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  • 1. Average basket coefficient by after-tax income decile
    Table: 11-10-0102-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Average number of adjusted Market Basket Measure (MBM) baskets that could be purchased with the family disposable income, by after-tax income decile, Canada and provinces, annual.
    Release date: 2025-06-04
  • 2. Aggregate and average components of after-tax income according to the Market Basket Measure threshold, by after-tax income decile
    Table: 11-10-0103-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: After-tax income decomposed according to each component of the disposable income for the Market Basket Measure (MBM) (realized part of the adjusted MBM threshold, surplus or deficit and all adjustments such as non-discretionary expenses and income adjustments), by after-tax income decile, Canada and provinces, annual.
    Release date: 2025-06-04
  • 3. Crime, Justice and Community Safety Datasets and User Guides
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 45-20-0001
    Description: This publication provides user guides and datasets containing statistics on a variety of topics and issues related to justice and community safety.
    Release date: 2025-05-27
  • 4. Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year
    Table: 11-10-0066-01
    Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by MBM region and base year. Total thresholds as well as thresholds for the food, clothing, transportation, shelter and other expenses components are presented, in current and constant dollars, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 5. Poverty and low-income statistics by disability status
    Table: 11-10-0090-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Poverty and low-income statistics by disability status, age group, sex and economic family type, Canada, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 6. Poverty and low-income statistics by selected demographic characteristics
    Table: 11-10-0093-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Poverty and low-income statistics by visible minority group, Indigenous group and immigration status, Canada and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 7. Market Basket Measure thresholds by Market Basket Measure region and family size, in current dollars
    Table: 11-10-0104-01
    Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The total Market Basket Measure (MBM) threshold for each MBM region is presented by economic family size, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 8. Low income statistics by age, sex and economic family type
    Table: 11-10-0135-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of persons in low income, low income rate and average gap ratio by age, sex and economic family type, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 9. Percentage of persons in low income by sex
    Table: 11-10-0135-02
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Low income statistics by age, sex and economic family type, annual.

    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 10. Low income statistics by economic family type
    Table: 11-10-0136-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number of persons in low income, low income rate and average gap ratio by economic family type, annual.

    Release date: 2025-05-01
Data (103)

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  • 1. Average basket coefficient by after-tax income decile
    Table: 11-10-0102-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Average number of adjusted Market Basket Measure (MBM) baskets that could be purchased with the family disposable income, by after-tax income decile, Canada and provinces, annual.
    Release date: 2025-06-04
  • 2. Aggregate and average components of after-tax income according to the Market Basket Measure threshold, by after-tax income decile
    Table: 11-10-0103-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: After-tax income decomposed according to each component of the disposable income for the Market Basket Measure (MBM) (realized part of the adjusted MBM threshold, surplus or deficit and all adjustments such as non-discretionary expenses and income adjustments), by after-tax income decile, Canada and provinces, annual.
    Release date: 2025-06-04
  • 3. Crime, Justice and Community Safety Datasets and User Guides
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 45-20-0001
    Description: This publication provides user guides and datasets containing statistics on a variety of topics and issues related to justice and community safety.
    Release date: 2025-05-27
  • 4. Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year
    Table: 11-10-0066-01
    Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by MBM region and base year. Total thresholds as well as thresholds for the food, clothing, transportation, shelter and other expenses components are presented, in current and constant dollars, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 5. Poverty and low-income statistics by disability status
    Table: 11-10-0090-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Poverty and low-income statistics by disability status, age group, sex and economic family type, Canada, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 6. Poverty and low-income statistics by selected demographic characteristics
    Table: 11-10-0093-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Poverty and low-income statistics by visible minority group, Indigenous group and immigration status, Canada and provinces.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 7. Market Basket Measure thresholds by Market Basket Measure region and family size, in current dollars
    Table: 11-10-0104-01
    Geography: Census metropolitan area, Census agglomeration, Census metropolitan area part
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: The total Market Basket Measure (MBM) threshold for each MBM region is presented by economic family size, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 8. Low income statistics by age, sex and economic family type
    Table: 11-10-0135-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of persons in low income, low income rate and average gap ratio by age, sex and economic family type, annual.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 9. Percentage of persons in low income by sex
    Table: 11-10-0135-02
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Low income statistics by age, sex and economic family type, annual.

    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 10. Low income statistics by economic family type
    Table: 11-10-0136-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number of persons in low income, low income rate and average gap ratio by economic family type, annual.

    Release date: 2025-05-01
Analysis (154)

Analysis (154) (0 to 10 of 154 results)

  • 1. Canada's Official Poverty Dashboard of Indicators: Trends, May 2025
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025019
    Description: Canada’s Poverty Reduction Strategy introduced the Official Poverty Line for Canada and a dashboard of 12 indicators to track progress on poverty reduction for Canadians and their households. This infographic presents trend information for Canada's official poverty rate and the associated 12 indicators.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 2. The proposed methodology for the 2023-base Market Basket Measure of poverty
    Articles and reports: 75F0002M2025003
    Description: This discussion paper outlines the proposed changes and updates for the 2023-base Market Basket Measure (MBM) methodology. The paper provides preliminary 2023-base thresholds and poverty rates for 2020 to 2023 and compares these to the 2018-base thresholds and poverty rates. In addition, the paper identifies research topics which will be conducted in preparation for the next comprehensive review and describes the necessary steps which will lead to a final 2023-base methodology planned for the Fall of 2025.
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 3. Canadian Income Survey 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202512111361
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-05-01
  • 4. Poverty rates of older women living in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024057
    Description: This infographic looks at the poverty rates of different groups of older women (aged 65 years and older) in Canada. Using the 2021 Census of Population, it looks specifically at the low-income and poverty rates of different groups of older women, including older immigrant and racialized women.
    Release date: 2024-12-04
  • 5. The poverty rate and low-income situation of older persons in Canada: An intersectional analysis
    Articles and reports: 45-20-00022024002
    Description: This paper draws a portrait of the economic situation of older persons (aged 65 years and older) in Canada, with a special focus on different groups of older women. More specifically, using the combined data from the Survey of Consumer Finances, the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, and the Canadian Income Survey, the evolution of the low-income situations, median income, and sources of income of older women and men from 1976 to 2022 are studied in the first section of the paper. Using the 2021 Census of Population, the second section looks specifically at the low-income and poverty rates of different groups of older women, including older immigrant and racialized women.
    Release date: 2024-12-04
  • 6. Preliminary poverty estimates in Canada: A new modelling approach
    Articles and reports: 75F0002M2024007
    Description: This paper proposes a method of producing preliminary Market Basket Measure (MBM) poverty estimates up to seven months before the official release by using preliminary tax slips, while ensuring the estimates maintain reasonable revision and accuracy levels. Following the release of this paper, Statistics Canada will continue to provide preliminary poverty estimates each fall following the reference year using the methodology described in this paper. The official poverty estimates will continue to be released in the spring of the second year after the reference year.
    Release date: 2024-11-28
  • 7. What we heard report: Engagement activities for the third comprehensive review of the Market Basket Measure
    Articles and reports: 75F0002M2024006
    Description: This paper details the outreach and engagement activities undertaken since the launch of the third comprehensive review of Market Basket Measure (MBM) in June 2023, and provides a summary of what Statistics Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) heard during this period. It also outlines the next steps of the review process which will lead to the creation of the 2023-base methodology.
    Release date: 2024-10-29
  • 8. Canada's Official Poverty Dashboard of Indicators: Trends, April 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024020
    Description: Canada’s Poverty Reduction Strategy introduced the Official Poverty Line for Canada and a dashboard of 12 indicators to track progress on poverty reduction for Canadians and their households. This infographic presents trend information for Canada's official poverty rate and the associated 12 indicators.
    Release date: 2024-04-26
  • 9. Low income among persons in one-parent families headed by an immigrant parent
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024014
    Description: Using data from the 2021 Census of Population, this infographic examines the prevalence of low income among persons in one-parent families with an immigrant parent. This infographic explores the prevalence of low income among persons in one-parent families according to the parent’s admission category and racialized group, as well as the presence of young children in the family.
    Release date: 2024-03-25
  • 10. Prevalence of low income among persons in one-parent families headed by an immigrant parent: An intersectional analysis
    Articles and reports: 45-20-00022024001
    Description: Using data from the 2021 Census of Population, this article examines the prevalence of low income among persons in one-parent families with an immigrant parent. This article explores the prevalence of low income according to characteristics of the parent (e.g., admission category, period of immigration) and their family and household (e.g., number of children, household type).
    Release date: 2024-03-25
Reference (13)

Reference (13) (0 to 10 of 13 results)

  • 1. Crime, Justice and Community Safety Datasets and User Guides
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 45-20-0001
    Description: This publication provides user guides and datasets containing statistics on a variety of topics and issues related to justice and community safety.
    Release date: 2025-05-27
  • 2. Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation: User Guide, 2021
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 45-20-00012023002
    Description: The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD) is an area-based index which uses Census of Population microdata to measure four key dimensions of deprivation at the dissemination area (DA)-level: residential instability, economic dependency, situational vulnerability and ethno-cultural composition.

    The CIMD allows for an understanding of inequalities in various measures of health and social well-being. While it is a geographically-based index of deprivation and marginalization, it can also be used as a proxy for an individual. The CIMD has the potential to be widely used by researchers on a variety of topics related to socio-economic research. Other uses for the index may include: policy planning and evaluation, or resource allocation.
    Release date: 2023-11-10
  • 3. Low-income concepts and statistics, 2021 Census of Population
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 98-20-00032021012
    Description: This video builds on concepts introduced in the other videos on income. It explains key low-income concepts - Market Basket Measure (MBM), Low income measure (LIM) and Low-income cut-offs (LICO) and the indicators associated with these concepts such as the low-income gap and the low-income ratio. These concepts are used in analysis of the economic well-being of the population.
    Release date: 2023-03-29
  • 4. An Update on the Market Basket Measure Comprehensive Review
    Notices and consultations: 75F0002M2019009
    Description:

    From September 2018 through April 2019, Statistics Canada conducted a broad consultation on the Market Basket Measure (MBM). This paper will describe the consultations that took place, give highlights of what Statistics Canada heard, and describe next steps.

    Release date: 2019-07-18
  • 5. Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation: User Guide Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 45-20-00012019002
    Description:

    The User Guide for the Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD) outlines uses for the index, as well as it provides a brief description of the methodology behind the development of the index. This User Guide also provides instructions on how to use the index, and lists considerations when using the CIMD data.

    Release date: 2019-06-12
  • 6. Should the Low Income Cut-offs Be Updated? A Summary of Feedback on Statistics Canada's Discussion Paper Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75F0002M2000011
    Description:

    This report summarizes the comments received in response to a discussion paper on low income cut-offs released in January 2000.

    Release date: 2000-09-26
  • 7. Should the Low Income Cutoffs Be Updated? A Discussion Paper Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75F0002M1999009
    Description:

    This paper describes the issues around updating the low income cut-offs as well as Statistics Canada's findings and proposes a course of action.

    Release date: 2000-01-12
  • 8. On Poverty and Low Income Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 13F0027X
    Description:

    Recently there has been extensive and recurring media coverage of Statistics Canada's low income cut-offs and their relationship to the measurement of poverty. At the heart of the debate is the use of the low income cut-offs as poverty lines even though Statistics Canada has clearly stated, since their publication began over 25 years ago, that they are not. The high profile recently given this issue has presented Statistics Canada with a welcome opportunity to restate its position on these issues, views which seem to have become lost in the debate.

    Release date: 1999-04-01
  • 9. Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) Geography and Its Impact on Low Income Measurement Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75F0002M1997009
    Description:

    This working presents the nature and uses of the geographic structure used by the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) and explains how statistics on low income are dependent on geographical concepts. It also describes the methodology for deriving geographic data for the Wave 1 (1993 reference year) SLID files, and improvements made for the Wave 2 (1994 reference year) release.

    Release date: 1997-12-31
  • 10. Survey of Consumer Finances (Small Sample)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3501
    Description: The purpose of this survey was to provide data for estimating income distributions by size for individuals and families.
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