A new national survey suggests a significant share of older Canadians are struggling to meet basic needs, with one in five people aged 50 and older experiencing a standard of living comparable to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reads to children during an event at a library in Saint-Eustache, Que., in 2019. The Canada Child ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. National report spotlights the devastating impact of deepening poverty, rising youth unemployment, and recommends ...

The Yukon released its Poverty Report Card this week, following last week’s release of the 2025 Report Card on Child and ...

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Disability Without Poverty and Campaign 2000 released their second annual 2024 Disability Report Card, ...

An organization that campaigns to end child poverty says the number of children living in households that struggle to pay bills and buy food has continued to grow. The 2025 report card from Campaign ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — One in five recent immigrants lived below the poverty line in Canada in 2022, and most of them were in "deep poverty," according to a report Thursday from Statistics Canada. The ...

Canada has traditionally supported the United Nations as the best vehicle, however imperfect, for promoting world peace, justice, human rights and prosperity. The UN, for its part, ranks Canada as ...

How widespread—and persistent—is poverty within 2SLGBTQ+ communities in Canada? Municipal and provincial 2SLGBTQ+ poverty-related studies offer some glimpses, but there is no national measure. Through ...

“You're at 27.1 per cent while the national average is 18.3,” said Kimberly Dreaddy, a member of Campaign 2000.

The report found Nova Scotia has the highest rate of child poverty in Atlantic Canada and the third-highest in the country — with 22.7 per cent of children living in poverty.