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Last updated: 2002
Incidence of Child Poverty Among Children in Female Lone-parent Families, by Province, Canada, 1990-1996
| | Incidence (%) |
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| | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
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| Atlantic Provinces | 68.0 | 66.3 | 69.3 | 71.3 | 65.1 | 74.0 | 67.6 |
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| Newfoundland | 75.3 | 71.6 | 74.3 | 66.1 | 67.6 | 77.5 | 70.5 |
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| PEI | 55.1 | 51.9 | 40.7 | 43.7 | 60.2 | 58.5 | 56.1 |
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| Nova Scotia | 66.6 | 66.9 | 69.9 | 74.3 | 66.6 | 73.6 | 69.6 |
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| New Brunswick | 67.6 | 65.6 | 69.7 | 74.3 | 62.2 | 74.8 | 65.5 |
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| Quebec | 60.9 | 63.0 | 65.8 | 62.1 | 63.6 | 55.7 | 62.2 |
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| Ontario | 61.0 | 67.4 | 52.6 | 60.3 | 55.9 | 62.1 | 65.9 |
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| Prairie Provinces | 67.7 | 61.9 | 66.4 | 65.2 | 62.4 | 69.2 | 70.5 |
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| Manitoba | 73.6 | 63.6 | 61.1 | 70.4 | 70.4 | 66.2 | 71.4 |
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| Saskatchewan | 62.3 | 67.8 | 63.8 | 68.8 | 65.9 | 65.0 | 67.6 |
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| Alberta | 67.3 | 58.9 | 68.9 | 61.2 | 57.9 | 71.6 | 71.4 |
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| British Columbia | 61.2 | 58.0 | 54.3 | 67.9 | 58.5 | 56.4 | 58.6 |
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| CANADA | 62.9 | 64.2 | 60.0 | 63.3 | 59.9 | 61.9 | 65.0 |
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| Source: Prepared by the Canadian Council on Social Development, using data from Statistics Canada, Cat. 13-569-XPB. |
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Example: Children living in single-mother families are especially vulnerable to poverty. Approximately two-thirds of these children live in poverty. In 1996, 67.6% of all children living in female lone-parent families in the Atlantic provinces were below the poverty line. The rate was even higher in the Prairie provinces.
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