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Table 3-1
Median total income by selected family types — Canada

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Canada: Part 1
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  2007 constant dollars
Average  
Economic families, two persons or more 74,200 75,800 78,600 79,800 79,600 79,000 80,900 81,700 83,500 86,300
Elderly families 51,300 53,200 53,600 53,800 54,500 54,300 55,300 57,500 58,700 61,600
Married couples 50,200 52,500 52,000 52,900 52,800 53,200 55,100 55,600 56,800 60,100
Other families 55,200 55,800 59,400 57,400 60,800 58,200 56,200 64,300 65,600 66,700
Non-elderly families 78,000 79,500 82,700 84,100 83,700 83,200 85,400 85,900 87,900 90,700
Married couples 76,200 75,400 76,400 81,200 79,700 77,500 78,300 81,000 83,000 86,100
No earners 34,400 36,200 37,200 42,500 39,000 37,100 36,800 37,000 40,300 41,600
One earner 60,500 62,800 61,300 66,600 60,900 61,700 65,400 67,600 65,900 67,900
Two earners 89,300 86,800 87,100 91,400 91,400 87,500 87,200 91,000 93,400 95,900
Two-parent families with children 84,600 86,700 89,900 91,200 91,800 92,900 96,300 93,300 95,500 100,100
No earners 24,900 24,200 24,000 26,400 26,700 24,400 25,800 22,400 26,800 30,000
One earner 66,800 65,800 65,800 67,100 71,000 72,800 70,500 66,900 67,800 70,300
Two earners 87,000 88,400 91,900 92,400 92,600 93,100 96,400 94,700 95,400 99,500
Three or more earners 103,800 107,500 111,900 114,600 111,900 113,300 120,100 115,900 120,400 125,500
Married couples with other relatives 102,400 107,300 114,600 110,400 109,600 109,700 112,700 118,400 122,100 122,700
Lone-parent families 35,600 36,800 40,000 40,900 38,900 39,800 39,800 46,400 46,800 46,600
Male 53,000 53,900 58,800 55,300 55,500 60,100 56,100 66,900 68,500 63,000
Female 32,500 33,600 36,200 37,900 35,100 35,200 36,100 41,800 41,800 42,900
No earners 17,400 18,400 17,400 18,400 17,500 17,300 18,700 18,500 20,900 18,200
One earner 34,700 35,100 36,200 37,700 35,400 34,800 36,200 43,000 41,700 43,200
Two or more earners 53,900 53,000 58,500 60,700 53,000 55,500 52,700 55,200 56,500 58,800
Other non-elderly families 66,700 67,400 70,200 70,400 72,200 66,700 70,100 68,200 69,700 71,800
Unattached individuals 29,400 31,200 31,200 32,100 32,700 33,300 33,200 33,600 35,000 35,700
Elderly males 31,700 30,500 29,200 31,100 30,800 32,100 31,500 32,500 33,100 36,000
Non-earner 28,100 28,600 27,200 29,100 27,900 28,100 29,300 27,900 28,700 31,000
Earner 53,900 E 42,900 40,100 42,700 42,900 46,200 40,000 50,700 49,500 53,600
Elderly females 24,900 24,900 25,500 26,500 27,100 26,900 28,000 27,000 29,100 28,800
Non-earner 24,000 24,200 24,700 25,400 26,500 26,000 26,800 25,800 28,000 27,300
Earner 38,200 36,700 37,400 41,900 34,700 34,500 38,400 38,000 38,500 40,000
Non-elderly males 33,000 34,700 36,000 36,600 36,800 37,800 36,900 38,300 40,100 40,200
Non-earner 11,300 11,000 11,000 12,900 12,700 13,400 13,000 13,400 13,600 14,800
Earner 38,700 39,600 40,700 41,100 41,800 43,000 41,500 43,800 44,700 45,000
Non-elderly females 26,700 30,500 28,700 29,500 31,100 31,300 31,300 31,100 31,700 33,300
Non-earner 11,900 11,700 11,600 13,200 13,100 14,100 14,000 15,800 14,800 15,000
Earner 32,700 37,300 34,500 34,900 36,600 36,300 36,500 35,100 36,100 38,100
Canada: Part 2
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  2007 constant dollars
Median  
Economic families, two persons or more 62,300 63,900 65,200 66,400 65,900 66,200 67,000 67,600 69,000 70,800
Elderly families 39,600 41,700 42,100 43,100 43,600 43,500 44,500 45,600 47,100 47,900
Married couples 39,200 41,100 41,700 42,800 43,300 43,100 44,100 44,000 45,500 46,900
Other families 41,900 42,900 46,400 45,700 45,000 44,500 44,900 52,400 51,700 52,900
Non-elderly families 66,900 68,200 69,800 71,200 70,300 70,800 71,500 72,600 73,800 76,200
Married couples 62,100 63,700 65,300 66,600 65,500 66,100 67,400 69,200 70,200 71,700
No earners 30,000 30,800 32,200 33,800 32,400 33,300 30,300 29,900 33,000 38,200
One earner 49,000 52,600 50,700 53,900 51,600 52,100 55,700 58,000 57,000 56,500
Two earners 73,300 73,000 73,900 75,600 75,300 75,500 75,900 77,900 79,300 80,800
Two-parent families with children 74,900 75,400 77,500 78,400 78,400 79,200 80,700 80,900 82,400 85,400
No earners 22,400 21,100 21,600 23,300 23,700 22,000 22,300 18,800 E 25,900 25,200
One earner 51,800 52,700 51,100 50,400 52,300 53,300 51,500 53,500 51,000 54,100
Two earners 77,900 77,300 80,100 79,900 80,600 80,600 82,500 82,400 83,000 85,600
Three or more earners 92,100 98,400 99,100 101,700 100,200 100,300 103,200 102,700 106,400 109,500
Married couples with other relatives 93,500 98,900 99,600 99,200 97,200 98,400 100,700 105,200 106,500 110,500
Lone-parent families 27,800 30,400 33,900 33,500 31,500 32,000 32,700 36,400 38,000 37,300
Male 44,500 47,500 49,300 47,200 48,500 46,800 47,700 51,700 55,700 54,800
Female 25,600 28,100 30,100 30,700 28,800 29,100 30,100 33,100 33,400 35,000
No earners 16,300 16,500 15,900 16,400 17,000 16,200 17,000 17,700 18,700 17,000
One earner 29,400 31,200 32,700 33,100 29,900 30,600 31,700 33,400 33,200 35,500
Two or more earners 48,500 47,400 52,500 50,400 44,500 49,000 47,200 49,100 51,400 51,600
Other non-elderly families 55,800 57,300 58,600 61,100 61,000 57,700 61,100 61,800 63,500 65,000
Unattached individuals 21,400 22,100 23,000 24,100 25,300 24,600 25,000 24,300 25,600 26,600
Elderly males 21,100 21,800 21,700 22,600 23,800 23,700 24,400 23,400 23,800 25,100
Non-earner 20,000 20,500 20,300 21,100 21,800 21,300 22,300 21,400 21,500 21,400
Earner 39,600 27,700 29,800 31,000 33,100 30,800 31,400 37,600 39,800 37,700
Elderly females 19,000 19,400 19,500 20,300 20,000 20,300 20,900 20,200 21,400 21,800
Non-earner 18,600 19,000 19,300 20,000 19,800 19,700 20,100 19,700 20,800 21,000
Earner 29,700 29,700 29,900 30,900 29,100 29,900 34,400 33,600 30,800 35,100
Non-elderly males 26,100 27,700 29,700 29,700 30,600 30,200 29,400 29,700 31,000 31,600
Non-earner 10,300 10,000 10,400 10,700 9,900 10,400 10,300 10,400 10,400 10,500
Earner 32,900 33,400 34,300 34,300 34,900 35,100 34,600 34,600 35,300 35,900
Non-elderly females 19,300 20,700 20,800 21,900 23,700 23,900 23,600 24,100 24,300 25,100
Non-earner 10,400 10,000 9,900 10,700 10,600 10,400 10,500 11,100 10,800 10,900
Earner 27,900 28,100 27,400 29,200 30,200 29,700 29,400 29,000 30,100 30,500