The number of people living in poverty in Canada is estimated to be between 1 in 10 and 1 in 7 (The Canadian Press, 2011), with racialized and Indigenous peoples experiencing poverty at far greater levels than their non-racialized and settler counterparts (Canadian Women’s Foundation, 2017; Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, 2017; Niagara Poverty Reduction Network, 2013). Recreation has been seen to have a significant role to play in addressing empowerment for those living in poverty (Harrington & Dawson, 1997). However, historically those experiencing homelessness and poverty have been largely excluded and ignored when physical activity programmes have been developed (Sherry, 2010). When considering community recreation for those living in poverty, it has been found that it is imperative the programming be free of judgement, be inclusive, support individual’s areas of competency, and encourage social inclusion for participation to be positive, and potentially empowering (Trussell & Mair, 2010; Magee & Jeane 2011). In this paper, I then question, in the era of increased neoliberal health promotion and the popularization of the “exercise as medicine” narrative and positive development through sport, where do those living in poverty fit in? What does physical activity and movement look like in the everyday realities of those experiencing poverty? The data presented in this paper emerged from a one-year ethnography in the Niagara Region in Canada. Central to the purpose and meaning of this project was to humanize poverty and homelessness, simultaneously deepening the understanding of the lived experiences of persons in poverty.