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The proposed methodology for the 2023-base market basket measure of poverty / by Nancy Devin, Burton Gustajtis, Benjamin Kow, Lucie Raymond-Brousseau and Madeleine Steinmetz-Wood.: CS75-0002/2025-3E-PDF

"This discussion paper outlines the proposed changes and updates for the 2023-base MBM methodology, provides preliminary 2023-base thresholds and poverty rates for 2023 reference year, and compares these with the 2018-base thresholds and poverty rates. In addition, the paper identifies research topics that are to be studied in preparation for the next comprehensive review. After the release of this discussion paper, a shorter consultation period will be held to discuss the results with the public, academic, non-governmental, and provincial and territorial partners"--Page 3.

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Department/Agency
  • Statistics Canada, issuing body.
TitleThe proposed methodology for the 2023-base market basket measure of poverty / by Nancy Devin, Burton Gustajtis, Benjamin Kow, Lucie Raymond-Brousseau and Madeleine Steinmetz-Wood.
Series title
  • Income research paper series, 2819-232X
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Cover title.
  • "Release date: May 1, 2025."
  • "Correction dates: May 5, 2025 and November 7, 2025."
  • The publication file in PDF format was replaced on 6-6-2025 and on 18-12-2025 as requested by Statistics Canada.
  • Issued also in French under title: Méthodologie proposée pour la mesure de la pauvreté fondée sur un panier de consommation de l’année de base 2023.
  • "Correction notice (May 5, 2025): The original version of this document presented 16.9% in Table 2 as the 2018-base poverty rate for the Northwest Territories in 2023. This has now been corrected to 17.0%. The difference between the two bases was also changed from 2.5 to 2.4 percentage points."
  • "Correction notice (November 7, 2025): During the final review period of the third comprehensive review of the Market Basket Measure (MBM), the following revisions were made: 1. The subsidized rent indicators for households in the territories were revised for the 2023 reference year. The change affected the percentage and number of people in poverty for the Northwest Territories using the 2023-base methodology. The estimates were revised in Table 2, Table F.1 and Table F.2. 2. The 2023-base tenure type adjustments for homeowners with a mortgage were revised in Table A.8.1 and Table A.8.2 following a correction made to the annual interest paid on the mortgage estimation. Consequently, the percentage and number of people in poverty estimates were revised in Table 2, Table F.1 and Table F.2. 3. The fixed multiplier was corrected to 50.3 from 53.4, in the description of the 2023-base other expenses component of Table B.1, Table B.2 and Table B.3. 4. The text, "and by rural and non-rural communities" was removed from Table B.1."
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-59).
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, 2025.
  • ©2025
Author / Contributor
  • Devin, Nancy, author.
Description1 online resource (59 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN9780660752402
Catalogue number
  • CS75-0002/2025-3E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number75F0002M
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