Data products, 2011
NHS Data tables
Catalogue number 99-014-X2011047
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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables
Tabulation: Household Income in 2010 (38), Household Type (9) and Selected Household Characteristics (18) for Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey
Geography Geographic index Canada Newfoundland and Labrador / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador Prince Edward Island / Île-du-Prince-Édouard Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick Quebec / Québec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia / Colombie-Britannique Yukon Northwest Territories / Territoires du Nord-Ouest Nunavut St. John's Bay Roberts Grand Falls-Windsor Corner Brook Charlottetown Summerside Halifax Kentville Truro New Glasgow Cape Breton Moncton Saint John Fredericton Bathurst Miramichi Campbellton Campbellton (New Brunswick part / partie du Nouveau-Brunswick) Campbellton (partie du Québec / Quebec part) Edmundston Matane Rimouski Rivière-du-Loup Baie-Comeau Saguenay Alma Dolbeau-Mistassini Sept-Îles Québec Saint-Georges Thetford Mines Sherbrooke Cowansville Victoriaville Trois-Rivières Shawinigan Drummondville Granby Saint-Hyacinthe Sorel-Tracy Joliette Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Montréal Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Lachute Val-d'Or Amos Rouyn-Noranda Cornwall Hawkesbury Hawkesbury (Ontario part / partie de l'Ontario) Ottawa - Gatineau Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part) Ottawa - Gatineau (Ontario part / partie de l'Ontario) Brockville Pembroke Petawawa Kingston Belleville Cobourg Port Hope Peterborough Kawartha Lakes Centre Wellington Oshawa Ingersoll Toronto Hamilton St. Catharines - Niagara Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo Brantford Woodstock Tillsonburg Norfolk Guelph Stratford London Chatham-Kent Leamington Windsor Sarnia Owen Sound Collingwood Barrie Orillia Midland North Bay Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury Elliot Lake Temiskaming Shores Timmins Sault Ste. Marie Thunder Bay Kenora Winnipeg Steinbach Portage la Prairie Brandon Thompson Regina Yorkton Moose Jaw Swift Current Saskatoon North Battleford Prince Albert Estevan Medicine Hat Brooks Lethbridge Okotoks High River Calgary Strathmore Canmore Red Deer Sylvan Lake Lacombe Camrose Edmonton Lloydminster Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part / partie de la Saskatchewan) Lloydminster (Alberta part / partie de l'Alberta) Cold Lake Grande Prairie Wood Buffalo Wetaskiwin Cranbrook Penticton Kelowna Vernon Salmon Arm Kamloops Chilliwack Abbotsford - Mission Vancouver Squamish Victoria Duncan Nanaimo Parksville Port Alberni Courtenay Campbell River Powell River Williams Lake Quesnel Prince Rupert Terrace Prince George Dawson Creek Fort St. John Whitehorse Yellowknife
Selected household characteristics (18)Footnote 1 Total - Private households 1 person 2 persons 3 persons 4 persons 5 persons 6 or more persons Total - Number of earners No earners 1 earner 2 earners 3 or more earners Total - Number of persons aged less than 18 years None 1 person or more 1 person 2 persons 3 or more persons
This table details household income in 2010 , household type and selected household characteristics for private households in Nunavut
Global non-response rate (GNR)Footnote 2 = 25.2 %
Household income in 2010 (38)
Household type (9)
Total - Household typeFootnote 3
Census-family households
One-family-only householdsFootnote 4
Couple-family householdsFootnote 5
Without children
Lone-parent-family households
Other family householdsFootnote 6
Non-census-family households
Total - Household total incomeFootnote 7
8,665 6,760 5,170 4,100 845 3,255 1,070 1,590 1,900
130 15 15 10 10 0 0 0 110
215 70 70 25 10 20 45 0 145
195 120 105 40 0 30 65 15 80
290 190 175 60 0 50 110 15 100
625 440 370 190 25 165 180 70 185
680 565 465 325 30 295 145 100 115
565 465 350 295 40 260 55 115 100
$150,000 and over
1,895 1,685 1,300 1,240 410 840 55 385 210
Median household total income $
81,219 86,353 81,721 97,547 143,104 86,295 39,458 94,680 61,309
Average household total income $
99,135 106,457 104,544 116,660 147,081 108,747 58,104 112,670 73,123
Total - After-tax income of households
295 190 165 60 10 50 110 15 105
590 500 375 315 45 270 60 125 90
1,190 915 660 535 75 460 130 255 280
2,855 2,520 1,855 1,745 515 1,220 115 665 335
945 775 540 480 115 360 60 235 165
Median after-tax household income $
Average after-tax household income $
85,282 92,124 89,566 99,480 121,911 93,645 51,567 100,434 60,972
Total - Income status in 2010 based on after-tax low-income measureFootnote 8
Households for the income status based on after-tax low-income measure
Low-income households
Prevalence of low income among households %
Other households
Concept not applicableFootnote 9
Household, private - Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy the same private dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada. Household members who are temporarily absent on May 10, 2011 (e.g., temporarily residing elsewhere) are considered as part of their usual household. Every person is a member of one and only one household.
For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate (GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates' suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National Household Survey User Guide, 2011.
Household type - Refers to the basic division of private households into family and non-family households. Family household refers to a household that contains at least one census family, that is, a married couple with or without children, or a couple living common law with or without children, or a lone parent living with one or more children (lone-parent family). One-family household refers to a single census family (with or without other persons) that occupies a private dwelling. Multiple-family household refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling. Family households may also be divided based on the presence of persons not in a census family.
Non-family household refers to either one person living alone in a private dwelling or to a group of two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.
Refers to households that consist solely of one census family without additional persons.
Refers to households with opposite-sex or same-sex couples.
Refers to one-census-family households with additional persons and multiple-census-family households with or without additional persons.
Household total income - The total income of a household is the sum of the total incomes of all members of that household.
Total income - Total income refers to monetary receipts from certain sources, before income taxes and deductions, during calendar year 2010. It includes employment income from wages, salaries, tips, commissions and net income from self-employment (for both unincorporated farm and non-farm activities); income from government sources, such as social assistance, child benefits, employment insurance, Old Age Security pension, Canada or Quebec pension plan benefits and disability income; income from employer and personal pension sources, such as private pensions and payments from annuities and RRIFs; income from investment sources, such as dividends and interest on bonds, accounts, GICs and mutual funds; and other regular cash income, such as child support payments received, spousal support payments (alimony) received and scholarships. The monetary receipts included are those that tend to be of a regular and recurring nature. It excludes one-time receipts, such as lottery winnings, gambling winnings, cash inheritances, lump sum insurance settlements, capital gains and RRSP withdrawals. Capital gains are excluded because they are not by their nature regular and recurring. It is further assumed that they are less likely to be fully spent in the period in which they are received, unlike income that is regular and recurring. Also excluded are employer's contributions to registered pension plans, Canada and Quebec pension plans, and employment insurance. Finally, voluntary inter-household transfers, imputed rent, goods and services produced for barter, and goods produced for own consumption are excluded from this total income definition.
After-tax income of households - The after-tax income of a household is the sum of the after-tax incomes of all members of that household.
After-tax income - Refers to total income from all sources minus federal, provincial and territorial income taxes paid for 2010.
Median income of households - The median income of a specified group of households is that amount which divides their income size distribution, ranked by size of income, into two halves. That is, the incomes of the first half of the households are below the median, while those of the second half are above the median. Median incomes of households are normally calculated for all units in the specified group, whether or not they reported income.
Average income of households - Average income of households refers to the weighted mean total income of households in 2010. Average income is calculated from unrounded data by dividing the aggregate income of a specified group of households (for example, two person households) by the number of households in that specific group, whether or not they reported income.
The above concept and procedures also apply in the calculation of these statistics on the after-tax income of households.
Income status can be measured in several different ways in household surveys. For the standard products of the National Household Survey, the line chosen is a relative measure: the after-tax low-income measure (LIM-AT).
For this measure, the income used is after-tax income of households. There are no regional variations to account for prices or cost of living differences: all applicable households in Canada face the same line adjusted for household size. This line is set at half the median of adjusted household after-tax income. To account for potential economies of scale, the income of households with more than one member is divided by the square root of the size of the household.
All household members are considered to share the household income and are attributed the same income status.
Note:Low-income estimates in the 2011 National Household Survey
For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS), low-income statistics are presented based on the after-tax low-income measure (LIM-AT). This measure is not related to the low-income cut-offs (LICO) presented in the 2006 Census and prevalence rates are conceptually not comparable. Because of the sensitivity of certain income indicators to differences in methodology and response patterns, direct comparisons to establish trends with low-income estimates from other household surveys, administrative programs or the 2006 Census are discouraged. The prevalence rates observed in the NHS at the national level are generally 1 to 2 percentage points higher than seen for similar concepts in other programs. However, analysis of the NHS data suggests that it is valid to compare low-income data for different sub-populations within the NHS (i.e., for different geographic areas or demographic groups). For more information, refer to the Income Reference Guide, National Household Survey, Catalogue no. 99-014-X2011006.
The low-income concepts are not applied in the territories and in certain areas based on census subdivision type (such as Indian reserves). The existence of substantial in-kind transfers (such as band housing) and sizeable barter economies or consumption from own production (such as product from hunting or fishing) could have made the interpretation of low-income rates more difficult.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-014-X2011047.