Table 3
Persons living below the poverty line (Market Basket Measure, 2023 base), Canada, 2020 to 2024
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % of population | % of population | % of population | % of population | % of population | |
| All persons | 2,604 | 3,048 | 4,074 | 4,390 | 4,478 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 11.0 |
| Persons under 18 years1 | 370 | 509 | 795 | 916 | 893 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 10.7 | 12.1 | 11.5 |
| In two-parent families | 204 | 265 | 437 | 551 | 517 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 7.4 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| In one-parent families where the parent is a woman+2 | 132 | 159 | 270 | 287 | 282 | 17.3 | 19.8 | 29.3 | 30.7 | 29.7 |
| Persons 18 to 64 years | 1,986 | 2,099 | 2,799 | 3,041 | 3,174 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 12.6 |
| In economic families | 740 | 903 | 1,318 | 1,500 | 1,544 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Not in an economic family | 1,246 | 1,196 | 1,481 | 1,541 | 1,631 | 28.2 | 27.0 | 32.1 | 32.3 | 33.2 |
| Persons 65 years and over | 247 | 439 | 480 | 433 | 410 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| In economic families | 71 | 125 | 179 | 163 | 163 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| Not in an economic family | 176 | 314 | 301 | 270 | 247 | 8.7 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 11.1 |
Source(s):
Table 11-10-0135-01.
Table note 1
Data do not add up to the total, as some components have been excluded.
Table note 2
The term "woman+" includes women, as well as some non-binary persons.
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