Table 5.5
Multiple spells of low income across communities

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Table 5.5
Multiple spells of low income across communities
Table summary
This table displays the results of multiple spells of low income across communities. The information is grouped by At least one year, At least four years, 1993 to 1998, 1999 to 2004, 2002 to 2007 appearing as column headers.
  At least one year At least four years
1993 to 1998 1999 to 2004 2002 to 2007 1993 to 1998 1999 to 2004 2002 to 2007
LICO  
Montréal 35.3 26.3 24.3 20.1 8.1 7.2
Ottawa–Gatineau 26 18.3 16 13.1 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Toronto 22.3 17 22.1 4.6 4.9 5.8
Winnipeg 27.6 20.8 27.4 14.8 7.1 12.5
Calgary 26.3 15.9 15.9 7.6 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Edmonton 31.9 24.1 14.9 12.8 9.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Vancouver 20.9 29.6 26.4 11 7.8 11.4
Other CMA or CA 20.6 18.1 16.8 6.8 6 4.4
Outside of CMA and CA 25.6 19.5 20.5 6.8 3.5 3.4
LIM  
Montréal 29.2 24 23.6 13.9 6.5 5.9
Ottawa–Gatineau 20.8 17.1 14.5 6.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published 6.3
Toronto 15.3 14.8 21.1 Note F: too unreliable to be published 4.2 6.4
Winnipeg 22.1 15.8 26 9.4 5.1 9.5
Calgary 20.7 14.7 14.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Edmonton 25.4 22.7 12 Note F: too unreliable to be published 8.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Vancouver 15.8 25.5 27.6 4.3 5.6 11.2
Other CMA or CA 19.9 21 21.3 6.2 8.6 6.6
Outside of CMA and CA 29.9 28.5 29.6 8.7 8.3 9
MBM  
Montréal Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 15.5 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note F: too unreliable to be published
Ottawa–Gatineau Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 13.4 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note F: too unreliable to be published
Toronto Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 19.2 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 4.5
Winnipeg Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 17.6 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 6
Calgary Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 14.1 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note F: too unreliable to be published
Edmonton Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 10.1 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note F: too unreliable to be published
Vancouver Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 25.5 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 9.3
Other CMA or CA Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 16.8 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 4
Outside of CMA and CA Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 25.4 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 4.9
Note: LICO, low-income cut-off; LIM, low-income measure; MBM, market basket measure; CMA, census metropolitan area; and CA, census agglomeration.
F indicates the statistics are unreliable to be published.
.. means statistics under MBM were not available.
Source: Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (1993 to 2007), Statistics Canada.
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