Fortunately, in Canada, there is a guaranteed minimum income for seniors, which is made up of OAS and the Guaranteed Income Supplement.
According to certain figures, in Quebec, 53% of women are so poor that they are still entitled to the GIS, whereas this applies to only 43% of men. In general, the average income of elderly women is 62% that of men. As we get older, we have additional expenditures. The poorest people are primarily those who live alone, because they must pay the rent all by themselves. After having paid the rent, many seniors do not have enough money left to feed themselves properly. This is also due to the fact that they are isolated, because they don't have enough money to go out and be active in the community. When they retire, women are often much more alone than men. This is because men die earlier and because it is much easier for men who lose their wives to find a new spouse than for a woman to do the same.