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Oshawa couples have highest median income in 2003.


OTTAWA Ottawa, city, Canada
Ottawa (ŏt`əwə), city (1991 pop. 313,987), capital of Canada, SE Ont., at the confluence of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers. Hull, Que.
 -- Median total income for couple families in Canada fell 0.5% to $62,600 in 2003. But Couple families in Oshawa, where General Motors and auto parts Auto parts are components of automobiles. They mainly are, in alphabetic order (only car specific articles or articles with car section):
  • Air filter
  • Automobile self starter
  • Bell housing
  • Brakes
  • Bucket seat
  • Bumper
  • Buzzer
  • Battery
 manufacturers dominate the employment scene, had the highest median total family income among all census metropolitan areas Statistics Canada reports. The median for couple families in Oshawa reached $80,300 in 2003, up a slight 0.3% over 2002, after adjusting for inflation. The median is the point where exactly one half of incomes are higher and one half are lower.

* Among census metropolitan areas, only those couple families living in Kingston, Saint John Saint John, city, Canada
Saint John, city (1991 pop. 74,969), S N.B., Canada, at the mouth of the St. John River on the Bay of Fundy. A major year-round port, it has an excellent harbor, large dry docks, and terminal facilities and maintains extensive
, St. John's and Oshawa posted increases in median family income.

* Among census agglomerations, the median total income for couple families in Wood Buffalo in northern Alberta Norhern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.

Its primary industry is oil and gas, with large heavy oil reserves being exploited at the Athabasca Oil Sands and Wabasca Area in the east of the region.
 was the highest at $114,900. Dominated by the population living in 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. , where employment is recognized for its involvement in oil sands development.

* Couple families in the census agglomeration ag·glom·er·a·tion  
n.
1. The act or process of gathering into a mass.

2. A confused or jumbled mass:
 of Yellowknife ranked second with a median income of $111,500 followed by couple families in Labrador City at $87,900.

Among lone-parent families, those in the census metropolitan area of Ottawa-Gatineau had the highest median family total income in 2003, at $34,700. Lone-parent families in Oshawa and Calgary followed closely behind, at $34,600 and $34,500 respectively. The national median income for lone-parent families was $28,600, down 1.0% from 2002.

Data is derived from income tax returns filed in the spring of 2004.
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Title Annotation:INCOME SECURITY
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Date:Jun 20, 2005
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