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This graph illustrates that the more recent the period of immigration, the higher the probability that people 65 years and over who live alone are in low income. This is true for men and women equally. However, for each period of immigration (non-immigrant, before 1961, 1961 to 1970, 1971 to 1980, 1981 to 1990 and 1991 to 2001), women are always more likely to be in low income than men. Just over 70% of elderly immigrant women who lived alone and came to Canada between 1991 and 2001 were in low income. In comparison, this percentage was around 60% of immigrants 65 years and older who came to Canada between 1991 and 2001 and lived alone. Among non-immigrants, around 30% of elderly men lived alone. The corresponding percentage of women was just over 40%.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 2001.