Minorities and Poverty
What is the rate of indiginous children to any other race of child in the foster care system?
Half (51.2%) of children in foster care are indigenous.
Are a quarter single seniors victims of poverty?
25.7% of Canadians living in poverty are single seniors.
Are 47.4 percent of poverty families in Canada dual income?
Of the people living in poverty in Canada, 47.4% are single parent families with children.
Does the average household pay over $2000 to the costs of poverty?
Every household in Ontario pays $2,300 per year to cover the costs of poverty (2008).
What is the percentage of the low income measure compared to the median income?
Internationally, the LIM, or Low Income Measure, is most widely used as a low income indicator. The LIM is 50% of the adjusted median income. Anyone at or below this threshold of LIM is considered low income.
Approximately one fifth of indigenous minors are victims of food insecurities?
About 20% of indigenous people aged 15 and over experienced food insecurity in the past 12 months.
Does having a household with no one that workers increase the poverty rate?
Canadians of working age who live in households where no one works have a poverty rate of 66 percent.
Is it true that 80%of single parent households are single mother households?
80% of single parent families are made of single moms with kids.
Was the poverty rate of working age people in Canada less in the 1990s compared to the 2000s?
The poverty rate among working-age people in Canada increased significantly between the mid-1990s and the mid 2000s.
Are local conditions considered in the costing basket?
The MBM takes local conditions into account in costing the basket.
Approximately how many drinking waters were reported in indigenous communities in 2018?
There were 174 drinking water advisories in First Nations communities in May 2018
True or false, do 1/10 Canadians between 18-65 live in relative poverty?
More than one in ten Canadians between the ages of 18 and 65 live in relative poverty.
Is the cut off for low income taxes for a Canadian family less or more than $50,000?
The low income cut off before taxes in Canada for a family of 4 is $47, 084 (2019)
Are social assistance payments below the poverty line income?
Social assistance payments are below the poverty line.
Is it true that top paid ceo’s make almost 200 times the average canadian income?
In 2017, the ratio of the income of Canada’s top paid CEOs to the average Canadian income is around 197:1.
Is it true 1/5 of Canadians living in poverty are racialized minorities?
20.8% of Canadians living in poverty are racialized minorities (not indigenous)
Did it true that a quarter of impoverished Canadians differ from a disability?
23.3% of Canadians in poverty in Canada are disabled.
Round your percentage to the nearest tenth. What percentage of single adults are living in poverty?
37.7% of Canadians living in poverty are single adults.
Is the cut off for low income taxes for a single person less or more than $30,000?
The low income cut off before taxes in Canada for a single person is $25, 338 (2019)
Is low income defined by average middle class income?
The LIM measures income in relative terms, based upon national income distribution. The low income status is determined relative to the income of other members in their country.
Is it more or less than ¼ of Canadians living in poverty are indiginious?
23.6% of Canadians living in poverty are indigenous.
Is a low income household more commonly found by two breadwinners? If not, then how many?
People living in households with one worker account for 45 percent of low income Canadians.
Poverty reduction strategies have moved away from “benefit-only” approaches to “active” policies such as funding job training, providing child care, and tax incentives for lower-paid workers.
True or false , is ⅓ of low income Waterloo residents working a full time job?
1 in 3 people living with low income in Waterloo Region are working.
Name a country in which canass working age poverty rate is lower than?
Canada’s working age poverty rate is below Japan and the US but above all other seventeen peer countries. It ranks 15 out of 17
what is it called when a household is unable to purchase a basket of goods such as toiletries, house supplies, nutritious food?
The Market Basket Measure (MBM) is the level at which a household does not have the income to purchase a specific basket of essential goods and services such as nutritious food, shelter, clothing, transportation, personal care items, household items, etc.