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Section 4

Economic Inequities

This section presents an overview of the familial economic and employment situation across Canada. The percentage of Canadian children and youth living in poverty has decreased in recent decades, yet there are still many living in low-income households.

Section 4.1

Poverty

4.1.1
Trends in child poverty, 1990–2010
4.1.2
Children in low income families, 2010
Section 4.2

Income

4.2.1
Trend in median market income, 1990-2010
4.2.2
Median after-tax income, 2010
4.2.3
Trend in median after-tax income, 1990–2010
4.2.4
Median after-tax income, 2010
4.2.5
Average after-tax income, 1980–2010
4.2.6
Average after-tax income, 2010
Section 4.3

Work

4.3.1
Unemployment rate, 1990–2011
4.3.2
Unemployment rate, 1990–2011
4.3.3
Unemployment rate, 2011
4.3.4
Employment rate, 1990–2010
4.3.5
Employment rate, 2011
4.3.6
Employment rate for women, 1990–2010
4.3.7
Employment rate, aged 15 to 24 years, Canada and provinces, 2011
4.3.8
Employment rate, 1976–2011
Section 4.4

Household Expenditures

4.4.1
Percent of expenditures, 2010
4.4.2
Estimated cost of raising a child, 2011
4.4.3
Income and debt per household, 1990–2011
Section 4.5

Food Security

4.5.1
Food bank users, 2011
4.5.2
Household food insecurity, 2007–08

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