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Originally Posted by RichieRich
Income Distribution in Canada by Age
Nearly 2 million seniors subsist on less than $17,000 each year. Seniors in Canada have not been immune to difficulties. Indeed, almost 15% of single seniors live in poverty.
Around two million seniors struggle to make ends meet on the government-provided Guaranteed Income Supplement. Their yearly income is slightly around $17,000, less than the $18,000 poverty threshold for a single person in Canada.
Source of this and many many other Canadian income facts are here:
https://www.insurdinary.ca/average-income-in-canada/ |
Something is wrong with those numbers as only 5.4% of seniors live in poverty.