More than a sixth of all Central Okanagan children are living in poverty: report – KelownaNow

More than a sixth of all children in the Central Okanagan are living in poverty, a new report has found.

The 2019 BC Child Poverty Report Card showed that 17% of all children in the region live in poverty, compared to 15% of residents of all ages.

An astonishing 48% of all children in single-parent families in the Central Okanagan are living in poverty, according to the data, which come from Statistics Canada.

But only 8% of children in two-parent families are in poverty.

The total number of children in poverty in the region is 5,970.

The Central Okanagan’s poverty rates are, however, slightly below the British Columbia average.

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