NDP Responds to Startling New Study on Northern Poverty Rates
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A new report reveals major poverty for among youth living in northern Saskatchewan communities.
Released Wednesday, a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives reveals Saskatchewan has the highest child poverty rate in Canada, with a child poverty rate of 27.1 percent. In 2023, data shows 78,000 children under the age of 18 in Saskatchewan were impoverished. Children under six years of age in Saskatchewan fare even worse, with a 30.39 percent poverty rate.
The national child poverty rate is 18.3 percent.
Northern Saskatchewan sees the most significant instances of poverty. In Prince Albert, over one in three children – 35.4 percent – live in poverty. In the north overall, 62 percent of children under the age of 18 are subject to poverty.
