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These tables are lists of social welfare spending as a percentage of GDP compiled by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") into the OECD Social Expenditure Database which "includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level." [1]
Like in the United States, welfare in Canada colloquially refers to direct payments to low-income individuals only, and not to healthcare and education spending. [2] It is rarely used in Canada as the name of any specific program, however, because of its negative connotations. (In French, it is commonly known as le bien-être social or l'aide ...
338Canada was founded by Philippe J. Fournier in 2017 as an electoral statistics and projections website. [1] In 2020 and 2024, the site produced projections for the 2020 United States presidential election and the 2024 United States presidential election.
[13]: 2 The poverty rate in Canada in 2008, was among the highest of the OECD member nations, the world's wealthiest industrialized nations. [6] In 2013, Canada's high poverty rate ranked among the worst of 17 high income countries with 12.1% living in poverty. [91] Canada's child poverty rate was 15.1% compared to 12.8% in the mid-1990s.
For retired-worker beneficiaries, who accounted for 81% of the benefits paid out by the SSA in August, the average Social Security check is set to climb by $49 per month to $1,976 in 2025.
U.S. News & World Report Best Countries for Education [13] 4 - Measures quality of education in the 80 most developed countries 2022 State of World Liberty Project: State of World Liberty Index [14] 4 Top 5% Degree of economic and personal freedoms of 183 countries 2021 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: OECD Better Life ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Justin Trudeau may survive as Canada's prime minister into next year, political analysts say, even though his minority Liberal government is more vulnerable after a small left ...
By Q3 2021, 37.1% of disposable income was needed to pay for housing costs, which represents an increase of 5.2 points in 2021, the highest ratio since 2008. [23] In 2008, the average home prices were much lower than in 2021 and the interest rates were 5 points higher than the Bank of Canada's 2021 rate, which was near zero. [23]