PovNet
- Site for advocates, people on welfare, and community groups and individuals involved in anti-poverty work. Provides information about welfare and housing laws and resources in British Columbia and Canada. Canadian Council on Social Development, The
- National, nonprofit organization which focuses on issues of social and economic security. Campaign 2000
- Increases public awareness of the levels and consequences of child / family poverty by publishing research on the indicators of child poverty and developing public education resources.- Causes of Poverty
- Includes facts, statistics, and articles on the causes of poverty around the world. - PovertyNet
- Resources and data for people working to understand and alleviate poverty. From the World Bank. National Council of Welfare
- Advisory body to the Canadian government on matters of concern to low-income people. National Child Benefit
- A partnership among the federal, provincial, and territorial governments and First Nations that aims to help prevent and reduce the depth of child poverty, support parents as they move into the labour market, and reduce overlap and duplication of government programs.- Poverty.com
- Features information on poverty, hunger, AIDS, malaria, and preventable diseases around the world. Allows users to print a letter to send to world leaders urging them to take measures to end these problems.
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