Table 4
Persons living below the poverty line1, by selected demographic group, Canada, 2019 and 2020
| 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | % of population | % of population | |
| All persons | 3,793 | 2,357 | 10.3 | 6.4 |
| Persons under 18 years in economic families | 654 | 324 | 9.2 | 4.6 |
| Persons under 18 years in female lone-parent families | 204 | 124 | 28.6 | 16.9 |
| Persons 16 years and over | 3,177 | 2,054 | 10.4 | 6.7 |
| Indigenous people | 133 | 89 | 18.6 | 11.8 |
| First Nations living off-reserve | 81 | 60 | 22.8 | 15.2 |
| Métis | 47 | 33 | 13.7 | 9.4 |
| Inuit | F | F | F | F |
| Recent immigrants2 | 412 | 219 | 17.2 | 8.6 |
| Persons with a disability3 | 1,165 | 761 | 13.7 | 8.5 |
F
too unreliable to be published
Source(s):
Canadian Income Survey (5200), custom tabulation.
Table note 1
Based on the Market Basket Measure (2018 base).
Table note 2
Who arrived in Canada in the last 10 years.
Table note 3
Disability-related estimates are produced using a different weighting methodology. Comparisons with estimates produced from the entire survey should be made with caution.
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