Child poverty and income inequality in British Columbia

The opinions and interpretations in the report are those of First Call and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Government of Canada. [...] In an effort to gauge the impact of immigration on family poverty in BC, we compared the poverty rates in Greater Vancouver with the rates in the rest of the province. [...] The average depth of poverty for all poor couples with children and all poor lone-parent families is shown on the first line of the table, followed by the aver- age depth of poverty for higher-risk groups of both family types. [...] We can then compare the incomes of BC couples with children and BC lone-parent families with the incomes of families in general across the country. [...] First Call BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition 13 The overall distribution of income in British Columbia and the rest of Canada remained highly skewed in 2000, with the richest 10 percent of families having the lion’s share of income and the poorest 10 percent of families very little.