In 1994, a single person living in a city the size of St. John's (30,000 to 99,999 people) had a low income if they received less than $13,596 a year. For single parents with one child, the low income level was anything less than $18,430. A family of four had a low income if the total family income was less than $26,969.18 Anyone who has an income below these levels is living below the poverty line.

graphic - copy of an ad for pasteurized milk
Credit: Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Picture Four

This ad for pasteurized milk was printed in Newfoundland News Magazine in the 1930s. By 1945, about 70% of the milk sold in St. John's was pasteurized.

18 Information about low income is explained in a booklet published every year by Statistics Canada called Income Distribution by Size in Canada, (Bulletin Number 13-207).