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Number of persons in poverty: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Number of persons in poverty. All 13 provinces and territories with data in Poverty rate (Market Basket Measure) by province and territory, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0135-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated
2026-10-27
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National value: 4,477,500 (Canada).

British Columbia: 720,100Alberta: 536,200Saskatchewan: 136,200Manitoba: 172,900Ontario: 1,992,500Quebec: 626,700New Brunswick: 83,200Yukon: 5,200Nunavut: 12,100Newfoundland and Labrador: 55,600Nova Scotia: 114,700Northwest Territories: 4,300Prince Edward Island: 17,800
  • Lowest: 4,300 to 12,100
  • Group 2: 12,100 to 83,200
  • Group 3: 83,200 to 136,200
  • Group 4: 136,200 to 626,700
  • Highest: 626,700 to 1,992,500
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1Ontario1,992,500
2British Columbia720,100
3Quebec626,700
4Alberta536,200
5Manitoba172,900
6Saskatchewan136,200
7Nova Scotia114,700
8New Brunswick83,200
9Newfoundland and Labrador55,600
10Prince Edward Island17,800
11Nunavut12,100
12Yukon5,200
13Northwest Territories4,300

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0135-01: Low income statistics by age, gender and economic family type. Reference period: 2024.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by number of persons in poverty (2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0135-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-27. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-number-of-persons-in-poverty/

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