Toronto remains the child poverty capital of Canada with more than one in four kids living in low-income families, says a new report based on the 2016 census. Oakridge, which has a high concentration of highly educated young immigrant families from Bangladesh, has the third-highest rate of child poverty in the city. “Child poverty is the consequence of women’s poverty and the cause of women’s poverty is low labour force participation,” Jahangir said. Thirteen city wards have areas of child poverty where rates are 50 per cent or higher, according to the report. Toronto Councillor Joe Mihevc, who is responsible for the city’s poverty reduction efforts, said the city should be ashamed of its status as the child poverty capital of Canada.

Source: thestar November 15, 2017 10:07 UTC