Money: giving till it hurts
Canada Day Special 2010
Even though Prince Edward Islanders have shallower pockets than most Canadians—P.E.I. has the lowest disposable incomes—nobody digs deeper to help those in need.
| Family income | |
| Alberta $129,421 | Newfoundland: $73,629 |
| Disposable income per capita | |
| Alberta: $38,298 | P.E.I.: $24,613 |
| Mortgage-free? % of households | |
| Newfoundland: 44.1% | Quebec: 25.4% |
| Did you contribute to your RRSP? % of all tax filers | |
| Alberta: 29.8% | Newfoundland: 16.4% |
| Median charitable donation | |
| P.E.I.: $370 | Quebec: $130 |
| Source: Family income (average cash income, families with two or more individuals, 2010 estimate): Fraser Institute; disposable income (2010 estimate): Conference Board of Canada; mortgage (2008): StatsCan’s Survey of Household Spending; RRSP (2008), charitable donation (by tax filers, 2008): StatsCan | |
HIGHEST
LOWEST
| Are you employed? | |
| Alberta | |
| Saskatchewan | |
| Manitoba | |
| Ontario | |
| B.C. | |
| P.E.I. | |
| Quebec | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| New Brunswick | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| Are you unemployed? | |
| Saskatchewan | |
| Manitoba | |
| Alberta | |
| B.C. | |
| Quebec | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| New Brunswick | |
| Ontario | |
| P.E.I. | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| Hours spent at work (per week) | |
| Quebec | |
| B.C. | |
| Ontario | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| Manitoba | |
| P.E.I. | |
| New Brunswick | |
| Alberta | |
| Saskatchewan | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| Earnings (per week) | |
| Alberta | |
| Ontario | |
| B.C. | |
| Saskatchewan | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| Quebec | |
| Manitoba | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| New Brunswick | |
| P.E.I. | |
| Do you have a pension plan at work? | |
| Saskatchewan | |
| Manitoba | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| Quebec | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| New Brunswick | |
| Ontario | |
| B.C. | |
| P.E.I. | |
| Alberta | |
| Are you self-employed? | |
| B.C. | |
| Saskatchewan | |
| Alberta | |
| Ontario | |
| Quebec | |
| P.E.I. | |
| Manitoba | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| New Brunswick | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |
68.3%
66.6%
66.4%
61.5%
60.8%
60.5%
60.1%
59.0%
58.7%
52.6%
5.0%
5.7%
6.6%
7.5%
8.0%
8.7%
8.8%
8.9%
10.7%
13.8%
35.2
35.3
36
36.3
36.6
36.9
37.1
37.5
37.7
38.2
$905
$816
$781
$763
$735
$711
$704
$675
$672
$632
47.7%
47.0%
46.8%
41.9%
41.1%
38.8%
37.7%
34.4%
33.8%
33.6%
19.7%
19.1%
17.7%
15.7%
14.7%
14.7%
13.8%
13.4%
11.7%
9.6%
The full province-by-province breakdown:
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