Across the GTA, the gap between rich and poor is widening while middle-income areas are disappearing, a United Way analysis of census data shows.

According to the 2016 census, the average individual income before taxes in the GTA in 2015 was $50,719. That is more than both Ontario’s average of $47,890 and Canada’s $46,885 average.

“What’s sobering is that the majority of all the neighbourhoods in the GTA are segregated into either high- or low-income and the middle is vanishing. This is no longer just a Toronto or city issue,” said United Way President and CEO Daniele Zanotti.

The richest census tract in the GTA is in Rosedale bordering Summerhill Ave., just east of Mt. Pleasant Rd., with an average individual income of $419,676. (Census tracts are small, relatively stable areas defined by Statistics Canada that make up between around 2,500 and 8,000 people.)

About 10 kilometres east in Scarborough, between Victoria Park Ave. and Pharmacy Ave., below St. Clair Ave. E. and above the Danforth, the average income was $18,759 — the low for any GTA census tract.

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Correction – November 9, 2017: This article was edited from a previous version that mistakenly said Scarborough is west of Victoria Park Ave. As well, the previous version referred to an area near Victoria Park Ave. and Pharmacy Ave. In fact, the article was referring to an area between Victoria Park Ave. and Pharmacy Ave.

With files from Laurie Monsebraaten

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