Vancouver

Study Year

2021

Jews making sub $50k

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Jewish 🏠 struggling to make ends meet💰

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Vancouver invests in several services as shown below. -

https://www.jewishdatabank.org/api/download/?studyId=417&mediaId=I-Vancouver--2001-The_Jewish_Poor.pdf

• More than half (56.4%) of individuals relying on social assistance or worker’s compensation live below the poverty cut-off. Among individuals 45-54 years who rely on such government transfer payments, the poverty level is a staggering 75%. • There are 915 “working poor” in the local Jewish community who earn wages that are not sufficient to push their income above the poverty line • The poverty level is very high among children under 15 years of age living in female single parent families (43.2%). • Households experiencing financial strains may not be able to meet some of the basic demands of their traditions. • The level of Jewish poverty in the Vancouver CMA is higher than most other major Jewish communities in Canada.