Woman Goes Viral Saying Canadians Should Claim Refugee Status

[Bucktee]

Refugees get $224/day which works out to over $80k/year just for being here. That's over $20k more than the average Canadian earns working full time.

That's for Canadians fortunate to be employed in a market where unemployment is skyrocketing, especially among young Canadians.

 

[boobtoucher]

Woman lies on the internet to make money for clicks.

Youtube is Conservative Onlyfans.

Posts mislead on refugee support amounts

Claims the average refugee in Canada receives $3,874 in monthly support while pensioners receive $1,200 spread online in April. This claim is misleading. While exact rates vary by province, an

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

 

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

I asked ChatGPT to fact check this claim. Here is what it said:

This claim is false and widely circulated as misinformation. Here's a fact check with context and sources:

Claim:

"Refugees get $224/day, or over $80,000/year, just for being here."

Fact Check: False
1. Refugees do not receive $224/day from the Canadian government

• Government Support: Refugees who arrive in Canada may receive temporary financial assistance under the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP), which is meant to cover basic needs such as housing, food, and transportation.
• This support is modest and similar to provincial social assistance rates. For example:
  • A single adult refugee might receive around $750–$1,100/month, depending on the province and situation.
  • This adds up to $9,000–$13,200/year, not $80,000.

2. Duration: The RAP support is limited to 12 months, or until the refugee becomes self-sufficient, whichever comes first.
3. Comparison to Canadian workers:

• According to Statistics Canada, the median after-tax income of Canadian individuals working full-time is around $60,000–$65,000/year.
• The idea that refugees are getting more than working Canadians is not only incorrect but fuels xenophobic narratives.

4. Where might $224/day come from?

This number seems fabricated or misrepresented. It may stem from:

• Misinterpretation of one-time emergency shelter costs or total household support divided improperly.
• Deliberate misinformation circulated on social media.

Conclusion:

Refugees in Canada do not get $224/day or $80,000/year. They receive basic, temporary assistance to help them settle, and most go on to work and contribute economically.

 

[Patron]

I had someone tell me they watch Fox News and MSNBC for balance.

I told them that instead of wasting 25 percent of their day, they were wasting 50 percent.

Everything in the media now is just propaganda.

 

[Bucktee]

This claim is false and widely circulated as misinformation. Here's a fact check with context and sources:

• Government Support: Refugees who arrive in Canada may receive temporary financial assistance under the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP), which is meant to cover basic needs such as housing, food, and transportation.
• This support is modest and similar to provincial social assistance rates. For example:
  • A single adult refugee might receive around $750–$1,100/month, depending on the province and situation.
  • This adds up to $9,000–$13,200/year, not $80,000.

$750 - $1100/month barely covers groceries in Toronto. That's before other basic costs such as housing and transportation.

Let us know how a single refugee survives off $9k-$13k/year because the math isn't mathing.

Do refugees get free housing? If so, at market rates a 1 bedroom is $2300/month per https://rentals.ca/national-rent-report

But refugees are not put up in long term rentals. They're put up in hotels, short term rentals which are typically far more expensive.

Using your figure of $13k plus one bedroom housing we're now up to $40,600 tax free dollars (using the cheapest housing, which they DON'T use), or the equivalent of $56,000 in pre-tax earnings. Add in clothing, transportation, other amenities and accomodations and you're up to $80k easily.

"In 2024, Canada's population of asylum claimants, protected persons, and related groups reached a record high of 470,029 "

Using a modest figure of $60k per refugee, under the assumption they utilized the first year of freebies, that's an initial investment of $28 billion dollars from Canadian tax payers.

 

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

$750 - $1100/month barely covers groceries in Toronto. That's before other basic costs such as housing and transportation.

Let us know how a single refugee survives off $9k-$13k/year because the math isn't mathing.

Yes it isn't enough and they have to work, and they do.
Rideshare, food delivery etc.,

 

[Ginomore]

$224/day is probably a total of benefits given to refugees like medical-dental-transportation-cell phone-housing etc.
Even the liberals are not stupid enough to give them $224 in cash.

 

[shakenbake]

$224/day is probably a total of benefits given to refugees like medical-dental-transportation-cell phone-housing etc.
Even the liberals are not stupid enough to give them $224 in cash.

Add to this that employers typically pay up to twice their employee income in benefits for their employees as overhead. Remuneration plus benefits amount to a hell of a lot more than bucktee’s amount he cited.

 

[niks9009]

Truth hurts.
The "older generation" doesn't retire because the cost of living is high.
You can thank alot of Canada's troubles on the last 10 years on the federal liberals.

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I am left-leaning politically and on several social issues, too. But I agree with the statement that JT has been a significant reason for the country's state. I was much more disappointed that in the recent elections, PP was interested in being a Trump clone rather than having policies to solve these issues. Kicking out JT was the best thing, but I wish it had happened sooner. I'm hopeful Mark Carney can navigate some of these. Canada desperately needs more investment in business and industries. Limiting immigration in the short term is a good place to start. Fix ourselves before we start trying to virtue signal and pretend to people elsewhere.

 

[richaceg]

I don't think what this lady is posting is accurate. But we do have a homeless crisis in Canada and house refugees better than them.

 

[shakenbake]

I don't think what this lady is posting is accurate. But we do have a homeless crisis in Canada and house refugees better than them.

For once, I agree partially with you. The cause is up for debate, imho.

 

[richaceg]

For once, I agree partially with you. The cause is up for debate, imho.

For a decade I watch our society and economy erode which for a 1st world country...a decade is too fucking fast.

 

[optimusprime69]

$224/day is probably a total of benefits given to refugees like medical-dental-transportation-cell phone-housing etc.
Even the liberals are not stupid enough to give them $224 in cash.

Regardless of how they receive it they get far more than any Canadian resident is entitled to. The only people the Canadian government cares about are the people that don't live here yet.

 

[optimusprime69]

For a decade I watch our society and economy erode which for a 1st world country...a decade is too fucking fast.

I was just thinking the same thing to myself an hour ago. It's hard to believe you can destroy a country in 10 short years without firing any missiles but here we are.....

 

[shakenbake]

For a decade I watch our society and economy erode which for a 1st world country...a decade is too fucking fast.

All I have seen over the past few years, both parties have made mistakes, and both have made good decisions. The power really belongs to bureaucrats behind the scenes and behind the politicians.

 

[bazokajoe]

What Doug Ford said the other day rings true for these so called refugees.
You have to learn to take care of yourself.
If you can't support yourself when you get here, don't come here.

 

[SchlongConery]

Truth hurts.
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Truth does hurt. Your graphic is a bit rich consideriing you don't know the facts, yet have put forth your biased opinion as fact.

From the article linked above:

"The minimum monthly payment for a single adult in Ontario based on current RAP rates is around $1,094 per month.

The monthly payment includes $343 for basic needs, a $390 shelter allowance, a $78.41 communication allowance, $82.97 for transportation and assumes the individual is receiving the maximum $200 housing supplement.

The allowances are based on family size. For example, a couple and their four children would receive around $1,700 based on the same calculation as above."

 

[richaceg]

Truth does hurt. Your graphic is a bit rich consideriing you don't know the facts, yet have put forth your biased opinion as fact.

From the article linked above:

"The minimum monthly payment for a single adult in Ontario based on current RAP rates is around $1,094 per month.

The monthly payment includes $343 for basic needs, a $390 shelter allowance, a $78.41 communication allowance, $82.97 for transportation and assumes the individual is receiving the maximum $200 housing supplement.

The allowances are based on family size. For example, a couple and their four children would receive around $1,700 based on the same calculation as above."

That is abundant if there is free housing , healthcare and education. a lot of refugees do want to work and are hard workers, there are also those who take advantage of the system and us "refugee" to take advantage of Canadians. I've seen panhandlers with "refugee" signs... at the end of the day, there needs to be a limit how long the hand outs last. and once it goes beyond a year 2 year max, what happens then? are they interested in making themselves better? what happens if they won't?

 

[SchlongConery]

That is abundant if there is free housing , healthcare and education. a lot of refugees do want to work and are hard workers, there are also those who take advantage of the system and us "refugee" to take advantage of Canadians. I've seen panhandlers with "refugee" signs... at the end of the day, there needs to be a limit how long the hand outs last. and once it goes beyond a year 2 year max, what happens then? are they interested in making themselves better? what happens if they won't?

I really have to call you out on your assessment.

How did you come to your anti-refugee sentiments? Actual experience? Knowing refugees? First hand anecdotes? Political 'news' and commentary?

And there is a limit. One year. And the $1,094 includes $390 shelter allowance. But there is some sort of $200 housing allowance mentioned that I don't understand. But $590 doesn't go far to put a roof over your head.

"2. Duration: The RAP support is limited to 12 months, or until the refugee becomes self-sufficient, whichever comes first."


Have a look at this from the Canadian Press.

Posts mislead on refugee support amounts

Claims the average refugee in Canada receives $3,874 in monthly support while pensioners receive $1,200 spread online in April. This claim is misleading. While exact rates vary by province, an

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

 

[RZG]

I was just thinking the same thing to myself an hour ago. It's hard to believe you can destroy a country in 10 short years without firing any missiles but here we are.....

That was always the Trudeau plan. Crash the economy and the middle class, turn the women against the men, create gender confused screen addicted and controlled nutjobs of the youth and finally....invite in millions of third world invaders to finish it off. We`re now in the final stage, anybody thinking Carney will improve or fix a single thing is a delusional fool who will be swept away. We`re run by a cartel of money laundering scammer criminal politicians. Wake up Canada.