AVERAGE FAMILY INCOME
Definitions:
Economic family refers to a group of two or more
persons who live in the same dwelling and are related
to each other by blood, marriage, common-law,
adoption, or a foster relationship. A couple may be of
opposite or same sex.
Family income refers to the total combined income of
all members of a family. Families can be couple-only
families, couple-with-children families, and loneparent families
After-tax income of family refers to total income from
all sources minus federal provincial and territorial
income taxes paid for 2010.
Average income of economic families refers to the
weighted mean total income of families in 2010, which
is calculated by dividing the aggregate income of
specific group of families by the number of families in
that group.
Data source:
Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey
(NHS). Date Extracted October 2015.
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Economic families in the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (NBPSDHU) region have a
lower average after-tax income ($70,759) compared to Ontario ($83,322; Table 1).
Lone-parent economic families earn less compared to couple-only families and couple-withchildren families in the NBPSDHU region, North East Local Health Integration Network (NELHIN)
region, and Ontario (Table 1).
The proportion of couple-with children economic families (36.8%) was lower than couple-only
economic families (46.5%) in NBPSDHU area, with the reverse seen in Ontario (47.9%, and
33.9%, respectively).
Table 1. Average economic family income and proportion of total population, by health region, 2010
Economic Family
Couple-only ($)
% of total
Couple-with-children ($)
% of total
Lone-parent ($)
% of total
Data limitation:
The National Household Survey is a voluntary survey
administered by Statistics Canada. Due to its voluntary
nature, data presented may not be representative of
the population; global non-response rate (GNR) is
used as a measure of data quality, with 50% being too
unpredictable to release. In NBPSDHU, there was a
GNR of 33.7%. The NELHIN had a GNR of 31.9% and
Ontario had a GNR of 27.1%.
1 Prepared by: Planning and Evaluation Services {December 2015}
NBPSDHU
Before tax
After tax
74,489
63,966
46.5
103,111
88,106
36.8
50,857
45,430
13.4
NELHIN
Before tax
After tax
75,510
64,704
44.2
108,530
91,376
38.8
50,349
45,301
14.2
Ontario
Before tax After tax
89,678
74,551
33.9
121,285
99,843
47.9
58,622
51,624
14.8