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How is Poverty Measured - Poverty Reduction Backgrounder - Updated March 2019

Published date: May 18, 2018
Publication type: Report

There is no accepted measure of poverty in Canada. Instead, the measures of low income, need, and deprivation are used.  None are perfect, but together they paint a picture.

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