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Economic Indicator: Poverty Line, Gini Index, Household Income and Consumption
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2008
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Canadian Dollar
Currency Symbol: CAD
Population below poverty line: 0.094 note: this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2008)
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 32.1 (2005) 31.5 (1994)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.1% highest 10%: 46% (2005)