Both studies also found Canada's Indigenous Peoples remain vastly over-represented among the country's homeless population.

Jean-Yves Duclos said helping lower-income Canadians have enough money to meet the range of basic needs is something the government is reviewing.

Things really never have been worse.

Affordable housing and childcare essential to bring that ratio down, anti-poverty coalition says.

It's official: Boomers are the lucky generation.

You can probably guess which province is considered the least affordable.