Canada: persons in low income families by province

In 2021, around 0.9 million people were living in low income families in Ontario. Ontario had the largest number of individuals living in low income households. Quebec and British Columbia followed with 504 thousand and 287 thousand, respectively.

Number of persons in low income families in Canada in 2021, by province (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of persons in thousands
Ontario	897
Quebec	504
British Columbia	287
Alberta	242
Manitoba	125
Saskatchewan	86
Nova Scotia	71
New Brunswick	49
Newfoundland and Labrador	48
Prince Edward Island	11

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May 2023

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Canada

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Values presented are of adults who fall below the threshold of low income measures (LIMs), which are 50% of adjusted median household income. These measures are categorized according to the number of persons present in the household, reflecting the economies of scale inherent in household size. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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