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Where can I find the latest Low Income Cutoff Levels (LICOs) from Statistics Canada?

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Where can I find the latest Low Income Cutoff Levels (LICOs) from Statistics Canada?

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• Low Income Measurement in Canada (PDF file – 220K, 20 pages) December 2004 “This paper (…) indicates the current status of the three measures of low income in Canada: the Low Income Cutoffs (LICOs), the Low Income Measures (LIMs) and the Market Basket Measure (MBM). The methodology of each of the three measures is presented in this paper.” • Low-income Cutoffs for 2005 and Low-income Measures for 2004 (PDF file – 446K, 37 pages) April 2006 (these are the latest LICOs and LIMs available as of the date at the top of this page) • Chronological index – links to earlier editions and related reports. • “On poverty and low income” – by Ivan Fellegi (1997) The Chief Statistician of Canada explains why his agency’s low income cut-offs should not be used as the “official” poverty line for Canada.