These tables, from the 2021 Census, use a similar Working Poor concept to what is used in the T1FF Working Poor tables, but the data are not strictly comparable.

The Working Poor population is defined here as persons who:

• Live in a census family with income below the after-tax Low Income Measure (LIM-AT)
• Have a Total Income of no less than $3,000
• Are not full or part time post-secondary students (based on self-reported status via the Census)
• Are not children (based on census family status)
• Are not parents less than 18 years of age

By contrast, the T1FF Working Poor definition identifies students as those who claimed full/part time postsecondary education deductions for themselves.

For the 2021 Census, the reference period for income data is the calendar year 2020, unless otherwise specified.