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Socio-economic mobility in Canada refers to the capacity of individuals or families to improve their economic and social standing over time, enabling them to move from one socio-economic class to another. Canada, known for its strong commitment to social welfare and inclusive policies, has a complex socio-economic landscape influenced by ...
In the face of these long-term regional disparities, the Government of Canada redistributes some of its revenues through unconditional equalization payments and finances the delivery of comparable levels of government services through the Canada Health Transfer and the Canada Social Transfer.
Canada is one of the world's largest suppliers of agricultural products, particularly wheat and other grains. [144] Canada is a major exporter of agricultural products, to the United States and Asia. As with all other developed nations, the proportion of the population and GDP devoted to agriculture fell dramatically over the 20th century.
Government of Canada is using the Market Basket Measure (MBM) of poverty as official poverty line since August 2018. [36] The MBM was developed in 2003 [37] [38] and the MBM thresholds take into account community size, location and household and composition, estimating the disposable income required to meet basic needs.
The Canada Year Book 1951 The Official Statistical Annual of the Resources, History, Institutions, and Social and Economic Conditions of Canada. King's Printer and Controller of Stationery. ISBN 978-0-7715-8268-4. Cloutier, Edmond, ed. (1956). Canada 1956 The Official Handbook of Present Conditions and Recent Progress. Queen's Printer and ...
Statistics Canada conducts a national census of population and census of agriculture every five years and releases the data with a two-year lag.. The Census of Population provides demographic and statistical data that is used to plan public services such as health care, education, and transportation; determine federal transfer payments; [1] and determine the number of Members of Parliament for ...
The Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD; legal title: Department of Western Economic Diversification) [31] was a Canadian federal ministerial department concerned with the economy and economic development of Western Canada, which encompasses Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.
Socioeconomic status has long been related to health, those higher in the social hierarchy typically enjoy better health than those below. [23] Socioeconomic status is an important source of health inequity, as there is a very robust positive correlation between socioeconomic status and health. This correlation suggests that it is not only the ...