First the good news.
The 2006 census data Statistics Canada released last Thursday showed the median income for families in Fort Frances jumped 15.3 percent to $75,934 since 2001 (when adjusted for inflation)—a whopping hike compared to a national increase of 3.7 percent and a provincial increase of just 1.4 percent over that same time frame.
There were other promising numbers, too. While women, on average, made just 71 percent of what men earned here, that figure was a mere 53 percent five years ago.