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More than one-third of food bank users across Canada were children in 2016.

About 1 in 7 of those using shelters in Canada are children.

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1 in 2 Status First Nations children lives in poverty.

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People living with disabilities (both mental and physical) are twice as likely to live below the poverty line.

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Between 1980 and 2005, the average earnings among the least wealthy Canadians fell by 20%.

Over the past 25 years, Canada’s population has increased by 30% and yet annual national investment in housing has decreased by 46%

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Precarious employment has increased by nearly 50% over the past two decades.

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Poverty costs Canada billions of dollar annually.

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In Edmonton, 1 in 8 individuals are currently living in poverty.

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1 in 7 people in Canada live in poverty.

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Nearly five million people in Canada – that’s one out of every seven individuals – currently live in poverty. Poverty is a widespread issue across the country and the world, but vulnerable groups such as people living with disabilities, single parents, elderly individuals, youth, and racialized communities are more susceptible.

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Agricultural technologies such as nitrogen fertilizers , pesticides, new seed varieties and new irrigation methods have dramatically reduced food shortages in modern times by boosting yields past previous constraints

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In 2012 it was estimated that, using a poverty line of $1.25 a day, 1.2 billion people lived in poverty.

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Relative poverty views poverty as socially defined and dependent on social context,hence relative poverty is a measure of income inequality.

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Absolute poverty, extreme poverty, or is "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information.

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Secondary poverty refers to those that would be living above the poverty line, but spend their income on unncessary pleasures, such as alchoholic thus placing them below it

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The World Bank forecasted in 2015 that 702.1 million were living in extreme poverty, down from 1.75 billion in 1990.

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Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Poverty is a may include social, economic, and political elements.