Poverty In Canada

4.9 million people in Canada are living in poverty which is 1 in 7 people. Although the definition of poverty is being extremely poor having too many people living in poverty costs added up (health care, criminal justice systems, welfare, etc.) around $80 billion annually. The amount of people in poverty are not being reduced, the amount of people living in poverty has been increasing steadily by 30% in the past 25 years. Indigenous people, although they seemingly have benefits still make up majority of the poverty population. Indigenous people also make up 64% of the users of food banks. Poverty does not only affect the country economically it also obviously enough affects people's well being. The World Health Organization has also declared that poverty is the largest deterrent to health. Proper nutrition, shelter, medications, are all problems that can lead to severe illness. Poverty is the main cause of many economic problems, not to mention the health, and social complications that come along

In 2014 133 000 children, or 27% of children were living under the poverty line. Montreal, has the second highest at 25%. Only ½ of the children living in poverty participate in extracurricular activities compared to children with a average income of $100 000+ which 93% of them participate in them. If unemployment rates are high enough when the children of today become majority of the workforce then the GDP will plummet. Just like baby boomers when majority of the population becomes retired and take money from their pension plan the budget of the government will decreace tremendously. The job market has to stay in a stable position in the future to reduce the affect of baby boomers in the future especially due the amount of children living in poverty currently who may not be able to afford to achieve a higher education.

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