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Poverty rate, under 18: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Poverty rate, under 18. All 12 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: 11.5 (Canada).

Lowest: 5.8 to 11.1 %
Group 2: 11.1 to 11.4 %
Group 3: 11.4 to 12.8 %
Group 4: 12.8 to 14.8 %
Highest: 14.8 to 37.7 %

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	37.7
2	Saskatchewan	15.1
3	Manitoba	14.8
4	Ontario	13.2
5	Alberta	12.8
6	British Columbia	12.6
7	New Brunswick	11.7
8	Nova Scotia	11.4
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	11.2
10	Prince Edward Island	11.1
11	Yukon	9.5
12	Quebec	5.8

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, under 18 (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-under-18/

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