Child Poverty
In New Brunswick:
30 Year Snapshot 1989
2000
The year the House of Commons resolved to eliminate child poverty.
The target year for the elimination of child poverty.
1.7 Million
1.5 Million Canadian children lived in poverty in 1989;
30
22.0% 20
(2017 numbers will be released in January 2020)
1.4 Million
Canadian children lived in poverty in 2016;
of these children lived in New Brunswick.
of these children lived in New Brunswick.*
Child Poverty Rates 26.5%
The most current child poverty numbers.
Canadian children lived in poverty in 2000;
43,580
52,800
of these children lived in New Brunswick.
2016
24.2% 25.8% 22.8% 19.6%
31,440
2019
marks the 30th anniversary of the House of Commons resolution to eliminate child poverty in Canada.
10
0
1989
2000 Canada
2016
NB
* Although the number of children living in poverty has decreased so has the overall child population in New Brunswick. For example, there were 199,245 children living in New Brunswick in 1989, compared to 137,895 in 2016. Â Source: Statistics Canada, Income Statistics Division, Annual Income Estimates for Census Families and Individuals (T1 Family File), Custom Tabulation