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A Snapshot of Racialized Poverty in Canada – Statistical Tables
| Table 6 - Five most common non-official language mother tongues, among persons living in poverty, 2006 Percent distribution of persons living in poverty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | |||
| Canada | Chinese languages | 30% | German | 10% |
| Arabic | 9% | Italian | 10% | |
| Spanish | 8% | Russian | 9% | |
| Korean | 7% | Polish | 7% | |
| Urdu | 6% | Portuguese | 6% | |
| Montreal | Arabic | 23% | Italian | 15% |
| Spanish | 17% | Arabic | 13% | |
| Chinese languages | 15% | Romanian | 10% | |
| Creoles | 9% | Greek | 9% | |
| Vietnamese | 4% | Russian | 8% | |
| Toronto | Chinese languages | 28% | Russian | 15% |
| Urdu | 11% | Italian | 13% | |
| Persian (Farsi) | 7% | Portuguese | 10% | |
| Korean | 6% | Polish | 10% | |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 6% | Greek | 5% | |
| Vancouver | Chinese languages | 54% | German | 14% |
| Korean | 12% | Russian | 11% | |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 8% | Polish | 8% | |
| Persian (Farsi) | 5% | Italian | 7% | |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 4% | Spanish | 5% | |
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.