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. 2016 Jul;106(7):1309–1315. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303151

TABLE 3—

Economic Inequality by Subregion: Labrador, Canada, 2006

Local Areaa Personal Income Per Capita, Canadian $ (Provincial Rank)b Families Below Low Income Threshold, % (Provincial Rank)c Income Support Assistance, % (Provincial Rank)d
Labrador North 15 200 (73) 42.1 (77) 21.3 (74)
Goose Bay Area 27 100 (3) 19.0 (56) 10.6 (39)
Labrador West 35 800 (1) 7.9 (1) 4.5 (4)
Pinware River 20 100 (19) 13.7 (14) 4.1 (3)
Labrador East Coast 17 000 (62) 21.6 (70) 10.4 (36)
Entire Province 22 900 (NA) 18.6 (NA) 11.4 (NA)

Note. NA = not applicable.

Source. Indicators of Wellbeing, Community Accounts, Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

a

Local Areas do not correspond exactly with subregions in the study. Pinware River and Labrador East Coast are equal to the South Coast-Straits subregion; Labrador North includes Nunatsiavut communities (except Rigolet) plus Natuashish Innu First Nation; Goose Bay area is equal to Upper Lake Melville plus Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation and Rigolet.

b

Out of 76.

c

Out of 78.

d

Out of 80.