Poverty in Canada

4.6M Live in Poverty in Canada

Low-income is defined as the income below which a family is likely to spend 20 percentage points more of its income on food, shelter and clothing than the average family.

In 2017, 4,570,000 or 12.7% people were living on low income in Canada.

Newfoundland and Labrador had the highest percentage of people (15.3%) living in low income while Alberta reported the lowest (7.4%) in 2017.

Poverty in Canada (2017)