Over 41,000 children in Nova Scotia are living below the poverty line.
The report shows a jump in the percentage of children living in low-income households from 2017 at 24.2 per cent to 2018 at 24.6 per cent.
This amounts to 41,370 kids living in poverty in the province.
“I struggle to find the words to describe how I feel about that,” said Lesley Frank, primary author of the report and Acadia University Professor said in a press release.
“I move between anger, sadness, to embarrassment – and an overwhelming sense of worry for families struggling through hardship now.”
In a breakdown, the report shows the higher rates of poverty coincide with areas that are more rural than others, with the highest rates going to Cape Breton (34.9), Annapolis (34), and Digby (33.1).
Over 41,000 children in Nova Scotia are living below the poverty line.
The report shows a jump in the percentage of children living in low-income households from 2017 at 24.2 per cent to 2018 at 24.6 per cent.
This amounts to 41,370 kids living in poverty in the province.
“I struggle to find the words to describe how I feel about that,” said Lesley Frank, primary author of the report and Acadia University Professor said in a press release.
“I move between anger, sadness, to embarrassment – and an overwhelming sense of worry for families struggling through hardship now.”
In a breakdown, the report shows the higher rates of poverty coincide with areas that are more rural than others, with the highest rates going to Cape Breton (34.9), Annapolis (34), and Digby (33.1).