# Share of population in poverty ($3 a day): Canada

0.3000000026077032% in 2022, the latest year published. Figures for 46 years from 1971 to 2022 are below.

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.

Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/extreme-poverty) · [All countries and regions](/extreme-poverty).

## Every year

| Year | Value (%) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2022 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2021 | 0.20000000949949026 |
| 2020 | 0.10000000474974513 |
| 2019 | 0.4000000189989805 |
| 2018 | 0.4000000189989805 |
| 2017 | 0.4000000189989805 |
| 2016 | 0.4000000189989805 |
| 2015 | 0.4000000189989805 |
| 2014 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2013 | 0.4999999888241291 |
| 2012 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2011 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2010 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2009 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2008 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2007 | 0.20000000949949026 |
| 2006 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2005 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2004 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2003 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2002 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2001 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| 2000 | 0.4000000189989805 |
| 1999 | 0.4000000189989805 |
| 1998 | 0.4999999888241291 |
| 1997 | 0.4000000189989805 |
| 1996 | 0.4000000189989805 |
| 1995 | 0.800000037997961 |
| 1994 | 0.8999999612569809 |
| 1993 | 1.2000000104308128 |
| 1992 | 0.800000037997961 |
| 1991 | 1.3000000268220901 |
| 1990 | 1.0999999940395355 |
| 1989 | 1.3000000268220901 |
| 1988 | 0.7000000216066837 |
| 1987 | 0.6000000052154064 |
| 1986 | 0.9999999776482582 |
| 1985 | 0.7000000216066837 |
| 1984 | 0.8999999612569809 |
| 1982 | 0.800000037997961 |
| 1981 | 0.8999999612569809 |
| 1979 | 1.3000000268220901 |
| 1977 | 1.4999999664723873 |
| 1975 | 1.7000000923871994 |
| 1973 | 1.7999999225139618 |
| 1971 | 2.500000037252903 |

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