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 ...

Rates of child and family poverty in Canada are on the rise, according to a new report. From 2021 to 2022, the child poverty rate in Canada rose by 2.5 percentage points, or a total of 195,170 ...

The monthly government benefit is meant to help low-income parents, amidst a rise in the the child poverty rate.

When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was elected in 2015, he promised sunny ways and "a real change." Over the last nine years, there's no doubt his government has focused on fighting climate change, ...

The report, from advocacy group Campaign 2000, looks at child poverty rates across Canada, where it says 1.4 million children are living in poverty. In Nunavut, nearly 42 per cent of kids under ...

Conceived as a stopgap measure to address unmet needs in some communities, food banks were first implemented on a large scale ...

Seniors using the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability program are required to take money from their Canada Pension ...

A new poverty report card has shown that P.E.I. has the fourth lowest poverty rate in Canada. While that may appear impressive on the surface, the report shows that the poverty level in all three age ...

“The availability of period products at local food banks is essential to preserving the dignity of Canadian women,” says Chris Hatch, CEO of Food Banks Canada. “Your local food bank accepts and ...

In 1873, Canada was engulfed in an economic depression, which caused poverty and suffering throughout the country. Alexander Mackenzie was prime minister during the darkest years of the depression ...