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Child Poverty*, Canada and the Provinces, 1997
| Child Poverty*, Canada and the Provinces, 1997 |
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| | Incidence (%) | Number (000) |
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| Canada | 19.6 | 1384 |
| Newfoundland | 23.3 | 30 |
| Prince Edward Island | 14.5 | 5 |
| Nova Scotia | 21.2 | 46 |
| New Brunswick | 20.2 | 34 |
| Quebec | 20.9 | 343 |
| Ontario | 19.8 | 537 |
| Manitoba | 21.5 | 58 |
| Saskatchewan | 18.6 | 48 |
| Alberta | 15.8 | 116 |
| British Columbia | 18.7 | 166 |
Source: Prepared by the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD), using Poverty Profile 1997, National Council of Welfare (1999).
Note: Poor children are those under the age of 18 living in familes whose total income before taxes falls below the Statistics Canada Low-income Cut-off (1986 base).
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Example: 1,384,000 Canadian children lived in poverty in 1997, a poverty rate of 19.6%. The child poverty rate was highest in Newfoundland, where 23.3% of all children were poor.
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