Economic Development, Poverty & Prosperity 2011

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Niagara’s collaborative approach to poverty reduction began in 2002 with the formation of Opportunities Niagara. A  report entitled A Legacy [...]

Bankruptcies in Niagara:  The number of personal consumer and business bankruptcies in a region is a measure of whether individual [...]

NOTE:  The social safety net in Niagara is comprised of those core funding services providing income through Ontario Works (OW) [...]

HungerCount 2010 information – Niagara Region:  The annual HungerCount Survey provides national, provincial and regional-level snapshots of food bank use [...]

Food security:  Citizens need to have secure access to food. Food bank use by separate individuals went up significantly in [...]

The Market Basket Measure (MBM):  This measure  includes the cost of food, shelter, clothing, transportation and other costs of living [...]

The gap between the rich and the poor:  This gap is widening in Niagara, as in all parts of Canada. [...]

The Low Income Cut-Off (LICO):  LICO is a measure based on total income, before or after tax. It is expressed [...]

The 2011 Census will update information on earnings for Niagara. In 2006, the average earnings for those with a university [...]

Overall economic activity:  The CIBCWM Metropolitan Economic Activity Index (2007) is a measure designed to rank economic development in Canada’s [...]