Table 1
Low-income rates in Canada

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Table 1
Low-income rates in Canada
Table summary
This table displays the results of Low-income rates in Canada Census data, Taxation data and Survey data, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Census dataNote 1 Taxation dataNote 2 Survey dataNote 3
percent
1980 17.1 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 11.6
1985 18.7 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 13.0
1990 15.5 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 11.8
1995 19.1 20.1 14.5
2000 15.6 18.1 12.5
2005 15.3 15.5 10.8
2010 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 13.7 8.8
.. not available for a specific reference period
Note 1.

Based on before-tax, after-transfer family income using Statistics Canada's low-income cut-offs (LICOs) (see source below).

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Note 2.

Taxation data calculated by the authors, based on after-tax, after-transfer family income, using a fixed low-income measure (LIM).

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Note 3.

Based on after-tax, after-transfer family income from the source below, using the LICO.

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Sources: G. Picot, Y. Lu, and F. Hou. 2009. "Immigrant low-income rates: The role of market income and government tranfers." Perspective on Labour and Income 10 (12) : 13–27 (for census data); Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank, 1995 to 2010 (for taxation data), and CANSIM table 202-0802 (based on the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics and the Survey of Consumer Finances) (for survey data).
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