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Average total income by economic family types
(2001 to 2005)
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  $ constant 2005
Economic families1,  two people or more 76,600 76,400 75,900 77,700 78,400
Elderly families2 51,600 52,300 52,100 53,000 55,100
Married couples only 50,700 50,700 51,100 52,800 53,400
All other elderly families 55,100 58,300 55,800 53,900 61,700
Non-elderly families3 80,700 80,300 79,900 82,000 82,400
Married couples only 77,900 76,400 74,300 75,100 77,800
No earner 40,800 37,400 35,600 35,300 35,600
One earner 63,900 58,400 59,200 62,700 64,900
Two earners 87,700 87,700 84,000 83,700 87,300
Two parent families with children4 87,500 88,100 89,100 92,400 89,500
No earner 25,300 25,600 23,400 24,800 21,500
One earner 64,400 68,100 69,900 67,600 64,200
Two earners 88,600 88,800 89,300 92,500 90,900
Three or more earners 109,900 107,400 108,800 115,200 111,200
Married couples with other relatives 105,900 105,100 105,300 108,100 113,700
Lone-parent families4 39,200 37,400 38,200 38,200 44,500
Male lone-parent families 53,000 53,300 57,700 53,800 64,200
Female lone-parent families 36,300 33,600 33,800 34,700 40,100
No earner 17,600 16,800 16,600 17,900 17,800
One earner 36,100 34,000 33,400 34,800 41,300
Two or more earners 58,200 50,800 53,300 50,600 53,000
All other non-elderly families 67,500 69,300 64,000 67,300 65,500
Unattached individuals 30,800 31,400 32,000 31,800 32,300
Elderly male 29,800 29,500 30,800 30,200 31,200
Non-earner 27,900 26,800 27,000 28,100 26,800
Earner 40,900 41,200 44,300 38,300 48,600
Elderly female 25,500 26,000 25,800 26,900 25,900
Non-earner 24,300 25,400 24,900 25,700 24,800
Earner 40,200 33,300 33,200 36,800 36,500
Non-elderly male 35,100 35,300 36,300 35,400 36,800
Non-earner 12,400 12,200 12,900 12,500 12,900
Earner 39,500 40,100 41,200 39,800 42,000
Non-elderly female 28,300 29,800 30,100 30,000 29,800
Non-earner 12,600 12,500 13,500 13,400 15,200
Earner 33,500 35,200 34,900 35,000 33,700
Note: Average total income refers to income from all sources including government transfers and before deduction of federal and provincial income taxes. It may also called income before tax (but after transfers).
1. An economic family is a group of individuals sharing a common dwelling unit who are related by blood, marriage (including common-law relationships) or adoption.
2. Families in which the major income earner is 65 years of age and over.
3. Families in which the major income earner is less than 65 years of age.
4. With children less than 18 years of age.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table (for fee) 202-0403 and Catalogue no. 75-202-XIE.
Last modified: 2007-05-01.

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