The number of children living in poverty in B.C. increased by nearly 10,000 between 2020 and 2021, a new report has found.
First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society released its latest annual poverty report card on Monday (Feb. 26), revealing the first jump in child poverty rates in the province in a decade.
In 2021, 14.3 per cent of children lived in poor households, amounting to 126,120 kids aged 0-17.
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