A Snapshot of Racialized Poverty in Canada – Statistical Tables
| Table 18 – Occupation, 2006 (Canada and Montreal) (National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2006) Percent distribution of persons living in poverty Detailed breakdowns provided for selected occupation categories. |
| |
Canada | Montreal |
| Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons |
| Male labour force 15 years and over, living in poverty |
| All occupations |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| A - Management occupations |
9% |
8% |
7% |
9% |
| B - Business, finance and administration occupations |
10% |
8% |
12% |
11% |
| B0 - Professional occupations in business and finance |
2% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
| B1 - Finance and insurance administration occupations |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| B2 - Secretaries |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| B3 - Administrative and regulatory occupations |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| B4 - Clerical supervisors |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| B5 - Clerical occupations |
7% |
5% |
8% |
7% |
| C - Natural and applied sciences and related occupations |
9% |
6% |
8% |
8% |
| D - Health occupations |
2% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
| E - Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion |
5% |
4% |
4% |
5% |
| F - Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport |
3% |
5% |
3% |
8% |
| G - Sales and service occupations |
31% |
26% |
35% |
29% |
| G0 - Sales and service supervisors |
1% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
| G1 - Wholesale, technical, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers |
2% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
| G2 - Retail salespersons and sales clerks |
5% |
4% |
5% |
5% |
| G3 - Cashiers |
2% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
| G4 - Chefs and cooks |
5% |
3% |
7% |
3% |
| G5 - Occupations in food and beverage service |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
| G6 - Occupations in protective services |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
| G7 - Occupations in travel and accommodation, including attendants in recreation and sport |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| G8 - Child care and home support workers |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| G9 - Sales and service occupations, n.e.c. |
11% |
11% |
13% |
12% |
| H - Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations |
20% |
28% |
17% |
23% |
| H0 - Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation |
0% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
| H1 - Construction trades |
3% |
7% |
2% |
4% |
| H2 - Stationary engineers, power station operators and electrical trades and telecommunications occupations |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| H3 - Machinists, metal forming, shaping and erecting occupations |
1% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
| H4 - Mechanics |
2% |
3% |
2% |
3% |
| H5 - Other trades, n.e.c. |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
| H6 - Heavy equipment and crane operators, including drillers |
0% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
| H7 - Transportation equipment operators and related workers, excluding labourers |
9% |
6% |
7% |
6% |
| H8 - Trades helpers, construction and transportation labourers and related occupations |
4% |
6% |
3% |
4% |
| I - Occupations unique to primary industry |
2% |
8% |
1% |
2% |
| J - Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities |
9% |
6% |
10% |
5% |
| Female labour force 15 years and over, living in poverty |
| All occupations |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| A - Management occupations |
5% |
5% |
4% |
5% |
| B - Business, finance and administration occupations |
17% |
18% |
17% |
20% |
| B0 - Professional occupations in business and finance |
2% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
| B1 - Finance and insurance administration occupations |
1% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
| B2 - Secretaries |
2% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
| B3 - Administrative and regulatory occupations |
1% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
| B4 - Clerical supervisors |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| B5 - Clerical occupations |
11% |
12% |
12% |
12% |
| C - Natural and applied sciences and related occupations |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
| D - Health occupations |
6% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
| E - Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion |
8% |
9% |
9% |
11% |
| F - Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport |
3% |
5% |
3% |
7% |
| G - Sales and service occupations |
46% |
47% |
42% |
43% |
| G0 - Sales and service supervisors |
1% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
| G1 - Wholesale, technical, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
| G2 - Retail salespersons and sales clerks |
7% |
8% |
7% |
8% |
| G3 - Cashiers |
6% |
6% |
7% |
6% |
| G4 - Chefs and cooks |
2% |
2% |
2% |
1% |
| G5 - Occupations in food and beverage service |
3% |
7% |
3% |
6% |
| G6 - Occupations in protective services |
0% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
| G7 - Occupations in travel and accommodation, including attendants in recreation and sport |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| G8 - Child care and home support workers |
8% |
4% |
8% |
3% |
| G9 - Sales and service occupations, n.e.c. |
16% |
16% |
13% |
13% |
| H - Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations |
2% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
| I - Occupations unique to primary industry |
1% |
3% |
0% |
0% |
| J - Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities |
9% |
3% |
11% |
4% |
| Table 18 – Occupation, 2006 (Toronto and Vancouver) (National Occupational Classification for Statistics 2006) Percent distribution of persons living in poverty Detailed breakdowns provided for selected occupation categories. |
| |
Toronto | Vancouver |
| Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons |
| Male labour force 15 years and over, living in poverty |
| All occupations |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| A - Management occupations |
10% |
11% |
12% |
9% |
| B - Business, finance and administration occupations |
11% |
10% |
10% |
9% |
| B0 - Professional occupations in business and finance |
2% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
| B1 - Finance and insurance administration occupations |
1% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| B2 - Secretaries |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| B3 - Administrative and regulatory occupations |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| B4 - Clerical supervisors |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| B5 - Clerical occupations |
7% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
| C - Natural and applied sciences and related occupations |
8% |
7% |
8% |
8% |
| D - Health occupations |
1% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
| E - Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion |
3% |
5% |
6% |
6% |
| F - Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport |
3% |
8% |
4% |
7% |
| G - Sales and service occupations |
29% |
25% |
32% |
25% |
| G0 - Sales and service supervisors |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| G1 - Wholesale, technical, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers |
3% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
| G2 - Retail salespersons and sales clerks |
5% |
5% |
5% |
4% |
| G3 - Cashiers |
2% |
1% |
2% |
0% |
| G4 - Chefs and cooks |
4% |
2% |
5% |
2% |
| G5 - Occupations in food and beverage service |
2% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
| G6 - Occupations in protective services |
2% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
| G7 - Occupations in travel and accommodation, including attendants in recreation and sport |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| G8 - Child care and home support workers |
0% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
| G9 - Sales and service occupations, n.e.c. |
9% |
9% |
10% |
9% |
| H - Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations |
23% |
27% |
19% |
27% |
| H0 - Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation |
0% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| H1 - Construction trades |
3% |
8% |
4% |
9% |
| H2 - Stationary engineers, power station operators and electrical trades and telecommunications occupations |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| H3 - Machinists, metal forming, shaping and erecting occupations |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| H4 - Mechanics |
2% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
| H5 - Other trades, n.e.c. |
1% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
| H6 - Heavy equipment and crane operators, including drillers |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| H7 - Transportation equipment operators and related workers, excluding labourers |
10% |
6% |
7% |
4% |
| H8 - Trades helpers, construction and transportation labourers and related occupations |
4% |
5% |
4% |
7% |
| I - Occupations unique to primary industry |
1% |
3% |
3% |
4% |
| J - Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities |
11% |
4% |
5% |
4% |
| Female labour force 15 years and over, living in poverty |
| All occupations |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| A - Management occupations |
6% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
| B - Business, finance and administration occupations |
19% |
23% |
17% |
20% |
| B0 - Professional occupations in business and finance |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
| B1 - Finance and insurance administration occupations |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
| B2 - Secretaries |
2% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
| B3 - Administrative and regulatory occupations |
1% |
3% |
1% |
3% |
| B4 - Clerical supervisors |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| B5 - Clerical occupations |
13% |
13% |
10% |
12% |
| C - Natural and applied sciences and related occupations |
2% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
| D - Health occupations |
5% |
4% |
4% |
5% |
| E - Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion |
7% |
9% |
8% |
10% |
| F - Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport |
3% |
9% |
4% |
9% |
| G - Sales and service occupations |
44% |
41% |
49% |
42% |
| G0 - Sales and service supervisors |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| G1 - Wholesale, technical, insurance, real estate sales specialists, and retail, wholesale and grain buyers |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
| G2 - Retail salespersons and sales clerks |
8% |
8% |
8% |
8% |
| G3 - Cashiers |
6% |
4% |
6% |
4% |
| G4 - Chefs and cooks |
2% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
| G5 - Occupations in food and beverage service |
3% |
7% |
5% |
7% |
| G6 - Occupations in protective services |
0% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
| G7 - Occupations in travel and accommodation, including attendants in recreation and sport |
1% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
| G8 - Child care and home support workers |
8% |
3% |
6% |
4% |
| G9 - Sales and service occupations, n.e.c. |
14% |
13% |
17% |
14% |
| H - Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations |
3% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
| I - Occupations unique to primary industry |
0% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
| J - Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities |
11% |
3% |
6% |
2% |
n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified.
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.
