Tag: Market Basket Measure

• 4.5 Million Canadians Are Now Living Below The Poverty Line

  

  Canada’s cost-of-living crisis is still showing up in the data. New Statistics Canada numbers show that 11.0% of Canadians lived below the poverty line in 2024, representing approximately 4.5 million people. That is almost unchanged from 2023, when the poverty rate was 11.1%.  The data suggests that while inflation has cooled from its peak, many…

  Kaleylangille

  May 5, 2026

  alberta, british columbia, East Coast, ontario, Uncategorized

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