Poverty Level Income 2024 Canada. Based on a national survey, designed and paid for by food banks canada, this section includes five indicators that describe the financial situation of people in 2024. According to the market basket measure, canada's official poverty line, 9.9% of the population—approximately 3.8 million canadians—lived below the poverty line in 2022, up.
Concrete poverty reduction targets (relative to 2015 levels): The rate decreased in 2019 from 10.3% to the current level, 6.4% representing over 1.4 million canadians now above poverty levels.