C2K Data Information
The percentage of Canadian children under 18 living in poverty in 2023, according to the latest national report card (using the CFLIM-AT measure)
18.3%
To measure national and provincial progress (or lack thereof), Campaign 2000 publishes this data-driven document annually.
What is: a Report Card?
What year did Campaign 2000 get launched?
What is: 1991? Campaign 2000 launched in response to the House of Commons’ 1989 all-party resolution to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000,
According to Food Banks Canada “People Feeling Worse off Compared to Last Year?
What is: True
Name a movement/group that seeks to end child and family poverty in Canada?
Campaign 2000
This province or territory had the highest child poverty rate (under 18) in Canada.
What is: Nunavut (38.8%) or Saskatchewan (27.1%) for half points
A term used to describe the distance between the poverty line and income level of an individual or family living below the poverty line.
What is: Depth of poverty
Campaign 2000 operates as a non-partisan coalition made up of more than this many national, regional, and local partner organizations.
What is 120?
Name three ways poverty manifests other than lack of income? (Source: Canada Without Poverty)
What is: Poverty manifests as hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion, as well as the lack of participation in decision-making
The number of Canadian children under 18 living in poverty, in 2023. (according to the CFLIM-AT measure).
What is: 1,386,950 (Between 1.3M to 1.4M)
Canada’s official poverty line. (Hint: Abbreviated as MBM)
Market Basket Measure
In April 2024, Campaign 2000 enthusiastically welcomed the federal government's $1-billion announcement of this national program aimed at mitigating student hunger.
What is: the National School Food Program?
Name at least three root causes of gendered poverty In Canada? (Source: Canadian Women’s Foundation)
What is: Higher Burden of Unpaid Work, Lack of affordable, quality childcare, Gender pay gap
The approximate number of years it would take to eliminate child poverty in Canada (assuming everything all values stay constant).
What is: 400 years
The source of data for the Census Family Low Income, After Tax (CFLIM-AT) measure.
What is: T1 Family File (T1FF) or tax filer info / taxes
Campaign 2000 has repeatedly criticized the punitive clawbacks of this pandemic-era benefit, noting it disproportionately harmed low-income mothers with multiple children.
What is: the CERB (Canada Emergency Response Benefit)?
Define Hidden Poverty (Source: Canada Without Poverty)
What is: Poverty statistics exclude people living in hidden poverty, which occurs when an individual earns above the poverty line, but cannot afford adequate food, hydro bills, childcare, or other basic necessities. Hidden poverty can also encompass undocumented people in Canada, and people who are on the brink of poverty
The average depth of poverty across all family types in 2023 (to the closest thousand)
What is: $15,182
What year does the Campaign 2000 website go back to with regards to online copies of the national report card?
What is: 2013
In September 2023, Campaign 2000 took its advocacy to the global stage, calling on Canada to meet its human rights obligations at a summit for these UN objectives.
What is: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
What New landmark Tort case was presented last week? How does it intersect with C2K?
What is: Expanding civil damages to cover non-physical abuse like financial control, this landmark new tort as a vital tool to reduce child and family poverty. Ie. Tort of Intimate Partner Violence