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Family income and related variables: Sub-provincial data
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Data on family income and related variables derived from personal income tax returns filed in the spring of 2007 are now available for various sub-provincial geographies.
In general, the tax-based data show that between 2005 and 2006, the largest percentage increases in median total family income occurred mainly in census metropolitan areas (CMA) and census agglomerations associated with primary industries, particularly in Alberta and British Columbia.
Total family income includes employment income, investment income, government transfers, pension income and other income. The median is the point where half of the families' incomes are higher and half are lower.
Among CMAs, the largest increases in the median total family income were found in Calgary for couple families, lone-parent families and people not in census families. Large increases were also found for all these groups in Edmonton, Vancouver and Kelowna.
Among census agglomerations, the largest increases in median total family income for couple families were found in Grande Prairie (+8.6%), Lloydminster (+8.4%), and Camrose (+8.0%).
Lone-parent families had the largest increases in median total income in Okotoks (+18.1%), Fort St. John (+17.9%), and Dawson Creek (+17.5%). For people not in census families, the fastest increases were in Fort St. John (+11.6%), followed by Grande Prairie (+11.2%) and Okotoks (+11.1%).
Note: Couple families consist of a married couple and the children, if any, of either or both spouses or a couple living common law and the children, if any, of either or both partners, all living in the same dwelling. A lone parent family consists of a lone parent of any marital status with at least one child living in the same dwelling. This definition of families has been traditionally known as a census family. It differs from the definition of economic families which has been used recently for release of 2006 Census and Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics data.
Income data in this release are after receipt of government transfers and before the payment of income tax. Income data are also available after the payment of tax. All figures for previous years have been adjusted for inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index.
All data in this release have been tabulated according to the 2006 Standard Geographical Classification used for the 2006 Census.
Available on CANSIM: tables 111-0004 to 111-0026, 111-0032 to 111-0035 and 111-0043.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 4105.
Data for census Family Income (13C0016, various prices) and Seniors' Income (89C0022, various prices), data for income of individuals including Neighbourhood Income and Demographics (13C0015, various prices), Labour Income Profiles (71C0018, various prices) and Economic Dependency Profiles (13C0017, various prices) are available for letter carrier routes, census tracts, urban forward sortation areas (the first three characters of the postal code), cities, towns, federal electoral districts, census agglomerations, census divisions, census metropolitan areas, economic regions, provinces, territories and Canada.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Client Services (toll-free 1-866-652-8443; 613-951-9720; fax: toll-free 1-866-652-8444 or 613-951-4745; saadinfo@statcan.gc.ca), Small Area and Administrative Data Division.
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