Statistics Canada figures indicate that New Brunswick households are earning less than anywhere in the country, even though income levels in the province have grown at a slightly faster rate than the national average over the last decade. StatsCan also reveals N.B. is still grappling with some of the highest rate of children living in low-income households, specifically in Saint John and Moncton, and that New Brunswickers aren't saving money compared to elsewhere in the country. The data pegs New Brunswick's median household income at $59,347, in 2015, while Alberta registered the highest median household income at $93,835. New Brunswick's median income level is growing faster than the Canadian average, with its median total income of growing from $53,483 in 2005 to $59,347 in 2015, or 11%, compared to the Canadian average of 10.8%, from $63,457 to $70,336. A total of 14% of Canadians were in low-income households in 2015, with that figure standing at 17.1% for New Brunswick.
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