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Basic Needs

Basic needs include anything that people or households need to survive. Traditional lists of basic needs consist of items such as food, water and shelter. However,  more recent lists have expanded to represent a more holistic picture of what is required to move beyond mere survival to well-being. Such lists consist of: food, shelter, clothing, transportation, healthcare, personal care items, essential furnishings, transportation, communication, laundry services, education, sanitation and insurance. The resources in this section explore the issues of energy poverty, social assistance, food security, and transportation.

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Related Publications

  • Basic Needs | Transportation

    State of the Inner City Report 2018: Improving Transportation Equity

    Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

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    2018

  • Basic Needs | Transportation

    Getting Around Metro Vancouver: A Closer Look at Mobility Pricing and Fairness

    Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

    2018

    2018

  • Basic Needs | Transportation

    Mapping Inequalities of Access to Employment and Quantifying Transport Poverty in Canadian Cities

    University of Toronto

    2018

    2018

  • Basic Needs | Transportation

    Transit: Health Equity Impact Assessment in the 2014 Toronto Mayoral Election

    Wellesley Institute

    2014

    2014

  • Basic Needs | Transportation

    The Place for Immigrants in Toronto’s Transit and Transportation City

    Ryerson University

    2013

    2013