Table 1
Selected socio-demographic characteristics of Ontario population, by area of residence, 2006

Table 1.
Selected socio-demographic characteristics of Ontario population, by area of residence, 2006
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected socio-demographic characteristics of Ontario population. The information is grouped by Population characteristics (appearing as row headers), Area of residence (appearing as column headers).
Population characteristics	Area of residence
Population characteristics	Low-Aboriginal identity	High-Aboriginal identity
Population younger than 15 (%)	18.1	29.0
Population 65 or older (%)	13.6	7.2
Average household income ($)	76,794	40,777
Receiving government transfer payments (%)	9.9	23.0
Low income before tax (%)	14.4	21.0
Occupied private dwellings in need of major repairs (%)	6.3	30.1
Lone-parent families^Note * (%)	24.3	42.1
Less than high school graduation^Note † (%)	18.5	43.1
University degree or more^Note † (%)	23.1	5.7
Unemployed^Note ‡ (%)	6.3	16.6
Professional occupation^Note § (%)	17.6	12.1
Note * as percentage of all families with children Return to note * referrer Note † as percentage of population aged 25 or older Return to note † referrer Note ‡ as percentage of population aged 15 or older in labour force Return to note ‡ referrer Note § senior management; professional occupations in business and finance, natural and applied sciences, health, and art and culture; nurse supervisors and registered nurses; judges, lawyers, psychologists, social workers, ministers of religion, and policy and program officers; teachers and professors Return to note § referrer Source: Statistics Canada. Profile for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions, Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas, 2006 Census (Catalogue 94-581-XCB2006002) Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2008.

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