Low income among Canadian seniors: interactions between immigration status, racial identity and gender

Purpose Population aging is prompting concern over the viability of public pension systems in many Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations. In Canada, over the past 2 decades, one response has been to significantly increase immigration, increasing the immigrant share of the population. However, policy and academic analyses have largely overlooked the aging of the immigrant population. This study aims to document …