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Child Poverty*, Canada and the Provinces, 1994
| Child Poverty, Canada, 1994 |
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| | Incidence (%) | Number (000) | |
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| Canada | 19.5 | 1362 |
| Atlantic Provinces | 20.1 | 116 |
| Newfoundland | 23.4 | 34 |
| Prince Edward Island | 13.3 | 5 |
| Nova Scotia | 20.5 | 45 |
| New Brunswick | 18.3 | 32 |
| Quebec | 19.8 | 335 |
| Ontario | 18.1 | 474 |
| Prairie Provinces | 20.4 | 256 |
| Manitoba | 22.8 | 62 |
| Saskatchewan | 22.9 | 61 |
| Alberta | 18.5 | 132 |
| British Columbia | 21.2 | 181 |
Source: Prepared by the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD), using Statistics Canada's Low Income Persons, 1980 to 1995, Catalogue 13-569-XPB, Survey of Consumer Finances
Note: Poverty is measured using Statistics Canada's Low-income Cut-offs (LICO), 1992 base.
*children under the age of 18.
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Example: 1,362,000 Canadian children lived in poverty in 1994, a poverty rate of 19.5%. The child poverty rate was highest in Newfoundland, where 23.4% of all children were poor.
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