Child Poverty Statistics in Canada
- 1 in 10 children in Canada are living in poverty
- 1 in 5 children living in Surrey, B.C. are living in poverty
- 1 in 2 B.C. children of single mothers are poor
- Canada's child poverty rate of 15 percent is three times as high as the rates of Sweden, Norway or Finland.
- Every month, 770,000 people in Canada use food banks. Forty percent of those relying on food banks are children. In B.C. alone 30,000 kids rely on food banks.
- Child poverty rates are highest among indigenous people in Canada and single parent families
Some of the factors that contribute to child poverty
- Low family income
- Very little affordable housing
- Very little affordable daycare
- Low minimum wage
- An increase in single parent families
- High cost of living (especially in B.C.)