A new report from Statistics Canada reveals that 20% of recent immigrants in Canada faced poverty in 2022, with the majority experiencing 'deep poverty'. The report highlights the disproportionate impact of poverty on recent immigrants, people with disabilities, single individuals, and one-parent families. It also shows that Nova Scotia had the highest poverty rate among provinces, followed by British Columbia, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — One in five recent immigrants lived below the poverty line in Canada in 2022, and most of them were in" deep poverty ," according to a report Thursday from Statistics Canada.
"This confirms what front-line organizations have been witnessing for years," said Janet Madume, executive director of the Welland Heritage Council and Multicultural Centre in Ontario. Meanwhile, 6.9 per cent of people in Manitoba lived in deep poverty, which is the highest rate among the provinces. "There's a real challenge in addressing the same issues with single folks, especially working-age single folks, because you risk that 'They should just get a job' pushback, which obviously oversimplifies the situation," Smee said.
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