Using a different measure of international poverty, the rate has dropped from 53 percent in 1981 to 17 percent in 2011 – representing the most rapid reduction in poverty in world history.

Government programs kept 33.6 million people, including 6.5 million children, out of poverty last year.

By Olivier Mougeot (Quebec, Canada, correspondent) Published on September 24, 2024, at 3:26 am (Paris), updated on September 24, 2024, at 8:12 am 5 min read Lire en français ...

Canada’s official poverty measure only focuses on income and ignores other important factors, meaning there are millions of Canadians living in poverty that are ignored by the measure.

Rates of child and family poverty in Canada are on the rise, according to a new report. From 2021 to 2022, the child poverty rate in Canada rose by 2.5 percentage points, or a total of 195,170 ...

Pandemic-era poverty levels reached a new high in March 2021, right as a new stimulus was passed. That $1.9 trillion package contains several measures that could drastically cut poverty.

At first glance, Canada ranks among the top third of countries for its work in addressing child poverty. But that isn’t the whole story. Based on current rates of and overall progress in ...