Families on Ontario Works live far below the poverty line. A single mother with an eight year old child living in a large city like Toronto and receiving Ontario Works benefits still lives more than $5,000 below the poverty line.
Source: 2008 Ontario Report Card on Child & Family Poverty
Read full report in Enghlish
Poverty Reduction in an Age of Uncertainty & Change
(Feb. 6, 2011).
Report card appendix (not included in the printed version)
2011 Snapshot of Child and Family Poverty in Ontario
Read full report in English:
Poverty Reduction: Key to Economic Recovery for Ontario Families
English, November 2010 [pdf, 8pp, 235KB]and in French:
Rapport 2010 sur la pauvreté des enfants et des familles en Ontario - Réduction de la pauvreté : une mesure essentielle pour la relance économique des familles ontariennes
French, November 2010 [pdf, 8pp, 295KB]
Click on the following to find previous Ontario Report Cards:
- 2009 Ontario Report Card (English)
- 2008 Ontario Report Card (English and French)
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2007 Ontario Report Card (English)
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2006 Ontario Report Card (English and French)
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2005 Ontario Report Card (English and French)
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2004 Ontario Report Card (English and French)
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2003 Ontario Report Card (English and French)
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