod 2 x 11 300 15 820 19 210 Pees 73 450 15 820 19 210 22 600 eee 76 840 Includes parents spouses and or children 16 years of age and over Example The 1995 LIM for a non family person is 11 300 and the 1995 LIM for a lone parent family with two children 15 years of age and under is 19 210 The LIM for any family size can be calcu
27. for special or user defined areas will be coded according to the following Level of Name Description Geography Total for all user defined This level represents the sum total of all user defined areas areas and is the total of levels 91 and 92 described below Special user defined area Any area showing a code 91 is an area defined by a specific user according to that user s needs for example school catchment areas health districts etc 92 Other user defined areas This level of geography represents all user defined areas that were too small in terms of population to have information compiled on those areas individually i e fewer than 100 taxfilers Such areas are grouped into this other category 34 WE INVITE YOUR COMMENTS We are always working on ways to improve our products The comments we receive concerning quality and presentation are essential to meet this objective If you have any suggestions in this regard we encourage you the user to provide us with your comments Data in many forms Statistics Canada disseminates data in a variety of forms In addition to publications both standard and special tabulations are offered Data are available on the Internet compact disk diskette computer printouts microfiche and microfilm and magnetic tape Maps and other geographic reference materials are available for some types of data Direct online access to aggregated information is possible through CANSIM
28. hildren and a total Number of persons within a family by number of children and a total Number of children 0 to 17 years of age by number of children within a family and total Number of persons 65 years of age and over by number of children within a family and total For low income husband wife families lone parent families non family persons and a total of these three groups the same type of information as outlined above is available Count of families by number of children and total Median family income by number of children and total Number of persons within a family by number of children and total Number of children 0 to 17 years of age by number of children within the family and total Number of persons 65 years of age and over by number of children within the family and total 14 SECTION III GLOSSARY AGE is calculated as of December 31 of the reference year i e tax year minus year of birth ALIMONY payments from one former spouse to the other for couples that are separated or divorced Child support is also included in this variable as reported on line 128 of the T1 tax form where both alimony and child support are reported together without distinction ALL FAMILIES include husband wife families as well as lone parent families as opposed to all family types or all family units as used in tables six and 16 This latter term refers to a combination of husband wife families lone parent families a
29. hly populated areas and mail is delivered by a contractor to group boxes community mail boxes and or external delivery sites e g kiosks miniparks The 1995 databanks contain 48 areas coded as level of geography 05 Reasonably well settled rural areas may receive their postal service from an urban post office by delivery designated as rural route where mail is delivered by a contractor using a motorized vehicle to a group of boxes or to gate boxes Their region code retains all six characters of the postal code Rural routes are located outside an urban FSA The 1995 databanks contain 1 051 areas coded as level of geography 04 The urban Forward Sortation Area FSA identified by the first three characters of the postal code includes all residential addresses covered by the first three characters of a postal code in a particular urban area not including levels 04 and 05 Only residential FSAs are considered for these databanks This level of data is an aggregation of Postal Walk Code 01 Other Postal Walk Code 02 An Urban FSA of this type can be identified by the FSA followed by three blanks The 1995 databanks contain 1 423 areas coded as level of geography 03 30 Level of Geography Postal Area Description L O G Other Postal This level of data is an aggregation of urban residential postal codes Walk unallocated to a letter carrier route and postal walks with less than 100 taxfilers A postal walk record o
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31. in the tax year and who indicated a non filing spouse had their income and their filing status attributed to the spouse TAXFILERS AND DEPENDENTS 22 is an estimate of the entire population based solely on the taxfile Counts are rounded to the nearest 10 See also Dependents TOTAL INCOME Note this variable was revised over the years as reflected in the comments below data users who plan to compare current data to data from previous years should bear in mind these changes Also it should be noted that all income amounts are gross with the exception of rental income limited partnership income and all forms of self employment income Income reported by taxfilers from any of the following sources Labour force income Employment income Wages salaries commissions Other employment income as reported on line 104 of the tax form tips gratuities royalties etc Net self employment Unemployment Insurance benefits Pension income Old Age Security Net Federal Supplements the latter including guaranteed income supplements and spouses allowances since 1994 Canada Quebec Pension Plan Superannuation and other private pensions Family Allowance benefits up to and including 1992 Quebec family allowance beginning with 1994 Interest and other investment income Dividend income RRSP income since 1994 previously in other income Net limited partnership income included in other income Alimony included in other income Net re
32. ion aged 15 to 64 years LEVEL OF GEOGRAPHY is a code designating the type of geographic area to which the information in the table applies See the section on Geography for further information LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INCOME is net income i e gross income less expenses from a limited partnership where a limited partner is a passive or non active partner whose liability as a member is limited to his her investment Included in Other income LONE PARENT FAMILY is a family with only one parent male or female and with at least one child See also Census families LOW INCOME MEASURES LIMs A family is considered to be low income when their income is below the Low Income Measure LIM for their family type and size LIMs are a relative measure of low income They are a fixed percentage 50 of adjusted median family income where adjusted indicates a consideration of family needs The family size adjustment used in calculating the Low Income Measures reflects the precept that family needs increase with family size For the LIM each additional adult first child regardless of age in a lone parent family or child over 15 years of age is assumed to increase the family s needs by 40 of the needs of the first adult Each child less than 16 years of age other than the first child in a lone parent family is assumed to increase the family s needs by 30 of the first adult MEDIAN is the middle number in a g
33. lated by multiplying 11 300 by the appropriate adjusted family factor for a specific family size For example the LIM for a husband wife family with two children over the age of 15 is 24 860 This is calculated by multiplying 11 300 by 2 2 Other Low Income Statistics In addition to the information produced from administrative files which is described in this user s guide low income statistics are also produced from the Survey of Consumer Finances These include data using both Low Income Measures LIM and Low Income Cut Offs LICOs For further information refer to the publication Income Distributions by Size in Canada catalogue number 13 207 or contact Household Surveys Division Statistics Canada Ottawa Ontario K1A OT6 1 613 951 7355 toll free 1 888 297 7355 fax 1 613 951 3253 Internet income statcan ca Data Quality The data which appear in the tables are taken directly from the family databank built from the income tax and the Child Tax Benefit records Information on income is obtained from taxfilers and includes incomes of their non filing spouses and dependents Demographic information is derived from taxfilers and non filing dependent spouses and or children such as the estimates of total taxfilers and dependents Figures derived from the databank compare well with estimated population counts Coverage rates of the databank population by family type are reported in figure 2 Most children do not file bec
34. loyment benefit plan guaranteed annual income plan payments from income averaging annuity contracts as well as all other taxable income not included elsewhere Beginning with the 1992 data this variable also includes the imputed income of imputed spouses as derived from the tax return of the filing spouse See also Total Income OTHER PENSIONS include pension benefits superannuation and private pensions other than Old Age Security and Canada Quebec Pension Plan benefits PARENT is a person for whom we have identified single children living at the same address See also Census families PER CAPITA Amounts are the aggregate amounts for a given area divided by the estimated total population for that same area PERSONS in husband wife families include both spouses and children in lone parent families include the parent and children for non family persons include the number of such individuals PROVINCIAL REFUNDABLE TAX CREDITS serve to reduce the tax burden unlike non refundable tax credits all amounts are paid to the taxfiler Among these refundable tax credits are the Federal Sales Tax FST credit for 1989 and 1990 the Goods and Services Tax GST credit beginning in 1990 and provincial refundable tax credits beginning in 1990 Included are the refundable provincial tax credits received by taxfilers in Manitoba Ontario and Quebec since 1990 British Columbia and the Northwest Territories since 1993 and Quebec family
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36. n 1989 and 1990 GST credit which began replacing the FST credit in 1990 and completely replaced it by 1991 Child Tax Credit to 1992 Child Tax Benefit starting with 1993 Old Age Security pension net federal supplements Canada and Quebec Pension plans superannuation and other private pensions non taxable income and provincial refundable tax credits both beginning in 1990 Quebec family allowance beginning in 1994 The individuals in this case receive these payments without providing goods or services in return UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UI comprises all types of benefits paid to individuals under this program regardless of reason including regular benefits for unemployment fishing job creation maternity parental adoption retirement self employment sickness training and work sharing USER DEFINED AREAS are areas that have been defined by the data users as the specific area for which they require data This would apply only to areas which are not standard areas and could include any one or combination of areas that comprised for example half of a letter carrier walk in one FSA and a portion of a walk in another FSA in other words the area whose boundaries are a portion of or a combination of portions of standard areas The smallest building block for these special areas is the six character postal code To obtain data provide us with a list of the postal codes for which data are required and we will 24 provide th
37. nd non family persons ALL LOW INCOME FAMILIES amp NON FAMILY PERSONS includes husband wife families including common law families lone parent families and non family persons ALL PERSONS includes the total population taxfilers and imputed persons whether adults or children regardless of family type See also Taxfilers and Dependents CANADA QUEBEC PENSION PLAN CPP QPP are compulsory contributory social insurance plans that protect workers and their families against loss of income due to retirement disability or death Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan benefits include all benefits reported for the reference year CENSUS DIVISIONS CDs See section on Geography CENSUS FAMILIES 15 This definition of the family classifies people in the following manner 1 husbands and wives married or common law living in the same dwelling with or without children children of any age who report single as their marital status or imputed children 2 lone parents male or female with one or more children Thus the residual population is called non family persons and is made up of persons living alone and of persons living in a household but who are not immediate relatives of other household members CENSUS METROPOLITAN AREAS CMAs See section on Geography CHILD TAX BENEFIT CTB is a system that replaces beginning with the 1993 data year the previous Family Allowance program the non refundable child deduction an
38. ntal income included in other income Income for non filing spouses since 1992 included in other income Other incomes as reported on line 130 of the tax form fellowships bursaries grants etc included in other income FST credit for 1989 1990 inclusive GST credit beginning in 1990 Child tax credit up to and including 1992 Child tax benefit starting with 1993 Other non taxable income since 1990 Workers compensation payments shown separately starting with 1994 Social assistance payments shown separately starting with 1994 Guaranteed income supplements included with Net Federal Supplements since 23 1994 previously in non taxable income Spouses allowances included with Net Federal Supplements since 1994 previously in non taxable income Provincial refundable tax credits in Ontario Quebec and Manitoba since 1990 British Columbia and the Northwest Territories since 1993 Quebec family allowances since 1994 Monies not included in income above are veterans disability and dependent pensioners payments war veterans allowances lottery winnings and capital gains TOTALS are rounded independently and may not equal the sum of their components TRANSFER PAYMENTS For the purpose of these data transfer payments denote the following payments made to individuals by the federal or provincial governments or by organizations or institutions Unemployment Insurance Family Allowance to 1992 FST credit i
39. pressed whenever areas comprise less than 100 taxfilers cells represent less than 15 taxfilers cells were dominated by a single filer Suppressed data may occur i within one area when one of the income categories is suppressed a second category must also be suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential data by subtraction called residual disclosure see figure 3 when one of the gender categories is suppressed the other gender category must also be suppressed to avoid disclosure see figure 4 ii between areas when a variable amount in one area is suppressed that variable amount is also suppressed in another area to prevent disclosure by subtraction Likewise the median income is omitted when the rounded count of a category is less than 30 15 on either side of the median FIGURE 4 SUPPRESSION OF INCOME DATA Amount Millions of Dollars I pe f rems Wages Salaries Commissions Self Employment Dividends and Interest Unemployment Insurance Old Age Security Net Federal Supplements Canada Quebec Pension Plan Other Pensions Child Tax Benefits Goods and Services Tax Credit Workers Compensation Social Assistance Provincial Refundable Tax Credits RRSP Income Other Income Total Income x Confidential when reported by fewer than 15 taxfilers In machine readable format the suppressed cell will contain a Q x For the same income variable the value for the opposite gen
40. roup of numbers Where a median income for example is given as 26 000 it means that exactly half of the incomes reported are greater than or equal to 26 000 and that the other half are less than or equal to the median amount Median incomes in the data tables are rounded to the nearest hundred dollars With the exception of Total Income zero values are not included in the calculation of medians for individuals but are included in the calculation of medians for families 19 NEGATIVE INCOME generally applies to net self employment income net rental income and net limited partnership income Negative income would indicate that expenses exceeded gross income NET FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTS are part of the Old Age Security OAS pension program intended to supplement the income of pensioners and spouses with lower income payments take the form of a Guaranteed Income Supplement GIS or a Spouse s Allowance SPA NET RENTAL INCOME is income received or earned from the rental of property less related costs and expenses NON FAMILY PERSON is an individual who is not living with a spouse single children or parent with exception the exception to the parent category is related to the marital status of the taxfiling child only children who report marital status of single will be treated as children of a family others will be non family persons See also Census families NON NEGATIVE INCOME is income that is zero or greater NON TAXAB
41. tial addresses within an urban centre and all other data not otherwise displayed Commercial addresses post office boxes and general delivery are included as are residential addresses with too few taxfilers to report separately They can be recognized by codes that are similar to the city totals with a distinguishing difference an 8 will follow the city postal letter rather than the 9 of the city total e g Edmonton T85479 Regina S84876 The 1995 databanks contain 437 areas coded as level of geography 07 These data pertain to rural postal codes that belong to communities with more than one rural postal code These occur in areas that were formerly serviced by rural delivery service and changed by Canada Post to urban delivery service or in communities served by more than one rural postal code Rural postal codes of this type can be identified by a zero in the second position of the postal code and a level of geography code 06 The 1995 databanks contain 308 areas coded as level of geography 06 29 Level of Geography L O G Postal Area Suburban Service Rural Route Urban FSA Residential Area Description Sparsely populated fringe areas of urban centres may receive their postal service from an urban post office by delivery designated as suburban service Their region code retains all six characters of the postal code Suburban Services are located inside an urban FSA usually adjacent to more hig
42. urvey of Consumer Finances SCF medians are from Statistics Canada s annual publication 13 208 Family Incomes Census Families The SCF estimates do not include the Territories and so they were also excluded from the T1FF figures above Confidentiality and Rounding All data are subject to the confidentiality procedures of rounding and suppression To protect the confidentiality of Canadians counts are rounded Rounding may increase decrease or cause no change to counts Rounding can affect the results obtained from calculations For example when calculating percentages from rounded data results may be distorted as both the numerator and denominator have been rounded The distortion can be greatest with small numbers All reported amounts are rounded to the nearest thousand dollars Since 1990 data cells represent counts greater than 15 and are rounded to a base of 10 For example a cell count of 15 would be rounded to 20 and a cell count of 24 would be rounded to 20 For 1988 and 1989 data all counts are 25 or greater and are rounded to the nearest 25 For data up to and including 1987 all counts are randomly rounded to a base of 5 and reported amounts are unrounded but are adjusted according to the rounding of the counts Note Counts represent the number of persons filing tax returns taxfilers Reported amounts are dollar amounts reported by taxfilers Suppressed Data To maintain confidentiality some data cells have been sup
43. usband wife families by age group Count of parents and children in lone parent families by age group Count of non family persons by age group Count and percentage of all persons by age group Average age of taxfilers and dependents Table 3 Families by Age of Older Parent and by Number of Children Count of husband wife families by age of older parent and by number of children Average family size for all husband wife families and for husband wife families with children Median total income of husband wife families by number of children of all husband wife families and of husband wife families with children Count of lone parent families by age of parent and by number of children Count of male and of female and total lone parent families by age of parent Average family size of lone parent families by age of parent Median total income of lone parent families by number of children and by gender of parent Count of all families by number of children and by age of older parent 9 Average family size of all families and of families with children by age of older parent Median total income of all families by number of children of all families and of families with children Table 4 Family Units by Total Income and by Age of Older Spouse Count of husband wife families by age of older parent and by cumulative total family income group median family total income by age group of older parent Count of lone
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