Community Development Halton Blog

Child sitting on a hockey net By Ricahrd Lau The latest Statistics Canada’s T1 Family File (T1FF) data reveals a troubling rise in child poverty across Halton Region. Between 2018 and 2023, both the number and proportion of children (under 17 years of age) living in poverty increased in every municipality. In 2023, over 13,800 children lived in poverty, or over 1 in 8 children. Halton’s child poverty of 13.5% surpassed the overall regional poverty rate of 13.1%. This widening

It is with heavy hearts that Community Development Halton (CDH) Team and Board of Directors shares the difficult news that our newest Board member, Kristen Harding, passed away on August 3, 2025. Kristen had just been appointed to the Board and was to be welcomed at our Annual Celebration in September. No longer able to share that new beginning, we want to share a bit about Kristen, her connection to our organization, and her care for the Halton community. ​ Over the course o

Picture of row houses By Richard Lau The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) [1] , [2] calculates the rental wage - the hourly wage a full-time worker (working 40 hours per week, 52 weeks a year) needs to afford the average 2-bedroom apartment [3] while spending less than 30% of before tax income on housing. Put simply, the rental wage is the wage people need to earn to pay their rent without sacrificing other basic needs. To benchmark housing affordability, rent