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December 16, 1988 New:

“NEWS phate Terry Peters

SANDRA GOULD, owner of Balloonery in North Vancouver, iad a tough time hanging on to her balloons Tuesday when hich winds h:t the North
4 Shore. The winds knocked over trees and caused power outages (see story, page 5). The forecast for the weekend is more clear and cool weather. "

WEST VANCOUVER resi-
dents continue to Cote
Canada’s heaviest wallets.

Annual figures released Tuesday
by Revenue Canada listing the top
100 annual, average, gross incomes
from municipalities across the
country showed West Van-
couverites leading the national
wage earning pack fo: the third
straight year with an average an-
nual income of $33,982.

The calculations were based on
1986 tax returns.

But West Vancouver municipal
manager Terry Lester said Thurs-
day the figures do not accurately
reflect the overall character of the
municipality.

“West Vancouver's history has
always been one of a very special
place.’ he said, ‘but wealth
doesn’t necessarily make a place
special — the people do. Certainly
there is a lot of wealth in the

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community, but we have eur shure
of poor people too, which is natue
ral considering the number of
elderly who live here."

Lester said West) Vancouver's
shaie of very rich residents tended
to distort the average.

“There are a Jot of ordinary
working folk living here.’ he said.

Second-place overall in the top
100 was Markham, Ontario, whose
residents managed to bring home
an average annual income of

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$29,36C.

North Vaneouse: City and
District, which Revenue Canada
amualeamates in the incoenie totals,
combined to finish P7th with a
$23,705 average annual income.

West Vancouver was at the top
of the wage-earning heap last year,
when figures trom 1985 tax returns
showed the average annual income
in the municipality to be $32,760,
which was up from $30,742 the
year before when it knocked

Markham out of rop spot.

Past year North Vancouver also
finished 17th overall with a
$23,094 average annual income.

North Vancouver was in the top
10 two years ago when the average
income of North Vancouver. resi-
dents was $22,218, ninth highest in
Canada.

The community listed 00th
overall this year was Sherbrooke,
Quebec. with an average annual
income of $16,766.

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