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Earnings as Proportion of Total Income, 2000
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Abstract
In 2000, an estimated 16 416 000 people reported employment income, an increase of more than 1.5 million from a decade earlier. During this decade, the overall average employment income of individuals rose 7.3% to $31 757. ‘Earnings’ refers to the total of wages and salaries as well as net income from self-employment.
Map Source: Adapted from Statistics Canada, Profile of Income of Individuals, Families and Households, Social and Economic Characteristics of Individuals, Families and Households, Housing Costs, and Religion, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2001 Census - Cat. No. 95F0492XCB2001001.
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The 7.3% increase in earnings for all Canadian workers between 1990 and 2000 reflects an increase in both the number of hours and weeks they worked per year, and also their hourly wage rates. Over this period, the number of earners working on a full-time basis for a full year rose by 847 000, or 11%, to 8.6 million. Their average earnings in 2000 were $43 231, a 5.4% increase over 1990. Only in Alberta and Ontario did full-time, full-year workers experience gains above the national average, with earnings increasing by 8.7% in Alberta and 7.8% in Ontario over 1990 levels. Those in Saskatchewan posted gains of 4.0%, while those in British Columbia rose 4.2%. But in all other provinces the increases were less than 2%. Earnings for full-time, full-year workers actually declined in Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and the Yukon.
The Daily is Statistics Canada's official release bulletin. The Daily for May 13, 2003, marked the public release of this census variable. Highlight tables allowing users to perform simple rank and sort functions with the data at various levels of geography are available for this variable here: Income of Individuals, Families and Households: Highlight Tables, 2001 Census. Technical notes for this variable can be found at 2001 Census Technical Reports and User Guides.
The text was adapted from Statistics Canada, Earnings of Canadians: Making a living in the new economy, Catalogue number 96F0030XIE2001013. Statistics Canada information is used with the permission of Statistics Canada. Information on the availability of the wide range of data from Statistics Canada can be obtained from the Statistics Canada’s Regional Offices, its World Wide Web site at: www.statcan.ca/ , and its toll-free access number 1-800-263-1136.
Please read the following Data and Mapping Notes for information on how the map was derived. |
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