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Poverty rate, 65 and over: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Poverty rate, 65 and over. All 12 provinces and territories with data in Poverty rate (Market Basket Measure) by province and territory, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0135-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-10-27

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National value: 5.4 (Canada).

Lowest: 3.2 to 4.2 %
Group 2: 4.2 to 4.5 %
Group 3: 4.5 to 5.6 %
Group 4: 5.6 to 7.5 %
Highest: 7.5 to 31.5 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Nunavut	31.5
2	Yukon	9.6
3	British Columbia	7.5
4	Ontario	6.3
5	Manitoba	5.6
6	Nova Scotia	5.1
7	New Brunswick	4.8
8	Prince Edward Island	4.5
9	Alberta	4.4
10	Saskatchewan	4.2
11	Newfoundland and Labrador	3.8
12	Quebec	3.2

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0135-01: Low income statistics by age, gender and economic family type. Reference period: 2024.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by poverty rate, 65 and over (2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0135-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-27. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-poverty-rate-65-and-over/

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