New Brunswick Poverty

• N.B. food bank sees ‘more and more kids’ as questions linger over school lunch program delay

  The food bank shares a building with the Riverview Boys and Girls Club, where executive director Lynda Carey said an increased number of kids who are visiting are hungry.

  Canada

  Aug 27, 2025
  
• Uncertainty ahead as Saint John, N.B. emergency shelter prepares to close

  According to the Human Development Council, as of January, Saint John had 202 people experiencing homelessness.

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2023
  
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• N.B. group targets prejudices and myths about people living in poverty with new campaign

  The Common Front for Social Justice hopes the campaign will help break "myths around poverty that are very damaging myths that hurt a lot of people."

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2020
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• ‘We’re very concerned’: New Brunswick’s food bank usage numbers climb in 2018

  Roughly 25,000 people used food bank services each month in 2018, according to the president of the New Brunswick Association of Food Banks.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2018
• Saint John community ‘hub’ aims to reduce poverty through creativity, entrepreneurship

  Construction is nearly complete on a new social enterprise hub in Saint John. The facility is set to open in September and will house organizations who will work together to tackle the poverty rate in New Brunswick.

  Economy

  Jul 5, 2016