Report Cards

Safe and Affordable Housing

Having a safe and adequate place to live is essential in a child’s development, but affordable housing remains an insurmountable barrier for many families living in poverty. Housing is the single largest expense for low, modest and middle-income families. As the average income for as many as half of Canadians has stagnated, rents have skyrocketed, particularly in urban areas. This has left some families paying very high proportions of their income on rent, with very little left over for food, clothing, transportation, and child care. An alarming 1 in 4 households pay more than 30% of their income on housing – and some much more.

2008 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada

Other Report Cards

Thanks to the work of our long time community partner and supporter, the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto and Metro Campaign 2000, we’re able to share the following Toronto Report Cards with you. Other Campaign 2000 regional partners may also produce their local report cards from time to time, so check our list of partners for more information.

Community Child Poverty Report Cards:

The Children’s Aid Society of Toronto released its latest Report Card on child and family poverty for the Greater Toronto area, entitled Greater Trouble in Greater Toronto: Child Poverty in the GTA , Dec. 2008 [pdf, 20pp, 3MB
To 2000 and Beyond: Report Card on Child Poverty In Toronto June, 2003 [pdf, 26pp, 312Kb]
Child Poverty in Toronto April, 2001 [pdf, 20pp, 311Kb]