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Source of income Health Service Delivery Area Income from employment (%) Income from government transfers (%) Income from other sources (%) 53 Northeast 87.4 6.7 5.9 52 Northern Interior 82.6 9.4 8.0 22 Fraser North 81.6 8.3 10.0 23 Fraser South 80.8 8.9 10.4 31 Richmond 79.7 8.8 11.5 51 Northwest 79.5 12.9 7.8 33 North Shore/Coast Garibaldi 77.3 7.2 15.4 32 Vancouver 77.2 7.6 15.2 21 Fraser East 76.9 12.1 11.0 11 East Kootenay 75.1 12.0 12.9 14 Thompson Cariboo Shuswap 74.0 12.8 13.2 41 South Vancouver Island 72.8 9.0 18.2 12 Kootenay Boundary 72.3 13.3 14.5 43 North Vancouver Island 71.9 12.9 15.2 13 Okanagan 69.8 13.4 16.8 42 Central Vancouver Island 68.2 13.8 18.0 British Columbia 77.1 9.6 13.4 There are three main sources providing incomes to families. These are income from employment, income from government, and income from a variety of other sources. All are subject to variation over time. Each of these indicators is new to the Atlas. In BC as a whole in 2005, based on the 2006 Census, 77.1% of all income came from employment sources. Median employment income in BC in 2005 was $42,230, marginally higher than for Canada as a whole ($41,401). The largest employer in BC was trade (over 350,000), followed by health care and social assistance, manufacturing, construction, accommodation and food, professional, scientific and technical, and education, each with more than 150,000 employees. Average weekly wages were highest in forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas, followed by utilities and public administration, all with weekly wages of over $1,000 in 2007 (Lu, 2010). Geographically, the importance of employment income varied by 20 percentage points between HSDAs. Northeast received 87.4% of its income from employment earnings, while at the other extreme, Central Vancouver Island received just over two-thirds (68.2%) of its income from this source. Geographically, employment income was relatively most important in the northern half of the province and parts of the lower mainland, and least important relatively speaking in the south and central interior of the province and on Vancouver Island. This source of income provided close to one-tenth (9.6%) of all income to individuals and families in 2005. Income in this category consists of several sources, including a variety of income assistance payments, employment insurance for those who are unemployed, workers' compensation payments, and government pensions and supplements including tax credits. Government transfer income was relatively most important in Central Vancouver Island, which received 13.8% of all income from this source, while Northeast had half that amount (6.7%) in its income composition. Geographically, government transfer income was most important in the southern and central interior of the province as well as on Vancouver Island, except the extreme southern part, while it was least important in the southwest urban lower mainland region and the extreme northeast of the province. Employment income Income from government transfers Income from other sources This source provided 13.4% of the total income of families in 2005. It consists primarily of private pension payments and investments. It was least important in Northeast, where it comprised only 5.9% of total income, and most important in South and Central Vancouver Island, where it made up three times that amount (both over 18%). Geographically, it was the least important source of income in the northern half of the province, while it was of much greater importance on Vancouver Island, Okanagan, and Vancouver and North Shore/Coast Garibaldi in the lower mainland. 56 BC Atlas of Wellness 2nd Edition
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Source of income
Health Service Delivery Area
Income fromemployment
(%)
Income fromgovernment
transfers(%)
Income fromother sources
(%)
53 Northeast 87.4 6.7 5.952 Northern Interior 82.6 9.4 8.022 Fraser North 81.6 8.3 10.023 Fraser South 80.8 8.9 10.431 Richmond 79.7 8.8 11.551 Northwest 79.5 12.9 7.833 North Shore/Coast Garibaldi 77.3 7.2 15.432 Vancouver 77.2 7.6 15.221 Fraser East 76.9 12.1 11.011 East Kootenay 75.1 12.0 12.914 Thompson Cariboo Shuswap 74.0 12.8 13.241 South Vancouver Island 72.8 9.0 18.212 Kootenay Boundary 72.3 13.3 14.543 North Vancouver Island 71.9 12.9 15.213 Okanagan 69.8 13.4 16.842 Central Vancouver Island 68.2 13.8 18.0
British Columbia 77.1 9.6 13.4
There are three main sources providing incomes to
families. These are income from employment, income
from government, and income from a variety of other
sources. All are subject to variation over time. Each of
these indicators is new to the Atlas.
In BC as a whole in 2005, based on the 2006 Census,
77.1% of all income came from employment sources.
Median employment income in BC in 2005 was $42,230,
marginally higher than for Canada as a whole ($41,401).
The largest employer in BC was trade (over 350,000),
followed by health care and social assistance,
manufacturing, construction, accommodation and food,
professional, scientific and technical, and education, each
with more than 150,000 employees. Average weekly
wages were highest in forestry, fishing, mining, oil and
gas, followed by utilities and public administration, all with
weekly wages of over $1,000 in 2007 (Lu, 2010).
Geographically, the importance of employment income
varied by 20 percentage points between HSDAs.
Northeast received 87.4% of its income from employment
earnings, while at the other extreme, Central Vancouver
Island received just over two-thirds (68.2%) of its income
from this source. Geographically, employment income
was relatively most important in the northern half of the
province and parts of the lower mainland, and least
important relatively speaking in the south and central
interior of the province and on Vancouver Island.
This source of income provided close to one-tenth (9.6%)
of all income to individuals and families in 2005. Income
in this category consists of several sources, including a
variety of income assistance payments, employment
insurance for those who are unemployed, workers'
compensation payments, and government pensions and
supplements including tax credits. Government transfer
income was relatively most important in Central Vancouver
Island, which received 13.8% of all income from this
source, while Northeast had half that amount (6.7%) in its
income composition. Geographically, government transfer
income was most important in the southern and central
interior of the province as well as on Vancouver Island,
except the extreme southern part, while it was least
important in the southwest urban lower mainland region
and the extreme northeast of the province.
Employment income
Income from government transfers
Income from other sources
This source provided 13.4% of the total income of families
in 2005. It consists primarily of private pension payments
and investments. It was least important in Northeast,
where it comprised only 5.9% of total income, and most
important in South and Central Vancouver Island, where it
made up three times that amount (both over 18%).
Geographically, it was the least important source of
income in the northern half of the province, while it was of
much greater importance on Vancouver Island, Okanagan,
and Vancouver and North Shore/Coast Garibaldi in the
lower mainland.
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Source of income
Income fromemployment (%)
80.9 - 87.4
77.4 - 80.8
74.1 - 77.3
72.0 - 74.0
68.2 - 71.9
Income fromgovernmenttransfers (%)
13.0 - 13.8
12.2 - 12.9
9.0 - 12.1
7.7 - 8.9
6.7 - 7.6
Income fromother sources (%)
15.5 - 18.20
14.6 - 15.4
11.1 - 14.5
8.1 - 11.0
5.9 - 8.0
Source: BC Stats from 2006
Census of Canada,
Statistics Canada
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