Description - Did you know?
Did you know? According to the Market Basket Measure, Canada's Official Poverty Line, 9.9% of the population—approximately 3.8 million Canadians—lived below the poverty line in 2022, up from 7.4% in 2021. This marks the second consecutive annual increase and brings the poverty rate close to the pre-pandemic level of 10.3% in 2019.
Description - Poverty rate, Canada, 2015 to 2022
This table displays Persons in low income, calculated using percent units of measure.
2015: 14.5%
2016: 12.9%
2017: 11.9%
2018: 11.2
2019: 10.3%
2020: 6.4%
2021: 7.4%
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 11-10-0136-01.
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