2023 report card on child and family poverty in Nova Scotia: Families deserve action, not excuses

Acknowledgments The opinions and recommendations in this The authors would like to thank the National Steering Committee report, and any errors, are those of the authors, of Campaign 2000 for their expertise and support during the and do not necessarily reflect the views of the production of this report. [...] The range of rates is quite significant, from a low of 4.2% in Upper Tantallon, part of the Halifax Regional Municipality, to a high of 60% in the postal area of Micmac, which includes part of the Sipekne’katik First Nations, and 60% in the rural village of Freeport in Digby county. [...] In 1989, the child poverty rate in Nova Scotia was 24.4% (56,960 children), as measured by the Census Family After-Tax Low-Income Measure (CFLIM-AT).10 The incidence of child poverty in Nova Scotia in 2000 was worse than in 1989 despite the promise of eradication. [...] The range of rates is quite significant, from a low of 4.2% in Upper Tantallon, part of the Halifax Regional Municipality, to a high of 60% in the postal area of Micmac, which includes part of the Sipekne’katik First Nations, and 60% in the rural village of Freeport in Digby 2023 report card on child and family poverty in Nova Scotia 16 tAble 3 Child poverty rate and % change from 2020 by federal. [...] The current MBM uses 2018 as the base year for what constitutes a ‘modest standard of living.’ The income data used in the calculation of the MBM is based on the Canadian Income Survey (CIS), and the Census, and not yearly T1FF data.