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This document provides national statistics on poverty for the year along with data on poverty trends dating back to 1980, based on factual material compiled by Statistics Canada. Sections of the document cover the following: key patterns & trends in poverty, including the relationships between poverty and gender, children, minority status, education, and labour force attachment; recent poverty trends for individuals & families; poverty rates by province; snapshots of poverty during the year; poor Canadians & their sources of income; the low-wage poor; the depth of poverty & the poverty gap; the duration of poverty by family composition, age, sex, level of education, & other factors; and poverty among groups of special interest (women, children, seniors, Aboriginal peoples). Appendices include information on methodology & definitions used.