Post by Max on Dec 29, 2007 13:54:25 GMT -3
IN SUDBURY
By the numbers
According to the City of Greater Sudbury Employment Services, between June 2006 and June 2007, an average of 2,887 people received social assistance and a further 5,115 received Ontario Disability support.
Monthly rates
Single person on Ontario Works receives up to $560;
Single person on disability receives up to $999.
Canada Housing Mortgage Corp.
Rental vacancy rate 0.6. per cent;
2007 rates - one-bedroom apartment is $609, two-bedroom is $749.
Greater Sudbury Housing Corp.
1,200 people on waiting list for geared-to-income housing, while 300 people on list for market value rental units;
In 2005, 19.7 per cent of Sudburians lived below the poverty level.
Low Income Cut-Off (Statistics Canada 2005)
Greater Sudbury, pre-tax income
Single person - $17,895;
3 people - $27,386;
5 people - $37,711;
7 people - $47,354.
Education
In 2006, 49 per cent of residents in Greater Sudbury had a post-secondary education, compared to the Ontario average of 52 per cent.
Ontario Disability Support Pension - 2006 caseload
77 per cent single
9 per cent single parents
8 per cent couples with no children
5.4 per cent couples with children
Ontario Works - 2006 caseload
55.5 per cent singles
36 per cent single parents
2.6 per cent couples with no children
5.9 per cent couples with children
2005 Family income data: Statistics Canada - Sudbury
38,270 couple families - medium income $75,100
8,190 single parent families - medium income $28,200
2005 Family income data: Statistics Canada - Ontario
couple families medium income $72,100
single families medium income $31,300
2005 Family income data: Statistics Canada - Canada
couple families medium income $67,600
single parent families $30,000
2001 Census
11.3 per cent families live in poverty
52 per cent of single mother families
41 per cent of single people
73 per cent youth who live on their own
29 per cent of the aboriginal population
Child poverty (2001 census) - Greater Sudbury
18 per cent children under 15 live in poverty
21 per cent children under 5 live in poverty
62 per cent children in lone parent families live in poverty, compared to 48 per cent in Ontario and 54 per cent in Canada.
By the numbers
According to the City of Greater Sudbury Employment Services, between June 2006 and June 2007, an average of 2,887 people received social assistance and a further 5,115 received Ontario Disability support.
Monthly rates
Single person on Ontario Works receives up to $560;
Single person on disability receives up to $999.
Canada Housing Mortgage Corp.
Rental vacancy rate 0.6. per cent;
2007 rates - one-bedroom apartment is $609, two-bedroom is $749.
Greater Sudbury Housing Corp.
1,200 people on waiting list for geared-to-income housing, while 300 people on list for market value rental units;
In 2005, 19.7 per cent of Sudburians lived below the poverty level.
Low Income Cut-Off (Statistics Canada 2005)
Greater Sudbury, pre-tax income
Single person - $17,895;
3 people - $27,386;
5 people - $37,711;
7 people - $47,354.
Education
In 2006, 49 per cent of residents in Greater Sudbury had a post-secondary education, compared to the Ontario average of 52 per cent.
Ontario Disability Support Pension - 2006 caseload
77 per cent single
9 per cent single parents
8 per cent couples with no children
5.4 per cent couples with children
Ontario Works - 2006 caseload
55.5 per cent singles
36 per cent single parents
2.6 per cent couples with no children
5.9 per cent couples with children
2005 Family income data: Statistics Canada - Sudbury
38,270 couple families - medium income $75,100
8,190 single parent families - medium income $28,200
2005 Family income data: Statistics Canada - Ontario
couple families medium income $72,100
single families medium income $31,300
2005 Family income data: Statistics Canada - Canada
couple families medium income $67,600
single parent families $30,000
2001 Census
11.3 per cent families live in poverty
52 per cent of single mother families
41 per cent of single people
73 per cent youth who live on their own
29 per cent of the aboriginal population
Child poverty (2001 census) - Greater Sudbury
18 per cent children under 15 live in poverty
21 per cent children under 5 live in poverty
62 per cent children in lone parent families live in poverty, compared to 48 per cent in Ontario and 54 per cent in Canada.
