Poverty Trends Highlights: Canada 2013
October 2013
This latest installment in the Poverty Trends Scorecard provides a timely snapshot of poverty in Canada that identifies where things are improving and where they’re getting worse.
“Poverty Trends Highlights: Canada 2013” includes:
- The most up-to-date numbers on poverty in Canada
- How far below the poverty line an average low-income family is living
- The lightning-fast rise of the number of poor single working-age adults in the last 30 years
- The precarious situation of lone-parent families
- A comparison of different poverty measures, including examples of regional poverty lines
- Specific recommendations for federal action to address these trends
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Full report: “Poverty Trends Highlights: Canada 2013” (9 pages)
- Introduction
- Poverty Rates Have Fallen from Recession Highs
- The Poor Are Very Poor
- Poverty Persists among Unattached Working-Age Adults
- Poverty among Lone-Parent Families on the Rise
- Poverty Measures and Lines
- Poverty Rates and Lines by Select Communities
- Appendix 1: Summary Table – Low Income Cut-Off (After-Tax)
- Appendix 2: Summary Table – Low Income Measure (After-Tax)
