This year marks the 35th anniversary since the passing of the unanimous all-party federal resolution to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. Using tax filer data from 2022, the latest available, this year’s report card found a troubling trend: child poverty increased at record rates two years in a row. The sharp increase in national child poverty rates from 2020 to 2021 was the first in 10 years and appears to signal a reversal in the downward trend that began in 2015. Most alarming was the 2.5 percentage points jump from 2021 to 2022, the largest annual increase in child poverty on record. Federal strategies for poverty reduction are failing children, families and all of society.
Access this resource to read the National 2024 report card in English.
Rapport sur la pauvreté des enfants et des familles au Canada 2024
Ontario Report Card in English
New Brunswick Report Card – in English and in French
