Quebec Poverty

• Quebec families, non-profits, struggling to meet basic student needs

  Lack of funding, growing demand and inflation are affecting Sun Youth's annual school supplies distribution program. The Generations Foundation's shelves are nearly empty too.

  Economy

  Aug 23, 2023
  
• More than 8 in 10 people facing financial anxiety in Quebec, survey finds

  The survey out of Montreal also found high levels economic stress were more pronounced among groups that are at a higher risk of poverty, such as low-income households.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2022
  
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• Quebecers living in poverty have harder time getting out compared to elsewhere in Canada: study

  According to the study, five per cent of the population in the province has reported low incomes each year from 2009 to 2016 — one percentage point higher than English Canada.

  Economy

  Apr 11, 2019
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• Quebec anti-poverty group upset about plan that could penalize new welfare seekers

  A Quebec anti-poverty group is worried about a provincial program that imposes financial penalties on welfare seekers who fail to take part.

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2018
• Homeless advocacy group calls for social profiling study

  Advocates for the city's homeless are calling attention to social profiling in Montreal.

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2016
• ‘A direct attack against human rights’: New Quebec bill targets province’s impoverished

  A new bill proposes that Montreal's homeless work harder to find jobs. If not, they'll be cut off financially.

  Canada

  Jan 26, 2016
• Old Brewery Mission teams up with big businesses to tackle homelessness

  With winter just around the corner, homeless shelters across the country are anticipating another busy season.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2015
• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: November 20

  This week, there were some grand displays of solidarity in the wake of the Paris attacks, multiple arrests related to the mob and a look at a vital social service in dire need of help.

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2015
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• Cloverdale housing complex residents lose long-standing federal subsidy

  Residents said it's not only losing the federal subsidy, but poor living conditions that are forcing them out of the Cloverdale complex.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2015