Year | Total | Male | Female |
2016 | 30.8% | 19.6% | 38.5% |
2021 | 75.0% | 78.0% | 74.0% |
Notes: Government transfer payments – Refers to all cash benefits received from federal, provincial, territorial or municipal governments during 2015. This variable is derived by summing the amounts reported in:
– the Old Age Security pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement, Allowance and Allowance for the Survivor;
– benefits from Canada Pension Plan or Quebec Pension Plan;
– benefits from Employment Insurance;
– child benefits;
– other income from government sources
Source: Statistics Canada; 2016 Census, 2011 National Household Survey