Poverty, Income Inequality & Community Engagement

Housing prices are multiplying at higher rates than income increases creating inequalities.

While 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.

A new program aimed at pulling Indigenous single moms out of poverty by providing education and job training has been announced in Hamilton.

CODE 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.

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.

The new strategy "Building a Strong Foundation for Success: Reducing Poverty in Ontario", launched December 16th 2020

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

Ontario’s response to poverty is to create a province where the vulnerable can stabilize, get a hand up and realize a better life.