CB Has Highest Child Poverty In Rates In Region

by Bobby NockNovember 25, 2015

A new report shows Cape Breton still has the highest child poverty rate in Atlantic Canada with one in three children, or 32.4 per cent, living in poverty.

However, the poverty rate in federal riding of Sydney-Victoria is even higher at 34.5 percent.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released the numbers yesterday in its 2015 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty.

Elsewhere in the province, rates in Kentville, New Glasgow and Truro are above the provincial average of 22 per cent.

The Halifax area has the lowest rates in Nova Scotia, with some communities below 20 per cent.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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