Energy poverty occurs when households cannot afford or access the levels of energy necessary to meet their daily needs, live decent lives, and maintain healthy indoor temperatures all year round.

By comparison, Statistics Canada’s poverty figures in 2021 using the MBM model found that 7.4 percent of the population experienced poverty.

Canada’s official poverty measure, the market-basket measure, is based on the cost of a specific basket of goods and services representing a modest, basic standard of living.

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In 2020, child poverty rates declined to half their 2015 levels, Statistics Canada numbers show. That was thanks to an enhanced Canada Child Benefit program and pandemic relief benefits like the CERB.