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Elderly Poverty Rates in Canada, 1980-1995


March 23, 2001


YEAR           RATE (%)
1980             34.0
1981             33.8
1982             29.1
1983             31.5
1984             29.5
1985             28.0
1986             26.6
1987             25.4
1988             25.8
1989             22.4
1990             21.3
1991             21.9
1992             20.8
1993             22.8
1994             19.3
1995             18.7

Source: Prepared by the Centre for International Statistics at the Canadian Council on Social Development, using data from Statistics Canada, Income Distributions by Size in Canada, 1995. 

Poverty is measured using Statistics Canada's LICOs (1992 base). "Elderly" refers to people aged 65 years and over.