About 4 million Canadians were living below the poverty line in 2023, as the number continued to rise for three consecutive years, according to recent data released by Statistics Canada.
The Canadian Income Survey 2023 published on May 1 measured income among various Canadian households for that year, including single parents and seniors.
It found that about 10.2 percent of Canadians lived below the poverty line in 2023. That rate was 9.9 in 2022, and 10.3 percent in 2019, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
Moreover, StatCan said that nearly half of single-parent families lived with food insecurity (47.8 percent).
Single Canadians not considered seniors were also at a high risk of food insecurity (31.7 percent), according to StatCan….