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A Snapshot of Racialized Poverty in Canada – Statistical Tables
| Table 11 – Ethnic origin, 2006 Percent distribution of persons living in poverty | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Montreal | Toronto | Vancouver | |||||
| Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | |
| Population living in poverty by ethnic origin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| British Isles origins | 3% | 36% | 2% | 13% | 3% | 36% | 2% | 53% |
| French origins | 1% | 20% | 3% | 29% | 1% | 8% | 0% | 12% |
| Aboriginal origins | 0% | 10% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 9% |
| Other North American origins | 4% | 40% | 4% | 52% | 4% | 20% | 2% | 22% |
| Caribbean origins | 9% | 0% | 16% | 1% | 11% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Latin, Central and South American origins | 5% | 1% | 10% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
| European origins | 5% | 34% | 5% | 25% | 4% | 58% | 3% | 50% |
| African origins | 11% | 0% | 12% | 0% | 11% | 0% | 2% | 1% |
| Arab origins | 9% | 2% | 21% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| West Asian origins | 5% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 2% |
| South Asian origins | 20% | 0% | 13% | 0% | 29% | 0% | 13% | 0% |
| East and Southeast Asian origins | 40% | 0% | 21% | 0% | 35% | 0% | 75% | 1% |
| Oceania origins | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
Ethnic origin: Refers to the ethnic or cultural origins of the respondent's ancestors. Respondents were asked to specify as many origins as applicable. That is why the sum of the different ethnic origins may be greater than 100%.
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.