Poverty Rising in Ontario

Using data from the Canadian Income Survey (CIS), this brief begins with a summary of recent poverty dynamics. It uses the Market Basket Measure (MBM) – the official poverty line for Canada and an indicator in the PRS – to analyze the state of poverty in Ontario and how it has evolved over time.

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