Poverty Data: 2011 Census

Population Data Dept: Using population data from the 2011 census and poverty data from the 2006 census, the council's Action on Poverty series found around one-quarter of children and youth are living in poverty, according to CBC. The report points to a number of factors like affordable housing, employment equity and living wage jobs as necessities for a poverty-free Hamilton and close to one in five Hamiltonians are living in poverty, according to data released Friday by the Social Planning and Research Council. It also points out that almost one third of all private dwellings in Hamilton are rentals and 7 per cent of residents are living in housing that needs major repairs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.