Half of First Nations children in Canada live in poverty: study

Report from CCPA. Save the Children finds indigenous children trail their peers on "practically every measure of wellbeing".

from the Georgia Straight

"Half of First Nations children in Canada live below the poverty line, according to a report issued today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Save the Children Canada.

"According to the report, titled 'Poverty or Prosperity: Indigenous Children in Canada,' Métis, Inuit and non-status First Nations children also suffer a disproportionate amount of poverty, at 27 per cent, compared to a rate of 15 percent for non-indigenous children.

“'The report’s findings that half of status First Nation children live in poverty should shock all Canadians,'” Patricia Erb, President and CEO of Save the Children, said in a news release. …"

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