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Poverty among single parent households decreased in the late 1990s and 2000s. [113] In the 2010s the poverty rate in lone parent families remained the same and by 2016, it was over twice the Canadian average poverty rate, with about 30% of lone-parent households in poverty compared to an average of 11% for the general Canadian population. [113]
The data is from the most recent year available from the World Bank API. [1] [2] [3] As differences in price levels across the world evolve, the global poverty line has to be periodically updated to reflect these changes. The World Bank updated the global poverty lines in September 2022.
Child poverty in Canada became a major social issue the late 1980s. On November 24, 1989, all Canadian Parliamentarians had unanimously voted to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000, [2] in response to the final speech before his retirement, made by Ed Broadbent, then leader of the NDP. Broadbent had called for a resolution raising concern ...
The economic downturn significantly affected Canadian households in several ways. Official statistics indicated a 25% increase in food inflation and a 30% rise in energy costs since the COVID-19 pandemic. Provincial sales taxes ranged from 13% to 15%, further impacting consumer spending power.
The Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN) is a network of quantitative social sciences which includes 27 facilities across Canada that provide "access to a vast array of social, economic, and health data, primarily gathered" by Statistics Canada and disseminate "research findings to the policy community and the Canadian public."
Statistics Canada projects that visible minorities will make up between 38.2% and 43.0% of the total Canadian population by 2041, [75] [76] compared with 26.5% in 2021. [ 77 ] [ 3 ] Among the working-age population (15 to 64 years), meanwhile, visible minorities are projected to represent between 42.1% and 47.3% of Canada's total population ...
The Canadian public feel that accessing health care is perceived as poor, people wait longer periods of time to see physicians. [14] There are increasing number of health practices being privatized which decreases the accessibility for those living in rural poverty. There a few physicians available to support this population.
The Canadian social safety net includes a broad spectrum of programs, many of which are run by the provinces and territories. Canada also has a wide range of government transfer payments to individuals, which totaled $176.6 billion in 2009—this cost only includes social programs that administer funds to individuals; programs such as medicare ...