Social Protection Statistics in Canada

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Poverty rate ($3.00/day, 2021 PPP)

0.3%+0.1 pp vs 2021

Poverty rate ($8.30/day, 2021 PPP)

0.6%+0.2 pp vs 2021

Social contributions, % of revenue

23.4%+0.2 pp vs 2023

Population aged 65+

20.3%+0.5 pp vs 2024

People receiving government transfers

30.81−6.2% vs 2017

Catastrophic spending risk for surgery

0.1−50.0% vs 2021

All Social Protection datasets for Canada (51)

Dataset	Source
Received government transfer (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	−6.2%
Received government transfer, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	−11.8%
Received government transfer or pension (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+3.8%
Received government transfer or pension, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+2.1%
Received government transfer or pension, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+6.2%
Received government transfer or pension: into an account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+5.8%
Received government transfer or pension: into an account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+0.9%
Received government transfer or pension: into an account, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+12.6%
Received government transfer or pension: into bank or similar financial institution account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+4.3%
Received government transfer or pension: into bank or similar financial institution account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	−1.3%
Received a public sector pension (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+2.2%
Received a public sector pension, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+6.5%
Received a public sector pension, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	−2.8%
Received government payments (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+4%
Received government payments, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+1.6%
Received government payments, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+7.1%
Received government payments: into an account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+7.2%
Received government payments: into an account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+2.8%
Received government payments: into an account, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+13.2%
Received government payments: into a bank or similar financial institution account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+5.5%
Received government payments: into a bank or similar financial institution account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+1%
Received government transfer, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+0.4%
Received government payments: into a bank or similar financial institution account, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+11.7%
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	−50%
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	0
Household indicators dashboard – indicator view OECD	OECD	+1.6
Social insurance pensions International Transfer OECD	OECD	+3.9%
Social insurance pensions OECD	OECD	+3.9%
Sustainable Development Goal 01 - No poverty OECD	OECD	+4.3%
Demographic and economic context OECD	OECD	−0.6%
Design of pension systems OECD	OECD	–
Income and poverty of older people OECD	OECD	–
Pensions at a glance OECD	OECD	–
Pension replacement rates OECD	OECD	–
Pension wealth OECD	OECD	–
Structure of asset-backed pensions OECD	OECD	−13.2%
Pension plan membership OECD	OECD	0%
Operating costs of asset-backed pensions OECD	OECD	0%
Benefit payments and contributions to asset-backed pensions OECD	OECD	+1.7%
Assets earmarked for retirement OECD	OECD	+5%
Asset allocation of pension funds and other pension providers OECD	OECD	+9.8%
Net total social expenditure in % GDP OECD	OECD	+5.8%
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP OECD	OECD	−33.3%
Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) in % GDP OECD	OECD	−10%
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP OECD	OECD	−3.3%
Population pushed further below the $3.65 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	0%
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $1.90 a-day poverty line (%) WHO	WHO	+100%
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $2.15 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	+100%
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $3.20 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	+100%
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $3.65 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	+100%
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	+20%

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