Statistics Canada Defines the Poverty Line as the Level of Income

question 15

Multiple Choice

Statistics Canada defines the poverty line as the level of income at which a household

• A) is in the bottom 10 percent of income groups.
• B) adjusted for family size earns less than the average family income in Canada.
• C) earns less than $8850 during a calendar year.
• D) spends more than 75.5 percent of its income on the three basic necessities of food, shelter, and clothing.
• E) spends more than 55 percent of its income on the three basic necessities of food, shelter, and clothing.

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