Income in Toronto East lip- fact Sheet IV

Income in Toronto East

Toronto East LIP- Fact Sheet IV

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  Half of Toronto East¹ families earn an income over $64,054, which is higher than Toronto median ($61,800).
  

Table 1. Income in 2005 of males 15 years and over in Toronto East


Table 2. Income in 2005 of females 15 years and over in Toronto East


Table 3. Income in 2005 of Private Households in Toronto East



Table 4. Proportion of Families who are Low Income in Toronto East

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  Income levels in the identified clusters,² however, are below the Toronto and Toronto East averages.
  

	Broadview East York	Central Riverdale	Crescent Town	Massey Creek
Median Family Income	54,920	47,070	41,944	56,977

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  The proportion of households relying on government transfers, that include social assistance payments, is above the city average at 15.7% in Crescent Town, 12.3% in Massey Creek, 11.2% in Broadview-East York and 10.9% in Central Riverdale.
  
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  Census data in Toronto East confirms that there is a strong correlation between the percentage of newcomers and the percentage of low income families. This correlation exists independent of the percentage of university graduates.
  
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  Census data also confirms a strong correlation between the percentage of visible minorities and the incidences of low income households. In areas where there is a high percentage of visible minorities, there are high levels of low income.
  

where there is a high percentage of visible minorities, there are high levels of low income.


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1 The Toronto East borders are Victoria Park in East, Lake Ontario in South, Don River in West and O’Connor Drive in North.

2 We identified four clusters in Toronto East where the number of immigrants is the highest: Broadview-East York, Central Riverdale, Crescent Town and Massey Creek/O’Connor-Parkview.