News
- Hamilton's Revitalization Continues, Leaving some Behind: Vital Signs ReportHousing prices are multiplying at higher rates than income increases creating inequalities.
- Vitals Signs: Hamilton a City of OutliersWhile we have seen some high-level economic improvements in the community, there is a continuation and in some areas even a deepening of the segregation of poverty.
- Giving Indigenous Single Moms a New StartA new program aimed at pulling Indigenous single moms out of poverty by providing education and job training has been announced in Hamilton.
- Code Red : Groundbreaking Journalism Using GISCODE RED is an ongoing project started in 2010 by The Hamilton Spectator to explore the powerful impacts that the social determinants of health have on people in Hamilton.
- Poverty the Leading Cause of Youth Homelessness: StudyInternational report citing poverty as the main cause of youth homelessness fuels local push to repeal Ontario’s Safe Streets Act.
Statistics
- Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy (Annual Report 2020)Read the first annual report on the 2020-2025 poverty reduction strategy. Learn about the impacts of COVID‑19 on vulnerable populations, key government actions and an update on the strategy’s target and indicators.
- Ontario Unveils New Comprehensive Plan to Combat PovertyThe new strategy "Building a Strong Foundation for Success: Reducing Poverty in Ontario", launched December 16th 2020
- Poverty Reduction Strategy (2021 Annual Report)Learn about how the government is responding to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, progress on key strategy initiatives and an update on the strategy’s target and indicators
- Poverty Reduction in OntarioOntario’s response to poverty is to create a province where the vulnerable can stabilize, get a hand up and realize a better life.
- Poverty: Just the FactsFrom Canada Without Poverty, a variety of stats covering various aspects of living in poverty in Canada.
- Low Income StatisticsSource: Statistics Canada
- First Nations Food, Nutrition & Environment StudyA collection of reports built on collaborative research with 92 First Nations across the country in relation to food and nutrition quality and statistics from environmental studies
- Canada without Poverty: Just the FactsBasic statistics about the current reality of poverty in Canada.
