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Poverty rate, 18 to 64: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Poverty rate, 18 to 64. 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.

Licence: 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: 12.6 (Canada).

Lowest: 8.6 to 11.4 %
Group 2: 11.4 to 12.4 %
Group 3: 12.4 to 12.9 %
Group 4: 12.9 to 14 %
Highest: 14 to 28.3 %

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.


1	Nunavut	28.3
2	British Columbia	14.8
3	Ontario	14
4	Manitoba	13.3
5	Yukon	13
6	Nova Scotia	12.9
7	Newfoundland and Labrador	12.8
8	Saskatchewan	12.4
9	Alberta	12
10	Prince Edward Island	11.6
11	New Brunswick	11.4
12	Quebec	8.8
13	Northwest Territories	8.6

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 poverty rate, 18 to 64 (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-poverty-rate-18-to-64/

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