HillNote
For the Government of Canada, poverty is broadly defined as “the condition of a person who is deprived of the resources, means, choices and power necessary to acquire and maintain a basic level of living standards and to facilitate integration and participation in society.” In 2018, the federal government launched a poverty reduction strategy, aiming to halve the national poverty rate by 2030, relative to its 2015 level. This HillNote summarizes the federal role in poverty reduction, outlines the main features of Canada’s poverty reduction strategy and analyzes the evolution of poverty rates in Canada since 2002.