Nova Scotia Child Poverty

• ‘No real progress’ in Nova Scotia’s child and family poverty rates: report

  The report found Nova Scotia has the highest rate of child poverty in Atlantic Canada and the third-highest in the country — with 22.7 per cent of children living in poverty.

  Canada

  Feb 18
  
• N.S. child poverty rates dropped sharply in 2020, ‘almost entirely’ due to pandemic relief

  While child poverty rates in Nova Scotia declined by 24.3 per cent in 2020, a new report warns that it was largely due to temporary programs and more permanent measures are needed.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2023
  
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• Over 41,000 children living in poverty in Nova Scotia, and numbers rising, says study

  Nova Scotia has a slightly higher rate of child poverty than it did in 1989 when the House of Commons voted to end it by the year 2000.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2020
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• Halifax has the 7th highest rate of child poverty in Canada : Report

  The report also found that minority groups in the municipality are disproportionately affected by poverty.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2017