Almost five million
individuals in Canada – that is one out of each seven people – right now live
in neediness. Neediness is a far-reaching issue over the nation and the world,
yet a group of people, for example, individuals living with inabilities, single
guardians, elderly people, youth, and racialized networks are more susceptible.
The impacts of neediness can affect the various parts of a man's life,
including sustenance security, wellbeing, and lodging. This is how poverty in
Canada looks like.
Statistical
Data about Poverty in Canada:
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1 in 7 (or 4.9 million) people in Canada live in
poverty.
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In Edmonton, 1 in 8 individuals are currently
living in poverty.
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Poverty costs Canada as a whole between $72
billion and $84 billion annually; Ontarians pay $2,299 – $2,895 per year, while
British Columbians pay over $2,100 per year.
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Precarious employment has increased by nearly
50% over the past two decades.
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Between 1980 and 2005, the average earnings among
the least wealthy Canadians fell by 20%.
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Over the past 25 years, Canada’s population has
increased by 30% and yet annual national investment in housing has decreased by
46%.
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Poverty
and Demographics:
Marginalized Communities:
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People living with disabilities (both mental and
physical) are twice as likely to live below the poverty line.
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Nearly 15% of people with disabilities live in
poverty, 59% of which are women.
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Estimates place the number of homeless
individuals living with a disability or mental illness as high as 45% of the
overall homeless population.
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Children with disabilities are twice as likely
to live in households relying on social assistance
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21% of single mothers in Canada raise their
children while living in poverty (7% of single fathers raise their children in
poverty).
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Women parenting on their own enter shelters at
twice the rate of two-parent families.
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Indigenous Peoples (including First Nations,
Métis, and Inuit peoples) are overrepresented among the homeless population in
virtually all urban centers in Canada.
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28%-34% of shelter users are Indigenous.
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1 in 5 racialized families live in poverty in
Canada, as opposed to 1 in 20 non-racialized families.
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Racialized women living in poverty were almost
twice as likely to work in manufacturing jobs than other women living in
poverty.
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Overall, racialized women earn 32% less at work.
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Nearly 15% of elderly single individuals live in
poverty.
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Nearly 2 million seniors receive the Guaranteed
Income Supplement, and live on about $17,000 per year. However, the most basic
standard of living in Canada is calculated at $18,000 per year for a single
person
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Child
Poverty:
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In Canada, 1.3 million children live in
conditions of poverty (that’s 1 in 5).
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1 in 2 Status First Nations children lives in
poverty.
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8% of children in British Columbia live in
poverty with children under the age of 6 representing an even higher poverty
rate of 20.1% (both are higher than the national average of 18.5%)
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1 in 5 Edmontonian children (under the age of
18) live in poverty, which increases to 1 in 3 children in single-parent
families.
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40% of Indigenous children in Canada live in
poverty, and 60% of Indigenous children on reserves live in poverty.
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More than one-third of food bank users across
Canada were children in 2016.
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About 1 in 7 of those using shelters in Canada
are children.
Results of Poverty:
Food
Problems:
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Residents in Nunavut spend twice as much on food as
the rest of the country on average ($14,800 v. $7,300 annually).
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4 million people in Canada experience food
insecurity.
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1 in 8 Canadian households struggle to put food on
the table.
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In 2014, the majority of food insecure households –
62.2% – were reliant on wages or salary from employment.
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8 out of 10 provinces saw an increase in food bank
usage in 2016.
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62% of children living in the North are food
insecure.
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2 out of every 5 Northern households are food
insecure.
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Food bank usage across Canada is 3% higher than 2015
and 28% higher than it was in 2008.
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7 of 10 Inuit preschoolers live in food insecure
households.
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Food bank usage has increased in all provinces since
2008, apart from Newfoundland and Labrador.
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2% of food bank users are Indigenous.
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Health Issues:
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1 in 10 Canadians cannot afford to fill their
medical prescriptions. Canada is the only industrialized country with a
universal healthcare system but without a national pharmacare policy.
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A McMaster University study found a 21-year
difference in life expectancy between the poorest and wealthiest residents of
Hamilton, Ontario.
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Researchers have found that men in the
wealthiest 20% of neighbourhoods in Canada live on average more than four years
longer than men in the poorest 20% of neighbourhoods.
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Estimates place the cost of socio-economic
disparities in the health system to be 20% of all healthcare spending.
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It has been estimated that $1 invested in the
early years of a child’s life can save up to $9 in future spending in the
healthcare system.
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Food insecure households were 80% more likely to
report having diabetes, 60% more likely to report high blood pressure, and 70%
more likely to report food allergies.
Housing:
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3 million Canadian households are precariously
housed (living in unaffordable, below standards, and/or overcrowded housing
conditions).
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An estimated 235,000 people in Canada
experienced homelessness in 2016, with roughly 35,000 people being homeless on
any given night.
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Almost 1 in every 5 households experience
serious housing affordability issues (spending over 50% of their low income on
rent) which puts them at risk of homelessness.
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Three-quarters of Yukon’s population live in
Whitehorse where the average price of housing increased 80% over six years.
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Estimates place the number of homeless
individuals living with a disability or mental illness as high as 45% of the
overall homeless population.
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In Toronto, there were 5,219 people who were
homeless in 2013 (the latest available data). Roughly half of the homeless
population were on wait lists for affordable housing during the same period.
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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation predicts
that its major national housing program funding will fall from $3.04 billion
(2010) to $1.68 billion by 2017 — a $1.36 billion difference.
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According to new research, spending $10 on
housing and support for high-need chronically homeless individuals resulted in
almost $22 of savings related to health care, social supports, housing, and the
justice system.
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Youth aged 16-24 make up about 20% of the
homeless population
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The number of older adults and seniors
experiencing homeless is rising, making up a combined 4% of shelters users in
2016
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International Rankings
Canada is a well-off nation, however
individuals living in Canada still experience destitution. How does Canada
contrast with different nations around the globe?
· UNICEF rated Canada 17thout of 29 wealthy countries
due to the number of children living in poverty in Canada and 26th out of 35
wealthy countries for overall child inequality.
It is time to really gear up and make our
country all the way more perfect in terms of better living. And this will all
be possible when the underprivileged communities of our society get noticed. Connect
with MKTLIST.ca for their intuitive to work for the needy
people.
Author: MKTLIST Blog Team