Report Finds Historic Increase In Child Poverty Rates

by Bobby NockJanuary 31, 2024

The Nova Scotia chapter of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the child poverty rate in Nova Scotia made an historic increase of 11.4% in 2021.

It says the rate went up from 18.4% in 2020 to 20.5% in its latest child poverty report.

Meanwhile, the child poverty rate for the Cape Breton census area was 27.6 percent in 2021.

That’s up by 11.3 percent from 2020.

A further breakdown shows the federal riding of Sydney-Victoria had a child poverty rate of 29.1 percent in 2021, up by 11.5 percent from the year before.

The child poverty rate in Cape Breton-Canso in 2021 increased by 11.4 percent to 22.4 percent.

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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