Household Income
According to Statistics Canada, the largest percentage increases in median total family income occurred mainly in census metropolitan areas (CMA) and census agglomerations associated with primary industries, particularly in Alberta and British Columbia. Among census agglomerations, Grande Prairie (+8.6%) was rated as having the largest increase in median total family income for couple families in Canada.
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Earnings in 2005 (Statistics Canada 2006) |
Grande Prairie, City |
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Total |
Male |
Female |
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Persons 15 years and over with earnings (counts) |
31,490 |
17,080 |
14,405 |
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Median earnings – Persons 15 years and over ($) |
33,619 |
49,719 |
21,640 |
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Persons 15 years and over with earnings who worked full year, full time (counts) |
17,150 |
10,755 |
6,395 |
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Median earnings – Persons 15 years and over who worked full year, full time ($) |
47,807 |
58,109 |
33,470 |
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Grande Prairie, City |
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Total |
Male |
Female |
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Persons 15 years and over with income (counts) |
35,815 |
18,595 |
17,215 |
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Median income – Persons 15 years and over ($) |
32,448 |
48,843 |
21,753 |
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Median income after tax – Persons 15 years and over ($) |
29,102 |
40,953 |
20,255 |
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Composition of total income (100%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Earnings – As a % of total income |
89.0 |
92.2 |
81.6 |
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Government transfers – As a % of total income |
5.3 |
2.9 |
10.9 |
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Other money – As a % of total income |
5.7 |
4.9 |
7.5 |
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Income status of all persons in private households (counts) |
46,650 |
24,025 |
22,625 |
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% in low income before tax – All persons |
8.7 |
7.1 |
10.4 |
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% in low income after tax – All persons |
6.5 |
5.8 |
7.3 |
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% in low income before tax – Persons less than 18 years of age |
8.0 |
7.7 |
8.2 |
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% in low income after tax – Persons less than 18 years of age |
5.9 |
5.7 |
6.1 |
