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Income:
Refers to money received from the following sources by persons 15 years of age and over:
wages and salaries; net farm self-employment; net non-farm self-employment income from
unincorporated business and/or professional practice; federal Child Tax benefits; Old Age
Security pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement; benefits from Canada or Quebec Pension
Plan; benefits from Unemployment Insurance; other income from government sources;
investment income; retirement pensions, and other money income.
Earnings (employment
income): Refers to money received by persons 15 years of age and over from wages and
salaries; net farm self-employment income; and net non-farm self-employment income from
unincorporated business or professional practice.
Family income: Refers to the total incomes of all members of a census family 15
years of age and over. A census family is a couple who are married or living
common-law (with or without never-married sons or daughters living with them), or a lone
parent living with at least one never-married son or daughter.
Household income: Refers to the total incomes of all members of a household 15
years of age and over. A household may consist of a family group (census family) with or
without other non-family persons; of two or more families sharing a dwelling; of a group
of unrelated persons; or of one person living alone.
Census metropolitan area (CMA): a very large urban area (known as the
urban core) together with adjacent urban and rural areas that have a high degree of social
and economic integration with the urban core. A CMA has an urban core population of at
least 100,000, based on the previous census.
View definitions for 1996 Census Metropolitan Areas: St.
John's, Halifax,
Saint
John, Saguenay,
Québec,
Sherbrooke,
Trois-Rivières,
Montréal,
Ottawa–Gatineau
Ontario–Quebec, Ottawa-Gatineau
(Quebec part), Ottawa–Gatineau
(Ontario part), Kingston,
Oshawa,
Toronto,
Hamilton,
St.
Catharines–Niagara, Kitchener,
London,
Windsor,
Sudbury,
Thunder
Bay, Winnipeg,
Regina,
Saskatoon,
Calgary,
Edmonton,
Abbotsford,
Vancouver,
Victoria
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