Source: David Baxter, Global News, June 19, 2018
Canada is home to 1.2 million children that live in poverty, according to a report from the organization Campaign 2000.
That figure represents 17 per cent of children. The poverty rate for First Nations children is more than double, 37.9 per cent.
The group used 2015 income tax data to determine child poverty rates split up by federal election ridings. Saskatchewan is home to one of two ridings where a majority of children live in poverty.
Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River, a riding that extends from Meadow Lake, Sask. north to the Northwest Territory border, has a child poverty rate of 57.8 per cent.
