One in 10 Canadian Seniors Working out of Necessity: Statistics Canada Report

Over 350,000 Canadian seniors are working because they have to, according to a recent Statistics Canada report. The report, entitled “Employment by choice and necessity among Canadian-born and immigrant seniors,” found that 351,000 or 9 percent of seniors were working out of necessity, while 12 percent of seniors work because they want to, as first reported by Blacklocks Reporter. Statistics show that immigrant seniors were more likely to work because of need, with 15 percent of immigrant men saying they work out of necessity, compared to 9 percent of Canadian-born men. When it came to senior women, 9 percent of immigrant women said they worked out of need, compared to 6 percent of women born in Canada....