For additional information relating to Daily Stats or any of our products, please contact:

Thomas Storring	Director, Economics and Statistics
Tel: 902-424-2410	Email: Thomas.Storring@novascotia.ca

View the Archive..
April 26, 2024
CANADIAN INCOME SURVEY: POVERTY, 2022

Statistics Canada has released results from the Canadian Income Survey, reporting on incomes for 2022.  This includes food security, median incomes as well as Canada's official poverty rate, as assessed against the Market Basket Measure threshold.

Note that there were significant government income supports during the COVID-19 pandemic which drove a large decline in the poverty rates for 2020 and 2021. These supports were largely withdrawn by 2022 while there was a significa ...

View complete article..

---

April 26, 2024
CANADIAN INCOME SURVEY: INCOME DISTRIBUTION, 2022

Median incomes

Median incomes are the level of income at which half the population had higher income and half had lower income.  Median incomes are frequently used in making income comparisons because, unlike averages, they are not influenced by outliers with very high values. 

The median market income for all Nova Scotians (whether in an economic family or not) in 2022 was $51,700.  However, with more than one potential earner, median market incomes ar...

View complete article..

---

April 26, 2024
CANADIAN INCOME SURVEY: FOOD SECURITY, 2022

Statistics Canada reports on food security and insecurity as part of the Canadian Income Survey.  Food insecurity refers to households that have inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints.

In Nova Scotia, 71.1% of the population was classified as 'food secure' in 2022.  This was below the national average.  Food security was highest in Québec and lowest in Nova Scotia.  

Top