Forchuck, who was awarded the Order of Ontario in 2017, is the Beryl and Richard Ivey research chair in Aging, Mental Health, ...

Canada More than a quarter of Canadians think homelessness, poverty are reasons for assisted suicide Half of respondents said those with disabilities should have access to assisted suicide ...

A London researcher who focuses on poverty and homelessness and a celebrated harmonica player and composer from Sarnia are ...

Without deeper policy change to address rising rents, stagnant wages, and inadequate social supports, community supports will ...

Canada has been exploring basic income programs amid rising living costs and job losses. They're not quite UBI, but some have ...

We see poverty in all the 400 communities in which we serve, whether they’re rural and remote or big urban cities.” He notes that many people are struggling every day to get their basic needs met.

Rent inflation is systematically outpacing wage growth. The average rent in Canada reached $2,100 in January 2025—a 16.4 percent increase over three years.

For example, City of Toronto data showed that shelter use by children younger than 16 years in Toronto increased from 8% in 2021 to 13% in 2024, with most children experiencing homelessness being ...

Homelessness is increasing in pregnant and parenting people in Canada, posing health risks to children. Authors of a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca ...

Toronto had the highest poverty rate of any city or municipality in Canada with a population over 500,000 in 2022, a new report says. The report found Toronto’s child poverty rate jumped from 16 ...

Despite a booming economy, more Canadian children are living in poverty now than in 1989, when all political parties in Canada passed a resolution to wipe out child poverty by ...

State Sen. Herron Gaston said Thursday he will be vice chairman of a new poverty task force designed to address homelessness and other issues relating to poverty in Connecticut. "It's time we sat ...