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1. The 2000 data banks contain 4 168 areas coded as level of geography 61 Economic Region An economic region is a grouping of complete census divisions see definition below with one exception in Ontario Economic regions ERs are used to analyse regional economic activity Within the province of Quebec ERs are designated by law In all other provinces they are created by agreement between Statistics Canada and the provinces concerned Prince Edward Island and the territories each consist of one economic region The 2000 databanks contain 75 areas coded as level of geography 51 42 Level of Geography Census Metropolitan Areas CMAs Description The general concept of a CMA is one of a very large urban area together with adjacent urban and rural areas that have a high degree of economic and social integration with that urban area CMAs have an urban core population of at least 100 000 based on the previous census There are 26 CMAs in the 2000 databanks 001 St John s Newfoundland 205 Halifax Nova Scotia 310 Saint John New Brunswick 408 Chicoutimi Jonquiere Qu bec 421 Qu bec Qu bec 433 Sherbrooke Qu bec 442 Trois Rivi res Qu bec 462 Montr al Qu bec 505 Ottawa Hull Qu bec part 505 Ottawa Hull Ontario part 532 Oshawa Ontario 535 Toronto Ontario 537 Hamilton Ontario 539 St Catharines Niagara Ontario 541 Kitchener Ontario 555 London Ontario 55
2. FST credit in 1989 and 1990 GST credit which began replacing the FST credit in 1990 and completely replaced it by 1991 and became the GST HST credit starting in 1997 Child Tax Credit to 1992 Canada Child Tax Benefit starting with 1993 Old Age Security pension net federal supplements Canada and Quebec Pension plans non taxable income and provincial refundable tax credits both beginning in 1990 Quebec family allowance beginning in 1994 British Columbia family bonus beginning in 1996 New Brunswick child tax benefit beginning in 1997 Alberta family employment tax credit beginning in 1997 Northwest Territories child benefit beginning in 1998 Nova Scotia child tax benefit beginning in 1998 Nunavut child benefit beginning in 1998 Ontario child care supplement for working families beginning in 1998 and the Saskatchewan child benefit beginning in 1998 The individuals in this case receive these payments without providing goods or services in return Previous to the 1996 data Afransfer payments lso included superannuation and other private pensions Harmonized Sales Tax HST In Newfoundland Nova Scotia and New Brunswick the provincial sales tax has been harmonized with the Goods and Services Tax GST since 1997 to become the harmonized sales tax For this reason the federal GST credit is now known as the GST HST credit Husband wife families Consist of a couple living together whether married or common law
3. beginning in 1990 Harmonized Sales Tax HST credit beginning in 1997 Child tax credit up to and including 1992 Canada Child Tax Benefit starting with 1993 29 Other non taxable income since 1990 Workers compensation payments shown separately starting with 1994 Social assistance payments shown separately starting with 1994 Guaranteed income supplements included with Net Federal Supplements since 1994 previously in non taxable income Spouses allowances included with Net Federal Supplements since 1994 previously in non taxable income Provincial refundable tax credits in Ontario Quebec and Manitoba since 1990 British Columbia and the Northwest Territories since 1993 Newfoundland and Nunavut since 1997 Monies not included in income above are veterans disability and dependent pensioners payments war veterans allowances lottery winnings and capital gains Unemployment Insurance UI See Employment Insurance EI User defined areas Are areas that have been defined by the data users as the specific area for which they require data This would apply only to areas which are not standard areas and could include any one or a combination of areas that comprised for example half of a letter carrier walk in one FSA and a portion of a walk in another FSA In other words the area whose boundaries are a portion of or a combination of portions of standard areas The smallest building block for these spec
4. percentage of the total for that same population in that same area Provincial refundable tax credits Unlike non refundable tax credits these amounts are paid to the taxfiler regardless of tax liability Included are the refundable provincial tax credits received by taxfilers in Manitoba Ontario and Quebec since 1990 British Columbia and the Northwest Territories since 1993 Newfoundland and Nunavut beginning in 1997 Quebec family allowances beginning with 1994 the British Columbia family bonus beginning with 1996 the New Brunswick child tax benefit beginning in 1997 the Alberta family employment tax credit beginning with 1997 the Northwest Territories child benefit beginning with 1998 the Nova Scotia child tax benefit beginning with 1998 the Nunavut child benefit beginning with 1998 the Ontario child care supplement for working families beginning with 1998 and the Saskatchewan child benefit beginning with 1998 Quebec family allowance Includes payment of a non taxable allowance to the parent or guardian of one or more unmarried children under the age of 18 and not a ward of the province The applicant must have resided in Quebec for at least one month or subject his her income or that of the spouse to the Quebec income tax laws The QFA rate varies according to the rank of the child in the family and according to the child s age Available starting with 1994 data Included in AProvincial refundable tax credits Fami
5. the number reporting transfer payments and the value reported These transfer payments include All government transfer payments Employment Insurance EI Goods and Services Tax GST Credit Harmonized Sales Tax HST Credit Canada Child Tax Benefits CCTB Old Age Security OAS Net Federal Supplements Canada Quebec Pension Plan CPP QPP Workers Compensation Social Assistance Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits Private pensions Table 8 Economic Dependency Profile of Lone Parent Families and Non Family Persons For all lone parent families for parents for children for non family persons and for the entire population the number reporting employment income and the value reported the number reporting transfer payments and the value reported These transfer payments include All government transfer payments Employment Insurance EI Goods and Services Tax GST Credit Harmonized Sales Tax HST Credit Canada Child Tax Benefits CCTB Old Age Security OAS Net Federal Supplements Canada Quebec Pension Plan CPP QPP Workers Compensation Social Assistance Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits Private pensions 12 Table 9 Labour Income Profile of Husband Wife Families Count of people in husband wife families of husbands of wives and of children in husband wife families and of the entire population For husband wife families for husbands for wives and for children in husband wife families an
6. 20 Census families This definition of the family classifies people in the following manner 1 husbands and wives married or common law living in the same dwelling with or without children 2 lone parents male or female with one or more children Thus the residual population is called non family persons and is made up of persons living alone and of persons living in a household but who are not living with a spouse a parent or a child See also Children Children In husband wife and lone parent families are taxfilers or imputed persons taxfiling children report a marital status other than Anarried have no child of their own and live with their parent s There is no age limit to children they may be of any age unless otherwise specified Previous to the 1998 data taxfiling children had to report Aingle s their marital status Most children are identified from the CCTB file a provincial births file or a previous T1FF CityID Since names can be in some cases quite long and cumbersome for handling in electronic files municipalities are given a Aity identification number Counts Indicate the number of persons or items represented in a variable e g the number of taxfilers reporting income in the year in question Dependents For the purpose of these databanks dependents are the non filing members of a family We do not attempt to measure dependency in any way but are able to identify certain non filing family members and i
7. 4 and 5 outline the before tax and after tax Low Income Measures LIMs for 2000 Both figures have the same format Various family types are outlined lone parent families one adult with one two and 18 children husband wife families two adults with zero one two and 18 children lone parent or husband wife families with older children and younger children one to four adults with zero one and two children and non family persons one adult no children Low income families and low income non family persons are those whose family incomes are below the LIM for their family type FIGURE 4 2000 BEFORE TAX LOW INCOME MEASURES Number of Children Less Than 16 Years of Age Number of aats o 1 2 B 13 350 18 690 22 695 86 775 2 3 2 18 690 22 695 26 700 90 780 Includes parents spouses children 16 years of age and over and the first child in lone parent families regardless of age Example Before Tax LIM The 2000 LIM for a non family person is 13 350 and the 2000 LIM for a lone parent family with two children 15 years of age and under is 22 695 The LIM for any family size can be calculated by multiplying 13 350 by the appropriate Adjusted family factor or a specific family size For example the LIM for a husband wife family with two children over the age of 15 is 29 370 This is calculated by multiplying 13 350 by 2 2 FIGURE 5 2000 AFTER TAX LOW INCOME MEASURES Number of Children Less Than 16 Years of
8. Age Number of aats o a 2 e s 1 11 550 16 170 19 635 75 075 2 3 2 16 170 19 635 23 100 78 540 Includes parents spouses children 16 years of age and over and the first child in lone parent families regardless of age Example After Tax LIM The 2000 After Tax LIM for a non family person is 11 550 and the 2000 After Tax LIM for a lone parent family with two children 15 years of age and under is 19 635 The After Tax LIM for any family size can be calculated by multiplying 11 550 by the appropriate Adjusted family factor or a specific family size For example the After Tax LIM for a husband wife family with two children over the age of 15 is 25 410 This is calculated by multiplying 11 550 by 2 2 Other Low Income Statistics In addition to the census family information produced from administrative files which is described in this user s guide low income statistics are also available for economic and census families from the Survey of Consumer Finances up to 1997 and from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics from 1993 onwards These include both Low Income Cut Offs LICOs and Low Income Measures LIMs For further information contact Income Statistics Division Statistics Canada Ottawa Ontario K1A OT6 613 951 7355 toll free 1 888 297 7355 fax 613 951 3253 Internet income statcan ca SECTION II THE DATA TABLES Data Table Contents Table 1 Summary Table Count of taxfilers C
9. E mail licensing statcan ca Marketing Division Statistics Canada Telephone 613 951 1122 R H Coats Building 9 floor section A Fax 613 951 1134 Ottawa Ontario K1A OT6 Canada Statistics Canada 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS TN TRODUG TION gripe esata ciate tinal ied et i ote eal pE ate oes Nis ast eats 1 SECTION T THE DATA cu shan ccel ence 9 te acasetausiaads a A E N a 2 Data Source 222 iu eit soiree AN eel eeu eee et eee eee 2 Data Quant yess haha uta Gs ea Bee ee E i Bs EE a ee 3 Confidentiality and Rounding 242 01 gasses cess tetsu tie ieadeea imesh ens Se leunse a cacuespaapiace saad 5 Suppressed DET APE E E EEE E E 5 Low Income Measures nunon hasionainan an naani as a R a AE ES 7 Low Income Measures by Family Typ iscccccceaeetaai edie eads 8 Other Low Meome Statisties oP os she teis isties eiiiai 9 SECTION Il THE DATA TABLES iscsscsceaseascisisnsyescisnscuaestotescestvacsets setzevstacecatetniyniavaeavactasevines 10 Data Table A NGS TES eu occ aad vs ae acta ets na pid eos adap epee me 10 Statistical Tables Footnotes and Historical Availability ec eecceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeee 17 SECTION IM GLOSSARY OF TERMS 2 coscoucacaani sssaged guscwiate toacniadeseitaniasaauae on ciuas com aueaesane 20 SECTION EV GE OGRA stasis tite a sulle he ete leita ve Bieta oh e i Sole cde 31 Geographic Levels Postal Geography ccceescccsencecesececesececeencecseccecseeeeceeeeeceeeeeeeeeees 32 Adding postal
10. Tax Benefits Goods and Services Tax Credit Harmonized Sales Tax Credit Workers Compensation Social Assistance Provincial Refundable Tax Credits RRSP Income Other Income Total Income x Confidential when reported by fewer than 15 taxfilers In the data supplied to clients the suppressed cell will contain a 0 x For the same income variable the value for the opposite gender was suppressed in the table to avoid disclosure by subtraction x The value for a second income variable was suppressed elsewhere in the table to avoid disclosure by subtraction Low Income Measures Before Tax and After Tax Low Income Measures LIMs are a relative measure of low income LIMs are a fixed percentage 50 of adjusted median family income where adjusted indicates a consideration of family needs The family size adjustment used in calculating the Low Income Measures reflects the precept that family needs increase with family size A family is considered to be low income when their income is below the Low Income Measure for their family type and size The following steps outline the method to calculate the Low Income Measures and to establish the low income population for census families and non family persons The procedure for the Before Tax LIM and the After Tax LIM is the same but a different income variable is incorporated into each of the calculations Total Income is used for the Before Tax LIM while Income After Tax is used for t
11. areas without duplication esseeeeeseesseeseeseseresressessrerressersrerreeseese 37 Concordanee files snecsssussrcunnienaihan ninan aiiis 39 Old walknew walk Tile noseia e E E E 40 Geographic Levels Census Geography ssssssesssssesssesseeseresssetssresseesseessseeesseessresseessee 42 Geographic Levels Special Geography sessssssesssessessseeseressseessesseesserssseessseessesseessee 45 Conversion files cic sce ei edna eet tet ar EEA EEA anaes 46 WEINVIFE YOUR COMMEN PS nienn a a s 48 LIST OF DATA PRODUCTS AVAILABLE oi sccciscsscsssensdaatissasencetasecatindssareveesteeta sonteiadenvaatasteease 49 REGIONAL REFERENCE CENTRES ies eyi teisese ea ee aaeeea iai 50 ii INTRODUCTION Urban planning social policy and local marketing strategies require a comprehensive understanding of regional socio economic characteristics The Small Area and Administrative Data Division SAADD provides various data sources which can contribute significantly to this knowledge The Family databank is one of these sources This databank is compiled from information obtained through annual personal income tax returns and is updated annually For the 1991 tax year four additional tables in this series concentrated on seniors and their family situation Beginning with the 1992 tax year these four tables constitute a separate data product called Seniors Starting with the 1994 tax year two tables were added to the family series bringing
12. as follows Newfoundland and Labrador A99010 Nova Scotia B99012 Prince Edward Island C99011 New Brunswick E99013 Quebec J99024 Ontario P99035 R99046 S 99047 T99048 V99059 X99061 X99062 Y99060 32 Level of Geography L O G Postal Area Other Provincial Total P Pot Description This level of data is an aggregation of small communities in the province that had less than 100 taxfilers where these communities are combined into a pot Before 1992 it was identified by the same codes as the provincial territorial totals and only the Delivery Mode codes 2 and 3 distinguished between the two To avoid this problem starting with the 1992 data an 8 appears after the provincial territorial letter instead of a 9 The 9 will be reserved for the provincial territorial total as explained in 11 above These pot codes are as follows A89010 B89012 C89011 E89013 J89024 P89035 R89046 S89047 T89048 V89059 X89061 X89062 Y89060 Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Rural Postal Code Not in City This level of geography pertains to rural communities that have one and only one rural postal code These stand alone rural postal codes can be identified by a zero in the second position of the postal code and a level of geography code 09 The 2000 databanks contain 4 144 areas coded as level o
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14. 9 Windsor Ontario 580 Sudbury Ontario 595 Thunder Bay Ontario 602 Winnipeg Manitoba 705 Regina Saskatchewan 725 Saskatoon Saskatchewan 825 Calgary Alberta 835 Edmonton Alberta 933 Vancouver British Columbia 935 Victoria British Columbia 43 Level of Geography Federal Electoral District Description A federal electoral district FED refers to any place or territorial area entitled to elect a representative member to serve in the House of Commons source Canada Elections Act 1990 There are 301 FEDs in Canada according to the 1996 Representation Order The Representation Order is prepared by the Chief Electoral Officer describing naming and specifying the population of each electoral district established by the Electoral Boundaries Commission and sent to the Governor in Council The 2000 data banks contain 301 areas coded as level of geography 31 Census Divisions CDs General term applying to geographic areas established by provincial law or in conjunction with Statistics Canada as in the cases of Newfoundland Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta and intermediate between census subdivisions and the province e g counties regional districts regional municipalities etc In Newfoundland Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta Statistics Canada in co operation with those provinces has created census divisions There are 288 CDs in the 2000 databanks based on the 1996 Census b
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17. able Count of families by number of children and total Median after tax family income by number of children and total Number of persons within a family by number of children and total Number of children 0 to 17 years of age by number of children within the family and total Number of persons 65 years of age and over by number of children within the family and total 16 Statistical Tables Footnotes and Historical Availability Note for changes to variable definitions please see Glossary of Terms All tables available for all levels of the postal geography for Census Divisions CDs and for Census Metropolitan Areas CMAs subject to the following notes the income shown here could be reported by any member of the family income ranges are cumulative and not discrete since 1993 This means that a person with an income of 100 000 will be included in the 10 000 category in the 15 000 category in the 20 000 category in the 25 000 category etc there is no age limit for children except in tables 17 and 18 available for Census Tracts Economic Regions and Federal Electoral Districts starting with 1999 data excluding tables 17 18 starting with 2000 data the Husband Wife Family category includes same sex couples Table 1 available since 1990 number of taxfilers added in 1993 available since 1990 average age was added to this table starting with 1994 available in its current f
18. al Area The urban Forward Sortation Area FSA identified by the first three characters of the postal code includes all residential addresses covered by the first three characters of a postal code in a particular urban area not including levels 04 and 05 Only residential FSAs are considered for these databanks This level of data is an aggregation of Postal Walk Other Postal Walk An Urban FSA of this type can be identified by the FSA followed by three blanks The 2000 databanks contain 1 838 areas coded as level of geography 03 35 Level of Geography L O G Postal Area Other Postal Walk Postal Walk Description This level of data is an aggregation of urban residential postal codes unallocated to a letter carrier route and postal walks with less than 100 taxfilers A postal walk record of this type can be identified by the FSA followed by three blanks and the postal walk number XXXX The 2000 databanks contain 190 areas coded as level of geography 02 This is the finest level of data and is an aggregation of urban residential postal codes allocated to a letter carrier route A postal walk of this type can be identified by a region code which is the FSA followed by three blanks and the postal walk number An average FSA contains 11 walks The 2000 databanks contain 19 654 areas coded as level of geography 01 The total population of these postal walks is 22 382 150 with an average popula
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20. arent and total for all families by age of children Counts of children in families husband wife lone parent and total for all families by age of children The age groups used are All children under 6 years All 6 14 All 15 17 Some under 6 and some 6 14 Some under 6 and some 15 17 Some 6 14 and some 15 17 Some under 6 some 6 14 and some 15 17 14 All under 18 Some under 18 and some 18 and over All 18 and over Table 16 Family Units and Persons by Language of Tax Form Counts of husband wife families counts of lone parent families counts of non family persons and a total for the preceding by language of tax form Counts of persons in husband wife families counts of persons in lone parent families counts of non family persons and a total for the preceding by language of tax form The language groupings used are All English All French Some English and some French Total Table 17 Low Income based on Before Tax Low Income Measures LIMS For all husband wife families all lone parent families all non family persons and a total of these three groups the table contains the following information Count of families by number of children and total Median before tax family income by number of children and a total Number of persons within a family by number of children and a total Number of children 0 to 17 years of age by number of children within a family and total Number of p
21. ase dates Product name Product number Release date RRSP Contributors 17C0006 November RRSP Contribution Limits Room 17C0011 November Canadian Savers 17C0009 November Canadian Investors 17C0007 November Canadian Investment Income 17C0008 November Canadian Taxfilers 17C0010 November Canadian Capital Gains 17C0012 November Charitable Donors 13C0014 December Neighbourhood Income and Demographics 13C0015 July Economic Dependency Profiles 13C0017 July Labour Income Profiles 71C0018 July Families 13C0016 July Seniors 89C0022 July Migration Estimates 91C0025 September 49 REGIONAL REFERENCE CENTRES The Advisory Services Division of Statistics Canada provides an information dissemination network across the country through nine regional Reference Centres Each Reference Centre has a collection of current publications and reference documents that can be consulted or purchased along with microcomputer diskettes CD ROMs maps and other products Copying facilities for printed materials are available on site Each Reference Centre provides a wide range of additional services On the one hand the Dissemination Services a free telephone inquiries line for the most recent basic data On the other hand Advisory Services identification of your needs establishing sources or availability of data consolidation and integration of data coming from different sources and development of profiles analysis of highlights or tendencies and fin
22. at the same address and any children living at the same address taxfiling children must report a marital status other than Anarried Previous to the 1998 data taxfiling children had to report Aingle as their marital status Starting with the 2000 data this category includes same sex couples See also Census families Imputed persons Are persons who are not taxfilers but are reported or otherwise identified by a taxfiler for example a non filing spouse or child Income after tax Is total income minus provincial and federal income taxes plus Quebec Abatement Income aggregates Are rounded to the nearest thousand dollars See also Total income and the various sources of income Index Is a comparison of the variable for the given area with either the province province 100 or with Canada Canada 100 23 Interest income Refers to the amount Canadians claimed on line 121 of the personal income tax return This amount includes interest generated from bank deposits Canada Savings Bonds corporate bonds treasury bills investment certificates term deposits annuities mutual funds earnings on life insurance policies and all foreign interest and foreign dividend incomes Investment income Includes both interest income and dividend income Labour income Includes employment income wages salaries commissions and net self employment income and Employment Insurance benefits Level of geography Is a code designating
23. d for the entire population counts of numbers reporting labour income and the value reported The different incomes shown are Total income Labour income Employment income Wages salaries commissions Self employment income Employment Insurance EI Table 10 Labour Income Profile of Lone Parent Families and Non Family Persons Count of people in lone parent families of parents and of children of non family persons and of the entire population For lone parent families for parents and for children in lone parent families for non family persons and for the entire population counts of numbers reporting labour income and the value reported The different incomes shown are Total income Labour income Employment income Wages salaries commissions Self employment income Employment Insurance Table 11 Labour Income by Age Group and Gender Count of taxfilers and dependents by age group and by gender Count of taxfilers and dependents with labour income by age group and by gender Participation rates by age group and by gender Table 12 Employment Insurance by Age Group and Gender Count of labour participants by age group and by gender Count of Employment Insurance recipients by age group and by gender 13 Table 13 Single Earner and Dual Earner Families by Number of Children Includes Only Spouses Parents Reporting Non Negative Employment Income Number reporting total employment income of parent spouses reported and t
24. e with children or with a parent They may be living with a family to whom they are related e g brother in law cousin grandparent or unrelated e g lodger room mate They may be living with other non family persons or living alone See also Census families Non negative income Is income that is zero or greater Non taxable income provincial refundable tax credits Non taxable income refers to the amounts included in a taxfiler s income when applying for refundable tax credits but not included in the calculation of taxable income these amounts include Workers Compensation payments Net Federal Supplements received Guaranteed Income Supplements and or Spouse s Allowance and social assistance payments Beginning with the 1994 data information is available separately for Net Federal Supplements Workers Compensation and social assistance Provincial tax 25 credits are a refundable credit paid to individuals by the province in which he she resided as of December 31 of the taxation year See also AProvincial refundable tax credits Northwest Territories child benefit Beginning in July 1998 the Northwest Territories Child Benefit NWTCB is a tax free monthly payment made to qualifying families with children under age 18 The Territorial Worker Supplement part of the NWTCB program is an additional benefit paid to qualifying families with working income who have children under age 18 Benefits from these programs are combined w
25. e Old walk New walk file This file shows the percentage change in the postal walks between the date of the walks to which the data are attached and the latest such information available to us from Canada Post This file compares the six character urban postal codes that make up the postal walk at two different points in time It shows the percentage of the postal codes from the original old walk that are included in the newer walk and the percentage of the new walk that is derived from the old The following illustration is an example of an old walk new walk file 40 Comparison Between Old Walks June 2001 and New Walks June 2002 Old walk New walk of old of new included in derived from 50 50 aa twp fe o jo fete 51 P E a aos wwe fw itn ii 41 Geographic Levels Census Geography Data are also available for the following levels of the Census geography the following table shows the coded designators for these geographies as well as a brief description of each Level of Geography Census Tract Description Census Tracts CTs are small geographic units representing urban or rural neighbourhood like communities in census metropolitan areas see definition below or census agglomerations with an urban core population of 50 000 or more at time of 1996 Census CTs are delineated by a committee of local specialists such as planners health and social workers and educators in conjunction with Statistics Canada
26. e included is very high This comparison was done using estimates from Statistics Canada s Demography Division see Figure 1 Beginning with the 2000 data same sex couples reporting as a couple are included as common law couples and therefore counted in the husband wife category The initial population used to develop the family units comprises all taxfilers for the reference year and represents approximately two thirds of the Canadian population The family units are formed from information obtained on the tax returns of the taxfiling family members First taxfilers from the same family including children are matched using common links e g spousal social insurance number same name and same address Prior to 1993 non filing children were identified from information on their parents tax form Information from the federal Family Allowance Program was used to assist in the identification of children Since 1993 children are added to the family by using the Canada Child Tax Benefit CCTB file the provincial births files and previous years of the TIFF The remaining taxfilers who have not been matched in the family formation process become non family persons Non family persons are not living with a spouse or child or parent They may be living with a family to whom they are related e g brother in law cousin grandparent or unrelated e g lodger roommate They may be living with other non family persons or living alone The fam
27. ed charity or under a government program The value is reported on line 145 of the personal income tax return Available only since 1994 previously included in Non taxable income Spouse Is either a husband or wife in a husband wife family Suppressed data Are intentionally omitted because they breach confidentiality All data counts under a certain number are suppressed along with the corresponding income amounts If the count for one cell or component is suppressed then corresponding income aggregates in another cell are also suppressed to avoid disclosure by subtraction called residual disclosure See the section on Confidentiality Taxfilers Most taxfilers are people who filed a tax return for the reference year and were alive at the end of the year Starting with the 1993 tax year those taxfilers who died within the tax year and who had a non filing spouse had their income and their filing status attributed to the surviving spouse 28 Total income Note this variable was revised over the years as reflected in the comments below data users who plan to compare current data to data from previous years should bear in mind these changes Also it should be noted that all income amounts are gross with the exception of net rental income net limited partnership income and all forms of net self employment income Income reported by taxfilers from any of the following sources Labour income Employment income Wages salaries commi
28. ersons 65 years of age and over by number of children within a family and total For low income husband wife families low income lone parent families low income non family persons and a total of these three groups the same type of information as outlined above is available Count of families by number of children and total Median before tax family income by number of children and total Number of persons within a family by number of children and total Number of children 0 to 17 years of age by number of children within the family and total Number of persons 65 years of age and over by number of children within the family and total 15 Table 18 After Tax Low Income based on After Tax Low Income Measures LIMS For all husband wife families all lone parent families all non family persons and a total of these three groups the table contains the following information Count of families by number of children and total Median after tax family income by number of children and a total Number of persons within a family by number of children and a total Number of children 0 to 17 years of age by number of children within a family and total Number of persons 65 years of age and over by number of children within a family and total For low income husband wife families low income lone parent families low income non family persons and a total of these three groups the same type of information as outlined above is avail
29. example is given as 26 000 it means that exactly half of the incomes reported are greater than or equal to 26 000 and that the other half are less than or equal to the median amount Median incomes in the data tables are rounded to the nearest hundred dollars Zero values are not included in the calculation of medians for individuals but are included in the calculation of medians for families Negative income Generally applies to net self employment income net rental income and net limited partnership income Negative income would indicate that expenses exceeded gross income Net federal supplements Are part of the Old Age Security OAS pension program intended to supplement the income of pensioners and spouses with lower income payments take the form of a Guaranteed Income Supplement GIS or a Spouse s Allowance SPA Between 1990 and 1993 Net Federal Supplements were included in Aion taxable income Net rental income Is income received or earned from the rental of property less related costs and expenses Included in AOther income New Brunswick child tax benefit Since 1997 this benefit supplements the Canada Child Tax Benefit for New Brunswick residents at a maximum of 250 per year per eligible child and another maximum 250 per year depending on the family earned income Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits n the statistical tables Non family person Is an individual who is not living with a spous
30. f geography 09 33 Level of Geography Postal Area L O G Other Urban Area Non residential within city E Pot Description This level of data is an aggregation of the following geographies for unique place names within a province territory Urban FSA Residential Rural Route Suburban Services Code 05 Rural Postal Code within city Code 06 Other Urban Area Code 07 They have the following format e g Edmonton T95479 Regina 94876 The pattern is the postal letter of the city plus 9 in the second position indicating a total followed by a 4 digit numeric code for the community often called CityID The 2000 databanks contain 943 areas coded as level of geography 08 This aggregation of data or pot covers non residential addresses within an urban centre and all other data not otherwise displayed Commercial addresses post office boxes and general delivery are included as are residential addresses with too few taxfilers to report separately They can be recognized by codes that are similar to the city totals with a distinguishing difference an 8 will follow the city postal letter rather than the 9 of the city total e g Edmonton T85479 Regina S84876 The 2000 databanks contain 484 areas coded as level of geography 07 Rural Postal Code Within City These data pertain to rural postal codes that belong to communities with more than one rural postal code The
31. he After Tax LIM For both of these measures an adjustment is made for capital gains 1 Determine for each family the Aidjusted family size whereby the first adult is counted as 1 0 each additional adult and each child 16 years of age and over as 0 4 and each child less that 16 years of age as 0 3 except in a lone parent family where the first child is counted as 0 4 Each non family person is counted as 1 0 2 For each family calculate an Adjusted family income y dividing their family income by their Adjusted family size For non family persons for which the adjusted family size is 1 0 the Adjusted family income s the individual income 3 Determine the median Adjusted family income which is the adjusted family income where 50 of the families including non family persons have a smaller adjusted family income and 50 have a higher one 4 The LIM for a family of size one is 50 of the median Adjusted family income and the LIMs for the other family types are equal to this value multiplied by their Adjusted family size 5 Low income families and low income non family persons are those whose incomes are below the LIM for their family types Families and non family persons whose incomes are equal to or above the LIM for their family type are not considered low income 6 This process is repeated for each year Thus the LIMs for each year are derived from the reported incomes of that year Low Income Measures by Family Type Figures
32. he median employment income of parent spouses for Male single earner husband wife families by number of children Female single earner husband wife families by number of children Dual earner husband wife families by number of children Lone parent families by number of children Note excluded from this table are families where a spouse either one in husband wife families or the sole parent in lone parent families reported negative employment income and families where both spouses in husband wife families or the sole parent in lone parent families reported no employment income Table 14 Husband Wife Families by Percentage of Wife s Contribution to Husband Wife Employment Income Includes Only Spouses Reporting Non Negative Employment Income Table 14a Counts of husband wife families by age of wife and by percentage of wife s contribution to the family employment income Table 14b Counts of husband wife families by family employment income range and by percentage of wife s contribution to the family employment income Table 14c Counts of husband wife families by number of children and by percentage of wife s contribution to the family employment income Note excluded from this table are families where a spouse either one reported negative employment income and families where both spouses reported no employment income Table 15 Family Units and Children by Age of Children Counts of families husband wife lone p
33. he postal code does not have a space between the third and fourth characters 3 The user defined area code is only four characters in length Our system cannot accommodate user defined areas with hierarchical levels In the previous example areas 0001 and 0002 could not add up to their own total with areas 0003 and 0004 adding up to their own separate total Generating this type of hierarchical information means submitting this conversion file to our programs several times thus increasing costs 47 WE INVITE YOUR COMMENTS We are always working on ways to improve our products The comments we receive concerning quality and presentation are essential to meet this objective If you have any suggestions in this regard we encourage you the user to provide us with your comments Data in many forms Statistics Canada disseminates data in a variety of forms In addition to publications both standard and special tabulations are offered Data are available on the Internet compact disk diskette computer printouts microfiche and microfilm and magnetic tape Maps and other geographic reference materials are available for some types of data Direct online access to aggregated information is possible through CANSIM Statistics Canada s machine readable database and retrieval system How to obtain more information Inquiries about these data and related statistics or services should be directed to Client Services Small Area and Administrat
34. ial areas is the six character postal code To obtain data provide us with a list of the postal codes for which data are required and we will provide the aggregated data Also the user defined area may be a total of a number of individual standard areas grouped together for a total rather than a number of individual areas each with their own total Of course the area must satisfy our confidentiality requirements or no data can be produced See section on Geography Wages salaries and commissions Include employment pay and commissions as stated on T4 information slips training allowances tips gratuities and royalties Starting with the 1999 data the total of wages salaries and commissions includes tax exempt employment income earned on an Indian reserve Workers compensation Includes any compensation received under Workers Compensation in respect of an injury disability or death This value is reported on line 144 of the personal income tax return Information on Workers Compensation is available as a distinct income source starting with the 1994 data previously included in Non taxable Income 30 SECTION IV GEOGRAPHY The data are available for the following geographic areas See AStatistical Tables Footnotes and Historical Availability or further details The mailing address at the time of filing is the basis for the geographic information in the tables Standard areas Postal Geography Canada Provinces and Territ
35. ily databank approximates the total Canadian population It contains information on sources of income from the taxfilers and some demographic indicators derived from both the taxfilers and the non filers For the most part tax returns were filed in the spring of the year following the reference year The mailing address at the time of filing is the basis for the geographic information in the tables Data Quality The data that appear in the tables are taken directly from the family databank built from the income tax and the Canada Child Tax Benefit CCTB records Information on income is obtained from taxfilers and includes incomes of their non filing spouses and dependents Demographic information is derived from taxfilers and non filing dependant spouses and or children such as the estimates of total taxfilers and dependents Figures derived from the databank compare well with estimated population counts Coverage rates of the databank population by family type are reported in figure 1 FIGURE 1 RATES OF COVERAGE Rates of Coverage T1FF Compared to Population Estimates by Family Type Husband Wife Lone Parent Families Families T1FF excluding territories 7 099 750 1 311 960 Demography Division 6 947 337 1 329 771 Sources the Demography Divisions Annual Demographic Statistics annual Statistics Canada catalogue number 91 213 XPB the T1 Family File T1FF data are from the Small Area and Administrative Data Division s famil
36. income Are counted for a given source of income when that income is received by at least one family member Families and individuals may report more than one source of income Family benefits See Alberta family employment tax credit British Columbia family bonus New Brunswick child tax benefit supplement Northwest Territories child benefit Nova Scotia child tax benefit Nunavut child benefit Ontario child care supplement for working families Quebec family allowance Saskatchewan child benefit Canada Child Tax Benefit Family total income Is the sum of the total incomes of all members of the family see Total income New to the 1992 definition of total income is income for non filing spouses The information is derived from the taxfiling spouse Forward Sortation Area FSA See section on Geography Goods and Services Tax GST credit Includes all amounts received through this program In 1990 the Goods and Services Tax Credit began replacing the Federal Sales Tax FST Credit By 1991 the FST Credit no longer existed Beginning in 1997 the GST was harmonized with the provincial sales taxes in Newfoundland Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and became the Goods and Services Tax Harmonized Sales Tax GST HST credit 22 Government transfer payments For the purpose of these data transfer payments denote the following payments made to individuals by the federal or provincial governments Employment Insurance Family Allowance to 1992
37. ith the CCTB into a single monthly payment Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits n the statistical tables Nova Scotia child benefit Beginning in October 1998 but retro active to July 1998 the Nova Scotia Child Benefit NSCB will provide tax free monthly payments to help low and modest income families with the costs of raising their children Included in AProvincial refundable tax credits Family benefits n the statistical tables Nunavut child benefit Beginning in July 1998 the Nunavut Child Benefit NCB is a tax free monthly payment made to qualifying families with children under age 18 The Territorial Worker gt Supplement part of the NWTCB program is an additional benefit paid to qualifying families with working income who have children under age 18 Benefits from these programs are combined with the CCTB into a single monthly payment Included in Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits n the statistical tables Old Age Security OAS pension Is part of the Old Age Security program a federal government program that guarantees a degree of financial security to Canadian seniors All persons in Canada aged 65 or older who are Canadian citizens or legal residents may qualify for a full OAS pension depending on their years of residence in Canada after reaching age 18 Old Age Security benefits include all benefits reported for the reference year excluding Guaranteed Income Supplements and Spousal Allo
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39. kers Compensation and social assistance available as separate income sources since 1994 previously included in non taxable income Tables 9 and 10 Table 11 Table 12 available since 1990 since 1992 total population count includes taxfilers and dependents Unemployment Insurance UI rate shown only for 1990 and 1991 information on wages salaries and commissions added in 1993 counts and amounts change to table layout in 1999 Self employment category now follows Wages salaries and commissions available in its current format since 1990 the gender of the non filing children is in many cases not known to us for this reason the number of All persons r Aaxfilers and dependents n the Anale nd Aemale olumns do not add to the figure in the Aotal olumn for the 15 19 age group the participation rate is calculated by dividing the number of persons with labour income by the total number of persons and multiplying by 100 Rate is not shown for the 15 19 age group since 1997 available since 1990 Total population replaced with Labour Income with the 1992 data Unemployment Insurance UI rate shown only for 1990 and 1991 18 Table 13 Table 14 Table 15 Table 16 Table 17 Table 18 available in its current format since 1990 not included in this table are 1 families where either spouse or lone parent reported negative employment income and 2 families where neither spouse lone parent reported emplo
40. ly benefits n the statistical tables RRSP income Is any money withdrawn from a Registered Retirement Savings Plan either as a lump sum or as a periodic payment Included in this amount are withdrawals and monies from RRSP annuities Note that monies from RRIFs may be reported on line 115 other 27 pensions or superannuation if the recipient is 65 years of age or older otherwise monies from RRIFs are reported on line 130 other income Information on RRSP income is available starting with the 1994 data Starting in 1999 only RRSP income of persons aged 65 years or older is included Saskatchewan child benefit Beginning in July 1998 the Saskatchewan Child Benefit SCB is a tax free monthly payment that will help lower income families with the cost of raising children under age 18 This benefit will help lower income working families stay in the workforce rather than go on social assistance to meet their childrens needs Included in AProvincial refundable tax credits Family benefits Qn the statistical tables Self employment income Is net income from business professional commission farming and fishing Single earner family Is defined in husband wife families as only one spouse having employment income greater than zero or in lone parent families as the parent with employment income greater than zero Social assistance Includes payments made in the year on the basis of a means needs or income test whether made by an organiz
41. milies by Age of Older Parent and by Number of Children Table 3a Count of husband wife families by age of older parent and by number of children Average family size for all husband wife families and for husband wife families with children Median total income of husband wife families by number of children of all husband wife families and of husband wife families with children Table 3b Count of lone parent families by age of parent and by number of children Count of male and of female and total lone parent families by age of parent Average family size of lone parent families by age of parent Median total income of lone parent families by number of children and by gender of parent 10 Table 3c Count of all families by number of children and by age of older parent Average family size of all families and of families with children by age of older parent Median total income of all families by number of children of all families and of families with children Table 4 Family Units by Total Income and by Age of Older Spouse Table 4a Count of husband wife families by age of older spouse and by cumulative total family income group median family total income by age group of older spouse Table 4b Count of lone parent families by age of parent and by cumulative total family income group median family total income by age group of parent Table 4c Count of non family persons by age and by cumulative total income gr
42. nclude these in the total counts of people in a given area Dividend income Includes dividend income from taxable Canadian corporations such as stocks or mutual funds as reported on line 120 of the personal income tax return and then grossed down to the actual amounts received dividend income does not include dividends received from foreign investments which are included in interest income and reported on line 121 Dual earner families Are husband wife families where both spouses have an employment income greater than zero 21 Economic Dependency Ratio EDR Is the sum of transfer payment dollars received as benefits in a given area compared to every 100 of employment income for that same area For example where a table shows an Employment Insurance EI dependency ratio of 4 69 it means that 4 69 in EI benefits were received for every 100 of employment income for the area Employment income Includes wages and salaries commissions from employment training allowances tips and gratuities and self employment income net income from business profession farming fishing and commissions Employment Insurance EI Previously Unemployment Insurance UT Comprises all types of benefits paid to individuals under this program regardless of reason including regular benefits for unemployment fishing job creation maternity parental adoption retirement self employment sickness training and work sharing Families reporting
43. nd child support are reported together without distinction Starting with 1998 this information is taken from line 156 of the T1 support payments received Included in ADther income n the statistical tables British Columbia family bonus Is a refundable tax credit commencing in July 1996 that essentially extends the federal child tax benefit working income supplement it is administered by Canada Customs and Revenue Agency formerly Revenue Canada through the Canada Child Tax Benefit program This tax credit applies to residents of British Columbia and is calculated according to the earned income of the parents and the number of qualified dependents Included in AProvincial refundable tax credits Family benefits n the statistical tables Canada Child Tax Benefit CCTB Is a system that replaces beginning with the 1993 data year the previous federal Family Allowance program the non refundable child deduction and the refundable Child Tax Credit It is an income supplement for individuals who have at least one qualified dependent child The Canada Child Tax Benefit is also based on the individual s family income and the number of dependent children Canada Quebec Pension Plan CPP QPP Are compulsory contributory social insurance plans that protect workers and their families against loss of income due to retirement disability or death Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan benefits include all benefits reported for the reference year
44. ome all Families ratio Year TIFF SCF T1FF 46 19 Note The above TIFF medians are taken from the family databank being discussed here the Survey of Consumer Finances SCF medians are from Statistics Canada s annual publication 13 208 Family Incomes Census Families The SCF estimates do not include the Territories or Nunavut in 1997 while the TIFF medians do include the North Confidentiality and Rounding All data are subject to the confidentiality procedures of rounding and suppression To protect the confidentiality of Canadians counts are rounded Rounding may increase decrease or cause no change to counts Rounding can affect the results obtained from calculations For example when calculating percentages from rounded data results may be distorted as both the numerator and denominator have been rounded The distortion can be greatest with small numbers All reported amounts are rounded to the nearest thousand dollars Since 1990 data cells represent counts of 15 or greater and are rounded to a base of 10 For example a cell count of 15 would be rounded to 20 and a cell count of 24 would be rounded to 20 For 1988 and 1989 data all counts are 25 or greater and are rounded to the nearest 25 Reported amounts are rounded to the nearest thousand dollars For data up to and including 1987 all counts are randomly rounded to a base of 5 and reported amounts are unrounded but are adjusted according to the rounding of
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46. ories Cities Rural Communities Urban Forward Sortation Areas Postal Walks Census Geography Economic Regions Census Divisions Census Metropolitan Areas Census Tracts Federal Electoral Districts User defined areas Users may select a specific area of interest that is not a standard area for which data can be made available in standard format To obtain data provide us with a list of the postal codes for which data are required and we will provide the aggregated data Of course the area must satisfy our confidentiality requirements or no data can be produced See the ASpecial Geography ection for further information 31 Geographic Levels Postal Geography The various databanks compiled from the taxfile are available for different levels of the postal geography and for some levels of the Census geography Coded geographic indicators appearing on the data tables are shown below with a brief description Level of Geography Postal Area Description L 0 G This level of data is an aggregation of the provincial territorial totals code 11 The national total is identified by the region code Z99099 Province or This level of data is an aggregation of the following geographies Territory Total within a province City Totals Code 08 Rural Postal Codes Code 09 Other Provincial Totals These totals are identified by a provincial territorial postal letter then a 990 followed by the province territory code
47. ormat since 1990 Table 4 available since 1990 income groups were changed from discrete to cumulative groups starting with 1993 income groups were added in 1993 up to 250K for HWF and 100K for LPF NFP in 1995 group 55K was removed from HWF table and 75K was added Table 5 available since 1990 income groups were changed from discrete to cumulative groups starting with 1993 income groups were added in 1993 up to 250K for HWF and 100K for LPF NFP in 1995 group 55K was removed from HWF table and 75K was added Table 6 available since 1990 the sources of income have changed over the years depending on the information 17 available from the T1 for 1990 1995 transfer payments included government transfers and other private pensions starting with 1996 private pensions are shown separately from government transfers information on Workers Compensation and social assistance available as separate income sources since 1994 previously included in non taxable income information on RRSP income available since 1994 previously included in other income total family types is the sum of husband wife families lone parent families non family persons Tables 7 and 8 available since 1990 for 1990 1995 transfer payments included government transfers and other private pensions starting with 1996 private pensions are shown separately from government transfers information on Wor
48. oundaries 44 Geographic Levels Special Geography Clients may select geographical areas of their own definition areas that are not part of the standard areas listed here for example bank service areas retail store catchment areas For this clients must submit a list of the postal codes that make up their special area and we will aggregate the micro data to correspond to that area of interest Information ordered for special or user defined areas will be coded according to the following Leyen or Description Geography P Total for all user defined This level represents the sum total of all user defined areas areas and is the total of levels 91 and 92 described below Other user defined areas This level of geography represents all user defined areas that were too small in terms of population to have information compiled on those areas individually i e fewer than 100 taxfilers Such areas are grouped into this other category Special user defined area Any area showing a code 91 is an area defined by a specific user according to that user s needs for example school catchment areas health districts etc 45 Conversion files When a client is interested in purchasing data for areas that are considered non standard geography by Small Area and Administrative Data Division a conversion file is usually necessary A combination of postal codes making up one or more special area s is commonly refe
49. ount of taxfilers and dependents by age group under 15 15 64 65 and over total Count of all families husband wife families lone parent families and the number of persons in families similar counts are also given for husband wife families lone parent families and non family persons Median total income and per capita income for all families for husband wife families for lone parent families and for non family persons Count of all families with employment income of non family persons with employment income and their median employment income Count of dual earner husband wife families of single earner male families of single earner female families and the median employment income of these families Count of all families and of non family persons receiving transfer payments and the average amount of transfer payments Count of families with at least member with labour income the number of families receiving Employment Insurance EI and the average amount received count of non family persons with labour income the number receiving EI and the average amount received Table 2 Persons by Age Group and by Family Type Count of parents and of children in husband wife families by age group Count of parents and children in lone parent families by age group Count of non family persons by age group Count and percentage of taxfilers and dependents by age group Average age of taxfilers and dependents Table 3 Fa
50. oup median total income by age group Table 5 Families by Total Income and by Number of Children Table 5a Count of husband wife families by number of children and by cumulative total family income group showing the median total family income by number of children Table 5b Count of lone parent families by number of children and by cumulative total family income group showing the median total family income by number of children Table 6 Sources of Income by Family Type Sources of income number reporting and amount reported for husband wife families lone parent families non family persons and total for all family types The income sources are Employment income total Wages salaries and commissions Self employment income Farm fish self employment income Other self employment income Investment income Government transfer payment income Employment Insurance EI Old Age Security OAS Net Federal Supplements Canada Quebec Pension Plan CPP QPP Canada Child Tax Benefits CCTB Goods and Services Tax GST Credit Harmonized Sales Tax HST Credit Workers Compensation Social assistance Provincial refundable tax credits Family benefits Private pensions 11 RRSP income Other income Total income Table 7 Economic Dependency Profile of Husband Wife Families For all husband wife families for husbands for wives for children and for the entire population the number reporting employment income and the value reported
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52. rred to as a conversion file C an electronic file used by our staff to aggregate the different postal areas that make up the user defined area Simply provide us with the postal codes related to the area and we will compile the data subject to our confidentiality restrictions This list should include all postal codes for each area This would apply only to an area that is not a standard area It could include any one or a combination of areas whose boundaries are a combination of standard areas or a combination of postal codes User defined areas may be branch service or school catchment areas neighbourhoods or almost any other region Each postal code on a conversion file therefore is linked to a corresponding area code The postal code is used as the basis for the tabulation of economic and demographic data for each area Refer to the example below for a typical conversion file received by the Small Area and Administrative Data Division Postal code User Area A1AIAI 0001 AILAILA2 0001 A1l1A14A3 0001 A1A1A4 0001 A1lA1A5 0001 AlA1A6 0001 A1lA1A7 0002 A1l1A1A8 0002 A1l1A1A9 0002 A1A1B1 0002 A1A1B2 0002 A1A1B3 0003 A1A1B4 0003 A1A1B5 0003 AILA1B6 0003 A1A1B7 0003 ALA1B8 0004 AILAI1B9 0004 AIAIC1 0004 ALAIC2 0004 A1LA1C3 0004 46 Note 1 The conversion file should have a record length of 10 bytes The first six bytes should represent the postal code and the following four bytes should represent the user defined area 2 T
53. se occur in areas that were formerly serviced by rural delivery service and changed by Canada Post to urban delivery service or in communities served by more than one rural postal code Rural postal codes of this type can be identified by a zero in the second position of the postal code and a level of geography code 06 The 2000 databanks contain 368 areas coded as level of geography 06 34 Level of Geography Postal Area L O G Suburban Service Rural Route Description Sparsely populated fringe areas of urban centres may receive their postal service from an urban post office by delivery designated as suburban service Their region code retains all six characters of the postal code Suburban Services are located inside an urban FSA usually adjacent to more highly populated areas and mail is delivered by a contractor to group boxes community mail boxes and or external delivery sites e g kiosks miniparks The 2000 databanks contain 22 areas coded as level of geography 05 Reasonably well settled rural areas may receive their postal service from an urban post office by delivery designated as rural route where mail is delivered by a contractor using a motorized vehicle to a group of boxes or to gate boxes Their region code retains all six characters of the postal code Rural routes are located outside an urban FSA The 2000 databanks contain 886 areas coded as level of geography 04 Urban FSA Residenti
54. ssions Other employment income as reported on line 104 of the tax form tips gratuities royalties etc Net self employment Employment Insurance EI benefits Pension income Old Age Security Net Federal Supplements the latter including guaranteed income supplements and spouses allowances since 1994 Canada Quebec Pension Plan Superannuation and other private pensions Federal Family Allowance benefits up to and including 1992 Quebec family allowance beginning with 1994 British Columbia family bonus beginning with 1996 New Brunswick child benefit supplement beginning with 1997 Alberta family employment tax credit beginning with 1997 Northwest Territories child benefit beginning with 1998 Nova Scotia child tax benefit beginning with 1998 Nunavut child benefit beginning with 1998 Ontario child care supplement for working families beginning with 1998 Saskatchewan child benefit beginning with 1998 Interest and other investment income Dividend income RRSP income since 1994 previously in other income Net limited partnership income included in other income Alimony included in other income Net rental income included in other income Income for non filing spouses since 1992 included in other income Other incomes as reported on line 130 of the tax form fellowships bursaries grants etc included in other income Federal Sales Tax FST credit for 1989 1990 inclusive Goods and Services Tax GST credit
55. the counts Note Counts represent the number of persons Reported amounts are aggregate dollar amounts reported Suppressed Data To maintain confidentiality data cells have been suppressed whenever Areas comprise less than 100 taxfilers Cells represent less than 15 taxfilers Cells were dominated by a single filer Suppressed data may occur i Within one area when one of the income categories is suppressed a second category must also be suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential data by subtraction called residual disclosure see figure 3 Likewise the median income is omitted when the rounded count of a category is less than 30 15 on either side of the median when one of the gender categories is suppressed the other gender category must also be suppressed to avoid residual disclosure see figure 3 when one age group category is suppressed another age group must also be suppressed to avoid residual disclosure ii Between areas when a variable amount in one area is suppressed that variable amount is also suppressed in another area to prevent disclosure by subtraction FIGURE 3 SUPPRESSION OF INCOME DATA AN ILLUSTRATION Amount Millions of Dollars pf ates remates totat_ Wages Salaries Commissions Self Employment Dividends and Interest Employment Insurance Old Age Security Net Federal Supplements Canada Quebec Pension Plan Private Pensions Canada Child
56. the total number of standard tables to 16 Beginning with the 1995 data a 17 table was added to the series this table looks at low income among families according to the Low Income Measure LIM Starting with the 1997 tax year the databank featured a new 18 table showing after tax low income families based on the After Tax Low Income Measure All are available for more than 28 000 geographical areas During the course of the years since 1990 minor changes have also been brought to various tables depending on customer demands and on details available from the taxfile See total income in the Glossary section Further changes to the standard tables are listed in the section AStatistical Tables Footnotes and Historical Availability SECTION I THE DATA Data Source Development of the small area family data called the T1 family file or the TIFF is based on the census family concept This concept specific to Statistics Canada is similar to the traditional family concept However the small area family data include parent s and non married children i e who reported a marital status other than Anarried n the tax form living in the same dwelling whereas the census family includes never married children living with their parent s Starting with the 1992 tax year common law couples were recognized as a separate category on the T1 General tax form As a result the coverage of husband wife families in which common law families ar
57. the type of geographic area to which the information in the table applies See the section on Geography for further information Limited partnership income Is net income 1 e gross income less expenses from a limited partnership where a limited partner is a passive or non active partner whose liability as a member is limited to his her investment Included in Other income in the statistical tables Lone parent family Is a family with only one parent male or female and with at least one child See also Census families and AChildren Low Income Measures LIMs The Low Income Measure is a relative measure of low income LIMs are a fixed percentage 50 of adjusted median family income where adjusted indicates a consideration of family needs The family size adjustment used in calculating the Low Income Measures reflects the precept that family needs increase with family size For the LIM each additional adult first child regardless of age in a lone parent family or child over 15 years of age is assumed to increase the family needs by 40 of the needs of the first adult Each child less than 16 years of age other than the first child in a lone parent family is assumed to increase the familysneeds by 30 of the first adult A family is considered to be low income when their income is below the Low Income Measure LIM for their family type and size 24 Median Is the middle number in a group of numbers Where a median income for
58. tion of 1 138 The walks range in size from 100 to 5 140 36 Adding postal areas without duplication Data files according to the postal geography will often contain subtotals and totals Many data users need to add certain geographies in order to come up with a total for their particular area of interest However including subtotals during this process results in double counting some populations and this leads to an erroneous total The following is a summary of which postal areas are aggregations in the standard postal geography Postal walks Level of Geography or LOG 1 and walk Avots LOG 2 add up to urban Forward Sortation Areas FSAs LOG 3 Urban FSAs LOG 3 rural routes LOG 4 suburban services LOG 5 rural postal codes within a city LOG 6 and other urban areas LOG 7 add up to city totals LOG 8 City totals LOG 8 rural postal codes not in a city LOG 9 and other areas in a province LOG 10 add up to provincial territorial totals LOG 11 Provincial territorial totals LOG 11 add up to the Canada total LOG 12 Thus using the Level of geography codes 1 2 3 3 44 54 64 7 8 8 9 10 11 37 Canada 12 Province 11 _ IT City totals 8 S E E Rural postal codes Other areas in province 10 Rural routes 4 Sub
59. urban services 5 Rural postal codes in city Other urban areas Postal walks Walk pots 38 Concordance files A concordance file accompanies data that are aggregated by postal walk This file lists all of the six character postal codes for which there is information and identifies the postal walk to which each postal code is assigned An urban Forward Sortation Area FSA may be split between two or more municipalities and so the FSA label as well as the city identification number or CityID becomes important parts of the geographic identifiers It is a combination of CityID FSA label and postal walk number that creates unique geographic identifiers The concordance file consists therefore of the CityID the FSA label called the postal area the postal walk number and the six character urban postal code By simply browsing the concordance file one can determine which postal codes make up a given walk The following illustration is an example of a concordance file 39 Vintage of the postal walks The postal walks represented in the 2000 databanks were coded from a May 2002 Canada Post Corporation file with a January 2002 basefile Old walk new walk file Since postal walks are subject to change we will also supply on request along with postal walk aggregated data and the corresponding concordance file a third file called th
60. wance benefits see also Net federal supplements and Non taxable income Ontario child care supplement for working families Beginning in July 1998 the Ontario child care supplement for working families OCCSWF is not administered by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency formerly Revenue Canada and therefore families must apply for the supplement annually This program is designed to provide assistance to low to middle income families with children under the age of seven Included in AProvincial refundable tax credits Family benefits n the statistical tables 26 Other income Includes net rental income alimony income from a limited partnership retiring allowances scholarships amounts received through a supplementary unemployment benefit plan guaranteed annual income plan payments from income averaging annuity contracts as well as all other taxable income not included elsewhere Beginning with the 1992 data this variable also includes the imputed income of imputed spouses as derived from the tax return of the filing spouse See also Total income Other pensions Include pension benefits superannuation and private pensions other than Old Age Security and Canada Quebec Pension Plan benefits Parent Is a person for whom we have identified one or more children living at the same address See also Census families and AChildren Participation rate Is the count of a given population of an area with labour income expressed as a
61. y databank unpublished data Most children do not file because they have low or no income Similarly some elderly Canadians receiving only Old Age Security OAS and Guaranteed Income Supplement GIS do not file because they have low or no taxable income However with the introduction of the Federal Sales Tax FST Credit in 1986 and the Goods and Services Tax GST Credit in 1989 the percentage of the elderly population filing tax returns has increased In 2000 96 5 filed tax returns up from 75 in 1989 when comparing taxfilers with the population estimate counts to July 1 2001 from Statistics Canada catalogue 91 213 Annual Demographic Statistics The introduction of the FST and GST credits has also resulted in more low income families filing tax returns This has caused the median family income figures for T1FF to be lower than the Survey of Consumer Finances SCF Beginning in 1992 family total income was changed to include income of non filing spouses reported on the taxfiler s income tax return This has caused an increase in family total income as well as an increase in median income for 1992 Comparing the tax based family median income figures T1FF to the Statistics Canada Survey of Consumer Finances SCF shows the following results figure 2 The SCF was replaced by the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics SLID and the definition of a family was changed for SLID FIGURE 2 COMPARISON OF FAMILY INCOMES Median Inc
62. yment income available since 1990 not included in this table are 1 families where either spouse reported negative employment income and 2 families where neither spouse reported employment income only husband wife families with an employment income greater than zero are considered here 0 represents contributions equal to or less than 0 5 and 100 represents contributions equal to or greater than 99 5 since 1993 family totals are shown in each table section available in its current format since 1993 available in its current format since 1993 the Aotal olumn on the far right of the printed page represents husband wife families lone parent families non family persons available in its current format since 1995 available in its current format since 1997 19 SECTION III GLOSSARY OF TERMS Age Is calculated as of December 31 of the reference year i e tax year minus year of birth Alberta family employment tax credit Beginning in 1997 this refundable tax credit essentially replicates the federal child tax benefit working income supplement The maximum annual credit is 500 per qualified dependent child Included in AProvincial refundable tax credits Family benefits n the statistical tables Alimony Includes payments from one former spouse to the other for couples that are separated or divorced Child support is also included in this variable as reported on line 128 of the T1 tax form where both alimony a

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