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Average income after tax by economic family types

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Average income after tax by economic family types
(2003 to 2007)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
	$ constant 2007
Economic families¹, two people or more	65,000	66,600	67,500	69,100	71,900
Elderly families²	47,300	48,200	50,200	51,200	54,200
Married couples only	46,200	47,800	48,300	49,300	52,700
All other elderly families	51,300	50,100	57,200	57,900	59,300
Non-elderly families³	68,000	69,800	70,500	72,300	75,000
Married couples only	62,200	62,900	65,300	67,200	70,000
No earner	32,100	30,400	31,900	35,000	36,500
One earner	49,800	52,400	54,500	53,700	56,400
Two earners	69,900	70,000	73,100	75,300	77,500
Two parent families with children⁴	75,000	77,800	76,100	78,000	82,000
No earner	24,200	25,500	22,100	26,600	28,700
One earner	57,700	56,900	54,900	56,100	58,700
Two earners	75,000	77,500	76,800	77,500	81,400
Three or more earners	92,700	97,500	95,500	98,800	102,500
Married couples with other relatives	90,400	92,600	96,800	99,800	101,100
Lone-parent families⁴	35,600	35,700	40,500	41,100	41,800
Male lone-parent families	49,300	47,000	53,700	55,700	52,100
Female lone-parent families	32,500	33,200	37,500	37,800	39,500
No earner	17,200	18,600	18,500	20,500	18,000
One earner	32,200	33,100	37,900	37,200	39,300
Two or more earners	49,700	47,900	50,300	51,400	54,200
All other non-elderly families	57,400	60,300	58,800	60,400	62,500
Unattached individuals	27,700	27,600	28,100	29,100	29,800
Elderly male	27,700	27,400	28,100	28,500	31,000
Non-earner	24,900	26,100	25,000	25,600	27,600
Earner	37,400	32,100	40,500	39,000	42,800
Elderly female	23,900	24,800	24,100	26,100	25,800
Non-earner	23,300	24,000	23,200	25,300	24,700
Earner	28,400	32,200	32,100	33,000	33,800
Non-elderly male	30,700	30,000	31,200	32,400	32,700
Non-earner	12,400	11,900	12,100	12,100	13,400
Earner	34,500	33,500	35,300	35,900	36,400
Non-elderly female	25,900	25,900	26,200	26,600	27,800
Non-earner	12,900	12,800	14,400	13,600	13,700
Earner	29,700	29,800	29,400	29,900	31,500
Note: Average income after tax is total income, which includes government transfers, less income tax. 1. An economic family is a group of individuals sharing a common dwelling unit who are related by blood, marriage (including common-law relationships) or adoption. 2. Families in which the major income earner is 65 years of age and over. 3. Families in which the major income earner is less than 65 years of age. 4. With children less than 18 years of age. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table (for fee) 202-0603 and Catalogue no. 75-202-X. Last modified: 2009-06-02.

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