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

One in 10 Canadian Seniors Working out of Necessity: Statistics Canada Report
Senior citizens make their way along a street in Peterborough, Ont., on May 7, 2012. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press
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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.