Nearly 3 million people were kept out of poverty after Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits saw a boost under the Biden administration, researchers at the Urban Institute found.

Tracy Smith-Carrier receives funding from the Tri-agency's Canada Research Chairs program and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Royal Roads University provides funding as a member ...

New Brunswick lost years of progress reducing poverty as pandemic supports ended, housing costs soared and inflation ticked up, a new report shows. The Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation, a ...

The leaders of the main parties contesting Canada's April 28 federal election. From left to right: Prime Minister and Liberal leader Mark Carney, the Conservatives' Pierre Poilievre, NDP leader ...

P.E.I. had the fourth-lowest child poverty rate in Canada in 2022, but the authors of the latest child and family report card for the province say that is no reason to celebrate. They say that in 2022 ...