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Government Transfer Payments as Proportion of Total Income, 2000
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Abstract
After employment income (earnings), government transfer payments make up the next largest component of total income for individuals. Government transfer payments, such as old-age pensions, employment insurance benefits, child tax benefits and Goods and Services Tax credits, contributed 10 cents of every dollar (on average) to family income. Family income is the combined income of all family members from all sources before income taxes are deducted.
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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While government transfers accounted for 10 cents on every dollar of income among families of all ages in 2000, they accounted for only 5.6 cents on every dollar among the working-age families. Working-age families are families where spouses or parent(s) are aged between 18 and 64. This difference reflects the fact that working-age families are less likely to receive public pension income, such as old-age security and guaranteed income supplement benefits, as well as Canada Pension Plan benefits. The proportion of working-age family income that comes from government transfers had been growing since 1980. In 1980, transfers represented 5.3 cents on every dollar of income. They rose to 6.4 cents in 1990 and 7.9 cents in 1995. This upward trend halted during the latter half of the 1990s, when the share fell to its current level of 5.6 cents.
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, Income of Canadian families, Catalogue number 96F0030XIE2001014. 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 Statistic 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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