Social Issues: Income

Tracking the Trends 2020

by | November 16, 2020 | ESPC Announcements, ESPC Publications: Tracking the Trends, Labour: Policy, Labour: Programs/Services, Labour: Training, Resources: Food Security, Resources: Housing, Social Issues: Child Care, Social Issues: Children, Social Issues: Family, Social Issues: General, Social Issues: Health, Social Issues: Income, Social Issues: Indigenous People, Social Issues: Poverty, Social Issues: Women, Social Issues: Youth, Statistical Information: Alberta, Statistical Information: Canada, Statistical Information: Edmonton, Urban Issues: Planning, Urban Issues: Trends

Tracking the Trends 2020 November 16, 2020 Download Tracking the Trends 2020 Tracking the Trends provides a comprehensive overview of Edmonton’s social well-being. The Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC) is pleased to present this 15th edition of Tracking the...

fACT Sheet: Impact of Benefits on Low and Modest Income Edmontonians

by | August 29, 2019 | ESPC Publications: Fact Sheets, Levels of Government: Alberta Social Policy Framework, Social Issues: Children, Social Issues: Family, Social Issues: Income, Social Issues: Poverty

Living in low income poses significant challenges. Here is a list of a number of programs and benefits implemented by all three orders of government to assist individuals and families. ESPC Documents/PUBLICATIONS/A.06.B FACT...

A Profile of Poverty in Edmonton – May 2019 Update

by | August 6, 2019 | ESPC Publications: Reports, Resources: Housing, Social Issues: Child Care, Social Issues: Children, Social Issues: Family, Social Issues: Hunger, Social Issues: Income, Social Issues: Indigenous People, Social Issues: Poverty, Social Issues: Women, Urban Issues: Trends

Poverty affects people from all walks of life — young, old, employed, unemployed, those who are new to Canada and those whose ancestors have lived here for hundreds of years. The structure of the economy traps people in bad situations and forces some into...