09-20-2019, 02:54 PM
I figured it out. They're using the Market Basket Measure thresholds for a population between 100,000 and 499,999 in Ontario because Statistics Canada doesn't provide anything more specific. I was also shocked to discover there are 43,000 local residents with incomes under this level, but fewer than 1400 people have access to the existing low-income transit pass program, which is notorious for approval waits running into years.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recen..._5-eng.cfm
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recen..._5-eng.cfm