{
  "id": 15254237,
  "title": "More than one in four Montreal-area adults experienced poverty over eight years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/more-than-one-in-four-montreal-area-adults-experienced-poverty-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T18:04:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2026/10/17/more-than-one-in-four-montreal-area-adults-experienced-poverty-over-eight-years"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new study conducted by Quebec’s Institut national de la recherche scientifique in collaboration with Centraide of Greater Montreal has found that more than one in four adults in the Greater Montreal area experienced poverty at some point between 2016 and 2023. The study, which tracked people’s circumstances over several years, revealed that 26 per cent of adults in the metropolitan area lived below the poverty line for at least one year during this period. This figure is notably higher than annual poverty rates, which have hovered between 10 and 12 per cent since 2020. The study also found that 14 per cent of adults experienced poverty for at least three years, while 12 per cent lived below the poverty line for one or two years.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}