The official rate of Canadians 65 and older living in poverty is six per cent.
But the number could be more than double that, new research warns.
Fourteen per cent of Canadians in that age demographic are living in “poverty-level conditions,” according to the “Ageing in Canada” survey released today by the National Institute on Ageing and Environics Institute for Survey Research.
The National Institute on Ageing (NIA) surveyed 5,875 Canadians over the age of 50 on their social well-being, health and financial security.
