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Median earnings1 for economic families with earnings, both senior and non-senior families, for Canada and census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations - 20% sample data

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Geographic name Number Median earnings
2005 2000 % change 2005 2000 % change
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Canada ! 7,635,010 6,968,770 9.6% $ 60,270 $ 61,439 - 1.9%
Abbotsford, CMA (B.C.) ! 36,685 32,335 13.5% $ 59,904 $ 60,291 - 0.6%
Alma, CA (Que.) ! 7,755 7,715 0.5% $ 53,780 $ 56,474 - 4.8%
Amos, CA (Que.) ! 4,370 4,285 2.0% $ 52,313 $ 51,547 1.5%
Baie-Comeau, CA (Que.) ! 7,695 7,365 4.5% $ 69,425 $ 68,435 1.4%
Barrie, CMA (Ont.) 44,445 36,140 23.0% $ 70,695 $ 69,559 1.6%
Bathurst, CA (N.B.) ! 7,880 7,995 - 1.4% $ 47,648 $ 50,464 - 5.6%
Bay Roberts, CA (N.L.) ! 2,500 2,260 10.6% $ 36,091 $ 36,020 0.2%
Belleville, CA (Ont.) ! 22,115 20,470 8.0% $ 55,092 $ 54,571 1.0%
Brandon, CA (Man.) ! 11,835 10,840 9.2% $ 56,681 $ 53,918 5.1%
Brantford, CMA (Ont.) ! 30,525 27,950 9.2% $ 65,030 $ 64,062 1.5%
Brockville, CA (Ont.) ! 9,820 9,025 8.8% $ 53,544 $ 59,803 - 10.5%
Brooks, CA (Alta.) ! 5,645 5,305 6.4% $ 68,151 $ 62,499 9.0%
Calgary, CMA (Alta.) ! 271,795 233,355 16.5% $ 76,234 $ 72,173 5.6%
Campbell River, CA (B.C.) ! 9,450 8,390 12.6% $ 55,405 $ 62,799 - 11.8%
Campbellton, CA (N.B.) ! 4,095 4,185 - 2.2% $ 40,717 $ 38,369 6.1%
   Campbellton (New-Brunswick part), CA ! 3,435 3,505 - 2.0% $ 43,266 $ 40,331 7.3%
   Campbellton (Quebec part), CA 660 675 - 2.2% $ 31,827 $ 27,887 14.1%
Camrose, CA (Alta.) ! 3,790 3,480 8.9% $ 58,330 $ 55,611 4.9%
Canmore, CA (Alta.) ! 3,170 2,565 23.6% $ 63,297 $ 66,493 - 4.8%
Cape Breton, CA (N.S.) ! 23,990 22,555 6.4% $ 38,750 $ 39,376 - 1.6%
Centre Wellington, CA (Ont.) ! 6,705 5,965 12.4% $ 75,489 $ 75,315 0.2%
Charlottetown, CA (P.E.I.) ! 14,340 13,990 2.5% $ 52,120 $ 50,632 2.9%
Chatham-Kent, CA (Ont.) ! 27,065 25,675 5.4% $ 57,050 $ 61,478 - 7.2%
Chilliwack, CA (B.C.) ! 19,050 16,010 19.0% $ 54,721 $ 56,070 - 2.4%
Cobourg, CA (Ont.) ! 4,200 3,765 11.6% $ 58,281 $ 61,611 - 5.4%
Cold Lake, CA (Alta.) ! 3,185 3,000 6.2% $ 79,701 $ 67,375 18.3%
Collingwood, CA (Ont.) ! 4,175 3,525 18.4% $ 48,513 $ 57,305 - 15.3%
Corner Brook, CA (N.L.) ! 6,500 6,060 7.3% $ 47,787 $ 47,676 0.2%
Cornwall, CA (Ont.) ! 13,630 12,585 8.3% $ 49,623 $ 54,244 - 8.5%
Courtenay, CA (B.C.) ! 11,990 10,110 18.6% $ 46,304 $ 52,718 - 12.2%
Cowansville, CA (Que.) ! 2,920 2,770 5.4% $ 49,988 $ 49,317 1.4%
Cranbrook, CA (B.C.) ! 6,230 5,710 9.1% $ 56,450 $ 60,545 - 6.8%
Dawson Creek, CA (B.C.) ! 2,755 2,560 7.6% $ 63,597 $ 62,737 1.4%
Dolbeau-Mistassini, CA (Que.) ! 3,480 3,465 0.4% $ 45,934 $ 50,473 - 9.0%
Drummondville, CA (Que.) ! 18,445 17,015 8.4% $ 48,930 $ 49,157 - 0.5%
Duncan, CA (B.C.) ! 10,025 8,390 19.5% $ 50,430 $ 54,803 - 8.0%
Edmonton, CMA (Alta.) ! 257,050 224,985 14.3% $ 72,547 $ 66,795 8.6%
Edmundston, CA (N.B.) 5,405 5,330 1.4% $ 52,214 $ 52,191 0.0%
Elliot Lake, CA (Ont.) ! 2,275 2,020 12.6% $ 39,094 $ 41,772 - 6.4%
Estevan, CA (Sask.) ! 2,800 2,745 2.0% $ 75,246 $ 72,963 3.1%
Fort St. John, CA (B.C.) ! 6,730 5,800 16.0% $ 80,044 $ 71,006 12.7%
Fredericton, CA (N.B.) 21,510 20,275 6.1% $ 56,996 $ 57,581 - 1.0%
Granby, CA (Que.) ! 16,835 15,135 11.2% $ 52,351 $ 56,123 - 6.7%
Grand Falls-Windsor, CA (N.L.) ! 3,405 3,070 10.9% $ 45,936 $ 48,174 - 4.6%
Grande Prairie, CA (Alta.) ! 18,550 14,875 24.7% $ 80,095 $ 70,419 13.7%
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, CMA (Ont.) ! 39,375 35,990 9.4% $ 63,000 $ 62,932 0.1%
Guelph, CMA (Ont.) 31,600 28,290 11.7% $ 73,873 $ 74,047 - 0.2%
Halifax, CMA (N.S.) ! 91,730 85,265 7.6% $ 61,840 $ 60,312 2.5%
Hamilton, CMA (Ont.) 167,350 153,180 9.3% $ 69,792 $ 72,470 - 3.7%
Hawkesbury, CA (Ont.) ! 2,730 2,590 5.4% $ 40,029 $ 46,035 - 13.0%
   Hawkesbury (Ontario part), CA ! 2,380 2,260 5.3% $ 40,197 $ 47,702 - 15.7%
   Hawkesbury (Quebec part), CA 345 330 4.5% $ 39,445 $ 40,625 - 2.9%
Ingersoll, CA (Ont.) ! 3,005 2,700 11.3% $ 69,575 $ 67,555 3.0%
Joliette, CA (Que.) ! 9,795 8,745 12.0% $ 48,471 $ 53,147 - 8.8%
Kamloops, CA (B.C.) ! 23,430 20,965 11.8% $ 59,931 $ 62,782 - 4.5%
Kawartha Lakes, CA (Ont.) ! 18,290 15,660 16.8% $ 56,869 $ 59,063 - 3.7%
Kelowna, CMA (B.C.) ! 39,975 33,165 20.5% $ 53,107 $ 56,193 - 5.5%
Kenora, CA (Ont.) ! 3,980 3,745 6.3% $ 67,353 $ 72,061 - 6.5%
Kentville, CA (N.S.) 6,310 5,920 6.6% $ 45,140 $ 46,048 - 2.0%
Kingston, CMA (Ont.) ! 36,920 33,400 10.5% $ 60,513 $ 60,824 - 0.5%
Kitchener, CMA (Ont.) 112,865 100,795 12.0% $ 71,088 $ 71,728 - 0.9%
Kitimat, CA (B.C.) ! 2,400 2,585 - 7.2% $ 82,851 $ 89,167 - 7.1%
La Tuque, CA (Que.) ! 3,305 3,435 - 3.8% $ 48,095 $ 49,074 - 2.0%
Lachute, CA (Que.) ! 2,815 2,430 15.8% $ 45,227 $ 45,387 - 0.4%
Leamington, CA (Ont.) ! 11,655 10,635 9.6% $ 62,028 $ 67,520 - 8.1%
Lethbridge, CA (Alta.) ! 23,000 20,305 13.3% $ 58,151 $ 55,150 5.4%
Lloydminster, CA (Alta.) ! 6,835 5,990 14.1% $ 76,259 $ 62,672 21.7%
   Lloydminster (Alberta part), CA 3,990 3,320 20.2% $ 86,725 $ 72,825 19.1%
   Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part), CA ! 2,850 2,670 6.7% $ 65,691 $ 54,838 19.8%
London, CMA (Ont.) ! 110,830 100,985 9.7% $ 64,315 $ 65,265 - 1.5%
Matane, CA (Que.) ! 3,850 3,765 2.3% $ 46,760 $ 45,056 3.8%
Medicine Hat, CA (Alta.) ! 17,475 14,870 17.5% $ 64,219 $ 57,590 11.5%
Midland, CA (Ont.) 8,450 7,610 11.0% $ 53,096 $ 55,180 - 3.8%
Miramichi, CA (N.B.) ! 6,020 5,950 1.2% $ 41,075 $ 47,185 - 12.9%
Moncton, CMA (N.B.) ! 32,035 29,070 10.2% $ 55,626 $ 52,636 5.7%
Montréal, CMA (Que.) ! 857,570 787,350 8.9% $ 56,148 $ 58,494 - 4.0%
Moose Jaw, CA (Sask.) ! 7,635 7,440 2.6% $ 56,155 $ 52,827 6.3%
Nanaimo, CA (B.C.) ! 22,235 18,750 18.6% $ 51,087 $ 56,360 - 9.4%
New Glasgow, CA (N.S.) ! 8,920 8,255 8.1% $ 43,360 $ 50,474 - 14.1%
Norfolk, CA (Ont.) ! 15,550 14,390 8.1% $ 56,269 $ 60,444 - 6.9%
North Battleford, CA (Sask.) ! 4,205 4,110 2.3% $ 50,261 $ 46,402 8.3%
North Bay, CA (Ont.) ! 15,290 14,415 6.1% $ 55,046 $ 57,956 - 5.0%
Okotoks, CA (Alta.) ! 4,555 3,000 51.8% $ 80,007 $ 80,655 - 0.8%
Orillia, CA (Ont.) ! 9,650 8,570 12.6% $ 50,967 $ 56,261 - 9.4%
Oshawa, CMA (Ont.) 84,235 72,250 16.6% $ 77,569 $ 78,742 - 1.5%
Ottawa - Gatineau, CMA (Ont.) ! 276,035 255,255 8.1% $ 75,503 $ 75,252 0.3%
   Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part), CMA 204,170 190,570 7.1% $ 79,247 $ 78,862 0.5%
   Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part), CMA ! 71,865 64,690 11.1% $ 66,794 $ 65,925 1.3%
Owen Sound, CA (Ont.) ! 7,840 7,125 10.0% $ 50,949 $ 56,066 - 9.1%
Parksville, CA (B.C.) ! 6,045 4,755 27.1% $ 40,477 $ 48,130 - 15.9%
Pembroke, CA (Ont.) ! 5,355 4,935 8.5% $ 55,618 $ 50,578 10.0%
Penticton, CA (B.C.) ! 10,230 8,680 17.9% $ 46,195 $ 49,506 - 6.7%
Petawawa, CA (Ont.) ! 3,685 3,735 - 1.3% $ 66,258 $ 58,883 12.5%
Peterborough, CMA (Ont.) ! 27,910 24,965 11.8% $ 59,130 $ 58,304 1.4%
Port Alberni, CA (B.C.) ! 6,200 5,655 9.6% $ 50,060 $ 60,252 - 16.9%
Port Hope, CA (Ont.) ! 4,135 3,685 12.2% $ 61,251 $ 67,487 - 9.2%
Portage la Prairie, CA (Man.) ! 4,555 4,345 4.8% $ 51,493 $ 51,658 - 0.3%
Powell River, CA (B.C.) ! 4,045 3,735 8.3% $ 51,358 $ 59,005 - 13.0%
Prince Albert, CA (Sask.) ! 9,665 9,225 4.8% $ 51,446 $ 54,153 - 5.0%
Prince George, CA (B.C.) ! 21,570 20,850 3.5% $ 69,486 $ 67,437 3.0%
Prince Rupert, CA (B.C.) ! 3,225 3,560 - 9.4% $ 51,809 $ 65,032 - 20.3%
Quesnel, CA (B.C.) ! 5,645 5,915 - 4.6% $ 65,036 $ 60,287 7.9%
Québec, CMA (Que.) ! 174,525 160,595 8.7% $ 59,030 $ 58,250 1.3%
Red Deer, CA (Alta.) ! 20,715 16,440 26.0% $ 69,637 $ 62,856 10.8%
Regina, CMA (Sask.) 47,390 45,140 5.0% $ 66,317 $ 63,747 4.0%
Rimouski, CA (Que.) ! 11,360 10,585 7.3% $ 51,180 $ 53,818 - 4.9%
Rivière-du-Loup, CA (Que.) ! 6,060 5,360 13.1% $ 48,852 $ 50,100 - 2.5%
Rouyn-Noranda, CA (Que.) ! 9,705 9,270 4.7% $ 54,178 $ 56,400 - 3.9%
Saguenay, CMA (Que.) ! 37,695 35,950 4.9% $ 52,438 $ 58,125 - 9.8%
Saint John, CMA (N.B.) 29,900 28,885 3.5% $ 54,265 $ 55,231 - 1.7%
Saint-Georges, CA (Que.) ! 7,700 7,030 9.5% $ 52,440 $ 51,895 1.1%
Saint-Hyacinthe, CA (Que.) ! 13,120 12,305 6.6% $ 49,969 $ 53,653 - 6.9%
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, CA (Que.) ! 21,630 18,625 16.1% $ 56,038 $ 56,074 - 0.1%
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, CA (Que.) ! 9,220 8,785 5.0% $ 52,569 $ 56,234 - 6.5%
Salmon Arm, CA (B.C.) ! 3,950 3,435 15.0% $ 51,213 $ 51,552 - 0.7%
Sarnia, CA (Ont.) 22,490 20,445 10.0% $ 64,373 $ 67,130 - 4.1%
Saskatoon, CMA (Sask.) 56,175 52,340 7.3% $ 61,493 $ 57,262 7.4%
Sault Ste. Marie, CA (Ont.) ! 19,840 17,930 10.7% $ 55,449 $ 59,142 - 6.2%
Sept-Îles, CA (Que.) ! 6,995 6,810 2.7% $ 57,954 $ 58,321 - 0.6%
Shawinigan, CA (Que.) ! 12,460 11,890 4.8% $ 43,749 $ 49,202 - 11.1%
Sherbrooke, CMA (Que.) ! 43,920 39,630 10.8% $ 49,360 $ 52,022 - 5.1%
Sorel-Tracy, CA (Que.) ! 11,690 10,960 6.7% $ 53,755 $ 59,076 - 9.0%
Squamish, CA (B.C.) ! 3,770 3,640 3.6% $ 64,297 $ 69,530 - 7.5%
St. Catharines - Niagara, CMA (Ont.) ! 95,105 86,160 10.4% $ 58,398 $ 61,636 - 5.3%
St. John's, CMA (N.L.) 44,610 40,920 9.0% $ 58,065 $ 56,943 2.0%
Stratford, CA (Ont.) ! 7,595 6,935 9.5% $ 63,435 $ 65,212 - 2.7%
Summerside, CA (P.E.I.) 4,015 3,985 0.8% $ 45,974 $ 44,175 4.1%
Swift Current, CA (Sask.) ! 4,215 4,090 3.1% $ 53,923 $ 53,562 0.7%
Temiskaming Shores, CA (Ont.) ! 3,110 2,930 6.1% $ 54,790 $ 56,004 - 2.2%
Terrace, CA (B.C.) ! 4,625 4,855 - 4.7% $ 55,948 $ 64,280 - 13.0%
Thetford Mines, CA (Que.) ! 6,120 6,100 0.3% $ 41,838 $ 46,929 - 10.8%
Thompson, CA (Man.) ! 3,340 3,325 0.5% $ 80,290 $ 74,095 8.4%
Thunder Bay, CMA (Ont.) ! 29,525 28,140 4.9% $ 63,812 $ 65,010 - 1.8%
Tillsonburg, CA (Ont.) 3,615 3,170 14.0% $ 57,193 $ 59,507 - 3.9%
Timmins, CA (Ont.) ! 10,920 10,335 5.7% $ 67,132 $ 66,149 1.5%
Toronto, CMA (Ont.) 1,204,060 1,088,330 10.6% $ 70,049 $ 73,881 - 5.2%
Trois-Rivières, CMA (Que.) ! 32,665 30,735 6.3% $ 51,483 $ 52,708 - 2.3%
Truro, CA (N.S.) ! 11,165 10,435 7.0% $ 45,757 $ 46,320 - 1.2%
Val-d'Or, CA (Que.) ! 7,775 7,530 3.3% $ 54,835 $ 54,534 0.6%
Vancouver, CMA (B.C.) ! 495,050 441,835 12.0% $ 63,234 $ 67,016 - 5.6%
Vernon, CA (B.C.) ! 13,325 11,300 17.9% $ 53,779 $ 54,959 - 2.1%
Victoria, CMA (B.C.) ! 79,135 68,980 14.7% $ 60,071 $ 62,845 - 4.4%
Victoriaville, CA (Que.) ! 11,520 10,905 5.6% $ 48,148 $ 50,504 - 4.7%
Wetaskiwin, CA (Alta.) ! 2,790 2,550 9.4% $ 55,230 $ 47,304 16.8%
Whitehorse, CA (Y.T.) ! 5,905 5,550 6.4% $ 76,677 $ 74,308 3.2%
Williams Lake, CA (B.C.) ! 4,765 4,910 - 3.0% $ 64,720 $ 62,814 3.0%
Windsor, CMA (Ont.) 77,785 71,465 8.8% $ 69,716 $ 77,111 - 9.6%
Winnipeg, CMA (Man.) ! 165,155 156,140 5.8% $ 61,235 $ 60,599 1.0%
Wood Buffalo, CA (Alta.) ! 13,925 11,360 22.6% $ 125,568 $ 101,155 24.1%
Woodstock, CA (Ont.) ! 8,735 7,825 11.6% $ 64,796 $ 64,465 0.5%
Yellowknife, CA (N.W.T.) ! 4,885 4,260 14.7% $ 107,649 $ 98,848 8.9%
Yorkton, CA (Sask.) ! 4,205 3,975 5.8% $ 50,523 $ 49,111 2.9%
  1. Medians are not available for counts less than 250. Earnings are in 2005 constant dollars.
  2. Non-senior families (at least one partner or spouse or the reference person is aged less than 65).
  3. Senior families (both spouses or partners or the reference person is aged 65 and over).
Earnings historical variations
Due to improved collection methodology, income and earnings data from the 2006 Census is more complete, precise and less subject to rounding than in prior censuses. Small dollar amounts, which in the past may not have been reported, are now more likely to be captured. Compared to prior censuses, this has resulted in an increased number of earners and lower median and average earnings. Users are advised to exercise caution when interpreting census-to-census changes in statistics and counts of specific cells within an earnings distribution. This comparability issue is less apparent when considering the earnings of full-year, full-time workers.
Income suppression
Area suppression is the deletion of all characteristic data for geographic areas with populations below a specified size. Income distributions and related statistics are suppressed if the population in the area, excluding institutional residents, is less than 250 from either the 100% or the 20% database, or if the number of private households is less than 40 from the 20% database.
Tables with income, after-tax income or earnings distributions
Income, after-tax income and earnings distributions have been suppressed where the estimated total number of units (persons, families or households) in the reference year is less than 250. All suppressed cells and associated averages, medians and standard errors of average income, average after-tax income or average earnings have been replaced with zeroes or symbols.

In all cases, suppressed data are included in the appropriate higher aggregate subtotals and totals.

Tables with number and median or average income, after-tax income or earnings
Statistics have been suppressed if the estimated total number of persons (males, females or both sexes) with income, after-tax income or earnings in the reference year is less than 250 persons. All suppressed counts and associated averages and medians have been replaced by zeroes or symbols.

In all cases, suppressed data are included in the appropriate higher aggregate subtotals and totals.

Economic families
In 2006 Census tables showing income data for economic families or economic family members, children of the economic family reference person may have any marital status; and grandchildren of the reference person, where no parent is present in the household, are treated as children of the reference person. In income tables before 2006, all previously married sons and daughters of the economic family reference person and all grandchildren of the reference person were classified as other economic family members. Where data for 2001 are shown in the 2006 Census tables, there are 75,000 more lone-parent families and 75,000 fewer other economic families in Canada for 2001 than as published at the time of the 2001 Census. Similarly, there are 66,000 more couple economic families with children, and 66,000 fewer couple economic families without children.
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