A project that me and my friends created as the CSC110 Final Project at UofT
Introduction
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe financial stress for many Canadians. A national poll from October of 2020 reported that nearly 1 in 3 Canadians are
worried they may never financially recover from the pandemic. Roughlyhalf of Canadians under the age of 35 have borrowed money from institutions to
make ends meet, while roughly the same amount have taken advantage of the Government’s emergency assistance. This is largely due to two major reasons.
First, the pandemic drove the unemployment rate as high as 13.7 percent in May of 2020, an all time high, leaving many Canadians with reduced household income
or without a source of income at all. Secondly, the price of almost everything has been driven up by the pandemic – for example, Canada’s Food Price Report is
estimating an increase