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Poverty rate holds steady at 11%, well above 2020 levels: StatCan
May 2, 2026
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OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country’s poverty rate barely budged in 2024, remaining more than 50 per cent above 2020 levels. The agency says 11 per cent of Canadians — about 4.5 million people — lived in poverty in 2024 versus 11.1 per cent in 2023 and seven per cent in 2020. It says [] The post Poverty rate holds steady at 11, well above 2020 levels: StatCan appeared first on CityNews Montreal.
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