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Average total income by economic family types

  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
  $ constant 2002
Economic families1, two people or more 68,300 69,100 71,600 73,400 73,200
Elderly families2 47,000 48,600 48,800 49,100 49,800
  Married couples only 45,700 47,700 47,200 48,100 48,400
  All other elderly families 51,400 51,500 54,100 53,100 55,200
Non-elderly families3 71,700 72,500 75,300 77,300 77,000
  Married couples only 70,100 68,500 69,700 74,200 73,200
    No earner 31,100 32,300 32,800 36,700 34,900
    One earner 55,200 56,200 55,100 59,400 55,900
    Two earners 80,300 77,600 78,300 82,400 81,800
  Two parent families with children4 77,000 78,200 81,000 82,800 83,000
    No earner 22,300 21,800 21,700 23,900 25,000
    One earner 59,600 58,200 57,700 59,600 61,500
    Two earners 78,600 79,200 82,300 83,100 82,800
    Three or more earners 93,900 97,600 101,100 103,100 101,400
  Married couples with other relatives 94,900 97,800 102,900 102,100 100,400
  Lone-parent families4 33,500 33,800 37,100 38,100 36,900
    Male lone-parent families 49,500 48,300 52,400 49,500 49,900
    Female lone-parent families 30,600 31,100 33,900 35,600 33,800
      No earner 15,700 16,500 15,700 16,700 15,900
      One earner 32,100 32,300 34,000 34,900 33,500
      Two or more earners 49,700 48,200 53,800 55,100 49,400
  All other non-elderly families 61,700 62,400 65,400 66,100 67,900
Unattached individuals 27,900 28,900 29,500 30,400 30,900
Elderly male 28,800 28,100 27,100 29,300 28,200
  Non-earner 25,000 25,500 24,300 26,100 25,100
  Earner 51,000 43,200 40,500 44,000 39,600
Elderly female 22,300 22,400 23,000 23,800 24,300
  Non-earner 21,400 21,600 22,100 22,600 23,700
  Earner 33,300 33,500 35,300 37,600 31,500
Non-elderly male 31,700 32,400 34,200 34,800 34,800
  Non-earner 10,200 9,900 9,900 11,600 10,900
  Earner 36,000 36,400 37,900 38,200 38,600
Non-elderly female 25,900 28,700 27,800 28,800 30,500
  Non-earner 10,700 10,600 10,500 12,000 12,400
  Earner 30,600 34,000 32,500 33,000 34,400
Note: Average total income refers to income from all sources including government transfers and before deduction of federal and provincial income taxes. It may also called income before tax (but after transfers).
1. An economic family is a group of individuals sharing a common dwelling unit who are related by blood, marriage (including common-law relationships) or adoption.
2. Families in which the major income earner is 65 years of age and over.
3. Families in which the major income earner is less than 65 years of age.
4. With children less than 18 years of age.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 202-0403 and Catalogue no. 75-202-XIE.
Last modified: 2005-01-21.

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