Table 19 - Unpaid child care, 2006 Percent distribution of persons living in poverty | ||||||||
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Canada | Montreal | Toronto | Vancouver | |||||
Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | |
Total population 15 years and over, living in poverty | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
No hours of unpaid child care | 57% | 70% | 58% | 73% | 55% | 70% | 61% | 75% |
Less than 5 hours of unpaid child care | 10% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 11% | 7% | 10% | 5% |
5 to 14 hours of unpaid child care | 11% | 6% | 11% | 6% | 12% | 7% | 10% | 6% |
15 to 29 hours of unpaid child care | 8% | 5% | 8% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 4% |
30 to 59 hours of unpaid child care | 6% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 3% |
60 hours or more of unpaid child care | 8% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 7% |
Males 15 years and over, living in poverty | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
No hours of unpaid child care | 63% | 77% | 65% | 78% | 61% | 75% | 65% | 80% |
Less than 5 hours of unpaid child care | 11% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 12% | 8% | 11% | 5% |
5 to 14 hours of unpaid child care | 12% | 6% | 11% | 6% | 13% | 8% | 11% | 5% |
15 to 29 hours of unpaid child care | 7% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 4% |
30 to 59 hours of unpaid child care | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
60 hours or more of unpaid child care | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% |
Females 15 years and over, living in poverty | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
No hours of unpaid child care | 52% | 65% | 51% | 70% | 50% | 67% | 58% | 70% |
Less than 5 hours of unpaid child care | 8% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 9% | 6% | 8% | 6% |
5 to 14 hours of unpaid child care | 10% | 6% | 11% | 6% | 11% | 6% | 9% | 6% |
15 to 29 hours of unpaid child care | 9% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 9% | 6% | 8% | 4% |
30 to 59 hours of unpaid child care | 8% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 4% |
60 hours or more of unpaid child care | 12% | 13% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 11% |
Note: Poverty is measured using Statistics Canada's after-tax low income cut-offs (LICOs). The LICOs are only available for persons in private households in the ten provinces. That means the data presented above does not include residents of the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, persons living on Indian reserves and residents of institutions.
Source: Statistics Canada. 2009. Special tabulation, based on 2006 Census. Calculations by the National Council of Welfare.