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Average market income by economic family types

  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
  $ constant 2002
Economic families1,  two people or more 60,700 61,900 64,600 66,000 65,900
Elderly families2 26,300 28,100 28,800 28,800 29,600
  Elderly married couples 25,300 27,400 27,200 27,900 28,300
  All other elderly families 29,900 30,600 34,400 32,200 34,500
Non-elderly families3 66,200 67,400 70,400 72,000 71,700
  Married couples 66,100 64,900 66,400 70,600 69,500
    No earner 19,900 21,900 22,100 25,200 23,700
    One earner 48,300 50,700 49,800 53,600 49,900
    Two earners 78,100 75,700 76,500 80,200 79,600
  Two parent families with children4 72,200 73,800 76,700 78,000 78,100
    No earner 4,500 4,700 6,000 6,500 8,200E
    One earner 52,600 51,700 51,500 53,100 55,200
    Two earners 74,700 75,600 78,700 79,000 78,300
    Three or more earners 89,900 94,000 97,400 98,600 97,200
  Married couples with other relatives 89,200 92,700 97,700 96,400 95,300
  Lone-parent families4 25,100 25,500 29,400 30,300 29,300
    Male lone-parent families 43,000 42,400 47,700 44,000 44,300
    Female lone-parent families 21,900 22,300 25,600 27,300 25,600
      No earner 2,100 2,400 1,300 2,300 2,200E
      One earner 24,800 25,300 27,100 27,800 26,600
      Two or more earners 42,700 41,100 46,500 48,200 42,100
  All other non-elderly families 51,900 53,200 56,200 56,500 58,500
Unattached individuals 22,300 23,700 24,400 25,200 25,600
Elderly male 15,200 14,600 13,700 16,000 14,900
  Non-earner 11,200 11,900 10,700 12,600 11,500
  Earner 38,200 30,600 28,000 31,900 27,300
Elderly female 9,300 9,500 10,300 10,900 11,400
  Non-earner 8,400 8,600 9,100 9,700 10,700
  Earner 19,900 22,400 24,500 25,500 19,800
Non-elderly males 29,100 30,100 32,000 32,500 32,400
  Non-earner 2,800 2,800 2,500 4,000 4,100
  Earner 34,300 35,000 36,400 36,700 37,000
Non-elderly female 23,200 26,200 25,500 26,300 28,000
  Non-earner 3,800 4,300 4,100 4,700 5,000
  Earner 29,200 32,700 31,400 31,700 33,100
Note: Average market income is the sum of earnings (from employment and self-employment), investment income, (private) retirement income, and items under "Other income". It is equivalent to total income minus government 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 202-0202 and Catalogue no. 75-202-XIE.
Last modified: 2005-01-21.

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