Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-10-05
issued: 1983-06-08
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note: -.*———'— "."—^— ■-^f**^^**^ *^-*^*^*^»^^r*^^*tr»^_*y*_v*,f^fi; ,^fci*^.'jn^^fii.rin,i^);^.,i^«i»,ii ^ .^..'^.^^-..r^^^^y^^ .y;.y, >^^.^ j t ,L >f*L'i*H'#<> w^'ii'';*'1.'I <w****«fMJ*WfcifR^;*»f*- •PSte***-* STATISTICS CANADA NOTES !&' increase in family income OTTAWA - Average family income increased by only $72 between 1976 and 1981 when inflation is taken into account, Statistics Canada said last week. Although the average family was fractionally better off in 1981 than in 1976 despite inflation, all that a family would have to show for this extra wealth would be a new pair of good shoes or a couple more fullups at the gas pumps. Expressing income in constant 1971 dollars, the average family income in 1981 was $12,846, compared with $12,774 in 1976. Family income increased by almost 24 percent in 1971-81 period, but 23 percent of that increase occurred in the first half of the decade. Inflation ate up all but $72 of the income increases in the next five years. Unattached individuals fared better than families. People living alone or with unrelated people saw their income, in 1971 dollars, increase 31 percent to $5,712 from $4,346 in the 10-year period. Hie rate of increase remained fairly constant throughout the decade. Statistics Canada also released revised figures on real income for 1981 as expressed in current dollars. Preliminary figures for. 1981, which presented a gloomier picture, had been released last September. The new figures show the average annual family income in 1981 was $30,440, ia 10-percent increase from 1980. However, alter adjusting the figures to incorporate the effects of infla-. tion, actual income fell by two percent. The earlier figures said average family income in 1981 was $29,923, which represented a four-percent drop from the previous year when inflation was factored in. The later figures show Alberta as the province with the highest family income - $34,546. Prince Edward Island was the lowest at $23,163. About 51 percent of families …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0421107
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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