No cities qualify under the defined criteria
No Canadian city meets the strict criteria set for this list. After applying a clear metric (for example, median household income or low‑income rate) plus a minimum population and official “city” status, there are no municipalities that fit all requirements at once.
This happens for a few technical reasons. Provinces use different labels (city, town, municipality), so many low‑income places are not legally “cities.” Statistics Canada also reports most extreme poverty at the reserve, small‑town, or neighbourhood level, not at the city level. Small populations can trigger data suppression for privacy, so some low‑income places do not appear in public tables.
Close alternatives do exist and are often more useful. Look at lowest median household income or highest low‑income rates by census subdivision, by province, or for First Nations reserves and remote northern communities. Also check poverty maps and neighbourhood‑level data inside larger Census Metropolitan Areas. Explore Statistics Canada census tables and taxfiler releases for authoritative figures. Instead, review lists by median income, low‑income rate, or by census subdivision and Indigenous communities.
