Canada’s existing measure of poverty, the Market Basket Measure (MBM), determines the standard of living by adding the cost ...

Using the MBM as a poverty line, we find over one in seven British Columbians living in poverty. That’s a shocking 670,000 people. B.C. now has the second highest poverty rate in Canada after ...

Child poverty is rising swiftly in Canada and the Liberal government's Canada Child Benefit "has lost its power to sustain poverty reduction" and bring down income inequality, says a new report ...

In consultation with city staff, we used the Market Basket Measure (MBM) poverty measure and drew on data from the 2021 Canada Census of Population available through the Community Data Program, and ...