The Comparison

POVERTY REPORT CARDS

• Hover on the provinces/territories to see an overview of each province/territory’s grades
• Click on the provinces/territories to expand and view Poverty Report Card overview
• For more detailed information about the Overall Grade, Context, Political and Policy Landscape, Looking Ahead and Policy Recommendation: click View Report Card

These grades represent how well poverty reduction efforts are going in the provincial, territorial, and federal governments. As poverty is the result of many factors, including the cost of housing and everyday needs, to the quality of the social safety net, these Report Cards explore the experience of poverty across Canada and where governments can take steps to improve their social policy.

Provinces and territories are graded based on how they compare with each other on experiences of poverty, measurements of poverty, a standard of living, and government progress on passing anti-poverty legislation. This helps policymakers and advocates compare how governments are doing, see what policies are working well across the country, and have evidence at hand to advocate for effective policies that tackle poverty.

This is a living tool and will be updated annually to track how much progress governments are making in reducing poverty.

As an organization that supports a network of associations spanning from coast to coast to coast, Food Banks Canada recognizes that our work takes place on the traditional territories of Indigenous Peoples who have cared for this land that we now call Canada since time immemorial.

We acknowledge that many of us are settlers and these lands that we live, work, meet, and travel on are subject to First Nations self-government under modern treaties, unceded and un-surrendered territories, or traditional territories from which First Nations Peoples, Métis, and Inuit have been displaced.

We are committed to decolonization and to dismantling the systems of oppression that have and continue to dispossess Indigenous people of their lands and deny them their inherent rights to self-determination. This includes evaluating the role that Food Banks Canada has played in perpetuating these systems and working toward being active partners in the path toward reconciliation.

Authors:

Philippe Ozga , Chief Network and Government Relations Officer

Isaac Smith, Manager of Policy and Government Relations

Dana Vreeswijk, Policy and Advocacy Officer

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