Employment remains stable as source of income.Employment remained the main source of income for couple families in 2004. This accounts for 79 cents of each dollar of total income, a proportion that has remained stable since 2000, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. data obtained from income tax filings by Statistics Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of . Among census metropolitan areas, couple families in Calgary Calgary (kăl`gərē), city (1991 pop. 710,677), S Alta., Canada, at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers. The largest city in Alberta and the fastest-growing major city in Canada, Calgary is a corporate, transportation, and financial derived the highest proportion of their total income from employment, 84 cents of each dollar of total income. The lowest proportion was in Victoria where 72 cents of each dollar of total income was derived from employment. However, the economic dependency dependency In international relations, a weak state dominated by or under the jurisdiction of a more powerful state but not formally annexed by it. Examples include American Samoa (U.S.) and Greenland (Denmark). is higher in Calgary than in Victoria. In Calgary, 12 cents of every dollar of income was derived from transfer payments--Old Age Security, social assistance and other public payment systems. Couples in Victoria derived eight cents of every dollar from transfer payments. The Victoria residents, including a larger proportion of seniors, received 10 cents of every dollar of income from private pensions while Calgary couples received less than three cents of every dollar from private pensions. Nationally, the median total income for couple families rose 1.6% to $64,800 in 2004. Among census metropolitan areas, the largest increases were in Greater Sudbury Greater Sudbury (2006 census population 157,857) is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. Greater Sudbury was created in 2001 by amalgamating the cities and towns of the former Regional Municipality of Sudbury, along with several previously unincorporated geographic townships. (+3.7%) and Abbotsford Abbotsford may refer to a place in: Australia
Among census agglomerations, the median total income for couple families in Wood Buffalo, which includes the old sand extraction centre at Fort McMurray Fort McMurray, town (1991 pop. 34,706), NE Alta., Canada, on the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers. Since the beginning of the mining of Alberta's oil sands in 1964, the town's population has grown from 1,200. , had the highest at $120,100 in 2004, up 2.6% from 2003. For the second year in a row, couple families in Oshawa had the highest median total family income among all census metropolitan areas. The median for couple families in Oshawa reached $83,100 in 2004, up 1.6% over 2003, after adjusting from inflation. Oshawa remained slightly ahead of Ottawa-Gatineau, where couple families had a median total income of $82,100, up 1.2% from the previous year. Among lone-parent families in census metropolitan areas, those in Ottawa-Gatineau again showed the highest median family total income in 2004, at $35,900. The median total income of lone-parent families in Calgary moved ahead of those in Oshawa in 2004, although both followed closely behind Ottawa-Gatineau, at $35,800 and $35,700 respectively. The national median total income for lone-parent families was $29,500, up 1.2% from 2003. 866-652-8443 |
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