Poverty Level 2024 Chart Canada. Canada poverty rate for 2016 was 1.00%, a 0% increase from 2015. The poverty rate for children was 6.4% in 2021, up from 4.7%.

The rate decreased in 2019 from 10.3% to the current level, 6.4% representing over 1.4 million canadians now above poverty levels. Introduction to the 2023 to 2024 departmental sustainable development strategy report.