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.
- Applying an intersectional lens to poverty in OntarioThe end of 2021 saw two big reports from the CCPA-Ontario office. Poverty in the Midst of Plenty put forward policy options to lift 500,000 Ontario children out of poverty. A Disproportionate Burden looked at the impacts of the pandemic on the job market for racialized and Indigenous workers, who were more likely to work in industries that lost jobs yet also more likely to work in occupations where the risk of exposure to COVID-19 was greater.
- Social Policy Trends: Poverty Reduction in Alberta vs. OntarioIn 1976 and 2020, Alberta and Ontario had similar rates of poverty. In between those years, poverty rates followed very different trajectories.
- AMO launches groundbreaking homelessness study: Ontario at a tipping point with 80,000 homelessthe Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) released a comprehensive study that reveals the unprecedented and growing toll of homelessness on individuals, families, communities, and governments. It outlines the risk of inaction and how we can work together toward a solution.
- 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.
- Health of two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people experiencing poverty in Canada: a reviewTwo-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (2SLGBTQ+) people are disproportionately represented among those experiencing poverty. Both 2SLGBTQ+ people and people experiencing poverty face poorer health outcomes and greater difficulty accessing healthcare.
Statistics
- Poverty Reduction Strategy (2023 Annual Report)Read about how the Government of Ontario is working to make life more affordable for families, connecting people to meaningful employment and building a province where everyone can participate in their communities.
- 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 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.
