Canada is just screwed. Half of this country are basically living in poverty.

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A new Food Banks Canada report shows an estimated 25 % of Canadians cannot afford two or more household essentials, suggesting roughly one in four people are living at a poverty level far higher than the official 10 % rate.

https://foodbankscanada.ca/press-releases/food-banks-canada-report-highlights-hidden-poverty/

Statistics Canada data reveal that 1 in 5 recent immigrants lived in “deep poverty” in 2022, far above the national average, exposing widening gaps in who is most economically vulnerable.

https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/02/06/n-s-had-highest-poverty-rate-in-canada-in-2022-manitoba-had-most-deep-poverty/