Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP)

Family income of person, value

Family income of a person refers to the sum of the incomes of all members of the family. The family corresponds to census families and persons not in census families. Families are comprised of: 1) couples (married or common-law, including same-sex couples) living in the same dwelling with or without children, and 2) single parents (male or female) living with one or more children. Persons who are not matched to a family become persons not in census families. They may be living alone, with a family to whom they are related, with a family to whom they are unrelated or with other persons not in census families.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Canadian dollar at current prices