(star) They embody the elements of modern-day success — young, urban, educated and loaded. Mixed-race couples have been on the rise in Canada since early 1990s and according to a new Statistics Canada study released Tuesday, they are doing better socioeconomically than those who marry within their own race. Based on 2006 Census data, mixed couples, with a median family income of ,670 a year, made ,000 more than non-mixed couples, who earned ,830. While those who marry within the same visible minority group earned just ,710, the lowest of all groups, the highest earners, making ,150, were couples in which a visible minority was married to a Caucasian. Mixed-race couples are also more highly educated. Among Canadian couples with a university degree, 6.4 per cent were in mixed unions. Of those with a high school degree or less, 1.8 per cent were mixed couples. “Given that many visible minority group members are recent immigrants — who are generally more highly educated than the Canadian-born population — this could also be related to the tendency for persons in mixed unions to have higher levels of education,” said the report, titled A Portrait of Couples in Mixed Unions.

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