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JUST THE FACTS
U.N. human-rights bodies recently reviewed Canada's record on poverty. They expressed alarm at the dramatic increases in homelessness and hunger in so affluent a country. They also found that social-program cuts discriminate against women, children, Aboriginal people and many of the most vulnerable in society.
- 75 percent of an individual's health is determined by physical, social and economic environments. (The Kirby Report on the Federal Role in Health Care.)
- One in five-or approximately 1.14 million-Canadian children live in poverty.
- 11.8 percent of children under six in Ottawa belong to families on social assistance.
- One person working at minimum wage earns $1,030 per month before deductions: rent on a one-bedroom apartment in Ottawa costs $762 per month, a two-bedroom apartment costs $914 per month.
- 20 percent of families in Ottawa spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing.
- 17 percent of all female seniors and 6 percent of all male seniors have annual incomes of less than $10,000.
- 12 percent of families in Ottawa are living on less than $20,000 per year; 84 percent of these are headed by single-parent mothers.
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