File:Canada basic needs poverty line 1973-2004.png

Summary
Canada: Basic needs poverty line 1973 - 2004. Data source: C. Sarlo, Fraser Institute study (all rights reserved), who in turn used sources: Statistics Canada: 1. pre-1973 - Income Distributions by Size (cat. #13-207), various; 2. 1973 - present - microdata files of household incomes (Survey of Consumer Finces, Economic Families and Survey of Household Spending), various; and Calculations by Chris Sarlo and Derek Stacey. Poverty in Canada: 2006 Update, Fraser Institute, November 2006, URL accessed 6 February 2012