A Snapshot of Racialized Poverty in Canada – Statistical Tables
| Table 16 – Class of Worker, 2006 (Canada and Montreal) Percent distribution of persons living in poverty |
| |
Canada | Montreal |
| Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons |
| Labour force 15 years and over, living in poverty |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Paid workers |
88% |
84% |
90% |
86% |
| - Employees |
82% |
79% |
86% |
80% |
| - Self-employed (incorporated) |
5% |
4% |
4% |
5% |
| Self-employed (unincorporated) |
11% |
16% |
10% |
14% |
| Unpaid family workers |
1% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
| Male labour force 15 years and over, living in poverty |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Paid workers |
86% |
81% |
89% |
83% |
| - Employees |
79% |
74% |
83% |
76% |
| - Self-employed (incorporated) |
7% |
6% |
6% |
7% |
| Self-employed (unincorporated) |
14% |
19% |
11% |
17% |
| Unpaid family workers |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Female labour force 15 years and over, living in poverty |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Paid workers |
90% |
87% |
91% |
88% |
| - Employees |
87% |
85% |
89% |
85% |
| - Self-employed (incorporated) |
3% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
| Self-employed (unincorporated) |
9% |
12% |
8% |
11% |
| Unpaid family workers |
1% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
| Table 16 – Class of Worker, 2006 (Toronto and Vancouver) Percent distribution of persons living in poverty |
| |
Toronto | Vancouver |
| Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons | Racialized persons | Non-racialized persons |
| Labour force 15 years and over, living in poverty |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Paid workers |
87% |
82% |
85% |
82% |
| - Employees |
81% |
75% |
79% |
77% |
| - Self-employed (incorporated) |
6% |
6% |
7% |
5% |
| Self-employed (unincorporated) |
12% |
18% |
14% |
17% |
| Unpaid family workers |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| Male labour force 15 years and over, living in poverty |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Paid workers |
85% |
78% |
83% |
80% |
| - Employees |
77% |
69% |
74% |
73% |
| - Self-employed (incorporated) |
8% |
9% |
9% |
7% |
| Self-employed (unincorporated) |
15% |
21% |
16% |
20% |
| Unpaid family workers |
1% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Female labour force 15 years and over, living in poverty |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Paid workers |
90% |
85% |
88% |
85% |
| - Employees |
87% |
82% |
84% |
81% |
| - Self-employed (incorporated) |
3% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
| Self-employed (unincorporated) |
8% |
14% |
11% |
14% |
| Unpaid family workers |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
Unpaid family workers: Persons who worked without pay in a family business, farm or professional practice owned or operated by a related household member; unpaid family work does not include unpaid housework, unpaid childcare, unpaid care to seniors and volunteer work.
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.
