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Poverty rate, all persons: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Poverty rate, all persons. 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: 11 (Canada).

Lowest: 7 to 10 %
Group 2: 10 to 10.9 %
Group 3: 10.9 to 11.6 %
Group 4: 11.6 to 12.5 %
Highest: 12.5 to 31.7 %

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	31.7
2	British Columbia	13
3	Ontario	12.5
4	Manitoba	12.3
5	Yukon	11.8
6	Saskatchewan	11.6
7	Alberta	11
8	Nova Scotia	10.9
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	10.4
10	Prince Edward Island	10
10	Northwest Territories	10
12	New Brunswick	9.9
13	Quebec	7

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, all persons (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-all-persons/

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